Abstract
This study explored the effects of objectivity and transparency on perceived news credibility and newsworthiness. Some journalism scholars and practitioners have argued that transparency is replacing objectivity, which has been a dominant standard in traditional journalism. An online experiment (n=222) found that objective articles were rated more credible and more newsworthy than opinionated articles, while non-transparent articles were rated more credible than transparent articles.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 32-45 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Newspaper Research Journal |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Mar 2017 |
Keywords
- blog
- credibility
- experiment
- journalistic norms
- newsworthiness
- objectivity
- online news
- opinionated news and transparency