News Credibility on Facebook : The Role of Media and
Intermediary Trust and Their Interplay

J 2025

News Credibility on Facebook : The Role of Media and Intermediary Trust and Their Interplay

SLAVÍK, Lukáš; David LACKO a Jakub MACEK

Základní údaje

Originální název

News Credibility on Facebook : The Role of Media and Intermediary Trust and Their Interplay

Autoři

SLAVÍK, Lukáš ; David LACKO a Jakub MACEK

Vydání

International Journal of Communication, Los Angeles, USC Annenberg Press, 2025, 1932-8036

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50802 Media and socio-cultural communication

Stát vydavatele

Spojené státy

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

article - open access PDF, article - open access

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 1.500 v roce 2024

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14230/25:00140646

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

UT WoS

001442798500007

EID Scopus

2-s2.0-105003143222

Klíčová slova anglicky

news credibility; media trust; interpersonal trust; Facebook; experiment

Štítky

EV_FSS25, rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 2. 4. 2026 15:57, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová

Anotace

V originále

On social network sites, news media have lost their dominance as news sources, as individual actors (family members, friends) play the role of news intermediaries. Since determining a news source and its trustworthiness is central to attributing news credibility, the distinction between institutional and individual news sources is crucial for audience members. Current research offers only partial and conflicting conclusions about the influence of source trust on news credibility. This experimental study (N = 702 2 × 3 between-subjects design) uses a customized environment simulating a Facebook Timeline to examine whether and how institutional trust in news media and interpersonal trust in news intermediaries contribute to news credibility. Using two-way analysis of covariance and two one-sided t-tests, we found only a small effect of media trust, while interpersonal trust and its combination with news media trust showed no effect. We discuss the implications of news consumption mechanisms on social network sites and their impact on informedness.

Návaznosti

EF19_073/0016943, projekt VaV

Název: Interní grantová agentura Masarykovy univerzity

MUNI/IGA/1193/2020, interní kód MU

Název: Diffusion of Trust in News on Social Network Sites (Akronym: DTSNS)

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Diffusion of Trust in News on Social Network Sites

Přiložené soubory

News_Credibility_on_Facebook.pdf

Citovat

SLAVÍK, Lukáš; David LACKO a Jakub MACEK. News Credibility on Facebook : The Role of Media and Intermediary Trust and Their Interplay. International Journal of Communication. Los Angeles: USC Annenberg Press, 2025, roč. 19, February, s. 1058-1080. ISSN 1932-8036.

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SLAVÍK, Lukáš; David LACKO a Jakub MACEK. News Credibility on Facebook : The Role of Media and Intermediary Trust and Their Interplay. \textit{International Journal of Communication}. Los Angeles: USC Annenberg Press, 2025, roč.~19, February, s.~1058-1080. ISSN~1932-8036.

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