Exploring the Audience of Alternative News Media : Trust,
Reflexivity, and Political Attitudes in the Czech Republic

J 2025

Exploring the Audience of Alternative News Media : Trust, Reflexivity, and Political Attitudes in the Czech Republic

MACKOVÁ, Alena; Lenka HRBKOVÁ a Jakub MACEK

Základní údaje

Originální název

Exploring the Audience of Alternative News Media : Trust, Reflexivity, and Political Attitudes in the Czech Republic

Autoři

MACKOVÁ, Alena ; Lenka HRBKOVÁ a Jakub MACEK

Vydání

Mass Communication and Society, Abingdon, Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis, 2025, 1520-5436

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50802 Media and socio-cultural communication

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 2.700 v roce 2024

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2023.2268098

UT WoS

001102952000001

EID Scopus

2-s2.0-86000374677

Klíčová slova anglicky

alternative news media; mainstream news media; audience; media trust; political antagonism

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 16. 6. 2025 16:06, Mgr. Petra Trembecká, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

This study explores the audiences of Czech alternative news media (ANM) and seeks the predictors for its use. It examines the relationship between ANM usage and trust in mainstream media, media reflexivity, political interest, political attitudes that indicate the liberal-conservative divide, and political antagonism. Adopting an audience-centered approach, the study identifies ANM users through their self-identification based on perceived ANM news sources. Additionally, it verifies the robustness of this approach by considering a spectrum of alternative-to-mainstream news sources. The findings reveal that the reception of Czech ANM is associated with lower trust in professional mainstream media and higher political interest. Moreover, self-identification-based measures show links with internet usage and media reflexivity, while the second model found weak effects for one’s attitude to the European Union and political antagonism. The study discusses the differences between the approaches and the implications of both measurements.

Návaznosti

GA19-24724S, projekt VaV

Název: Politická polarizace v České republice: Případ vícestranického systému

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Politická polarizace v České republice: Případ vícestranického systému

Přiložené soubory

Exploring_the_Audience_of_Alternative_News_Media.pdf

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Citovat

MACKOVÁ, Alena; Lenka HRBKOVÁ a Jakub MACEK. Exploring the Audience of Alternative News Media : Trust, Reflexivity, and Political Attitudes in the Czech Republic. Mass Communication and Society. Abingdon: Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis, 2025, roč. 28, č. 2, s. 351-379. ISSN 1520-5436. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2023.2268098.

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MACKOVÁ, Alena; Lenka HRBKOVÁ a Jakub MACEK. Exploring the Audience of Alternative News Media : Trust, Reflexivity, and Political Attitudes in the Czech Republic. \textit{Mass Communication and Society}. Abingdon: Routledge Journals, Taylor \&{} Francis, 2025, roč.~28, č.~2, s.~351-379. ISSN~1520-5436. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2023.2268098.

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