Michael Horning
Biographic Data
| ID | 4267129 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Horning |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Horning |
| SIGNATURE | HORNING M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Virginia Tech |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6857-4578 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Watching the Watchdogs: Using Transparency Cues to Help News Audiences Assess Information Quality
The myriad of information sources available online can make it hard for the average reader to know whether a piece of content is credible or not. This research aims to understand if the public’s assessment of the credibility of information could be more accurate with the help of transparency features that act as heuristic cues under the elaboration likelihood model and the heuristic-systematic model, and if the cues increase cognitive absorption.…
Using smartwatches to facilitate a group dynamics-based statewide physical activity intervention
Reluctant to Share: How Third Person Perceptions of Fake News Discourage News Readers From Sharing 'Real News' on Social Media
Rampant fake news on social media has drawn significant attention. Yet, much remains unknown as to how such imbalanced evaluations of self versus others could shape social media users' perceptions and their subsequent attitudes and behavioral intentions regarding social media news. An online survey ( N = 335) was conducted to examine the third person effect (TPE) in fake news on social media and suggested that users perceived a greater influence …
Responding to Charlie Hebdo: Exploring political cartoonists’ reactions and ethics positions following the attacks
This paper utilizes survey methodology to explore the ethical perspectives of political cartoonists following the Charlie Hebdo shootings. Ethics positions theory is considered. Participants tended to be either situationists, absolutists, or exceptionists. Political ideology was associated with relativism scores. Findings showed that most of the participants (74 percent) reported that they drew a cartoon in response to the shootings. Participants…
Governing Electronically: E-Government and the Reconfiguration of Public Administration, Policy and Power
Putting the Community Back Into Community Networks: A Content Analysis
This study examines the role that community networks can take in fulfilling McQuail's call for a more democratic-participant form of mass media. Community networks, which are online grassroots organizations designed to promote local community initiatives, increased their Internet presence in the 1990s. However, their number has declined in recent years. Earlier research has suggested that community networks fail because they lack a unified identi…
Reluctant to Share: How Third Person Perceptions of Fake News Discourage News Readers From Sharing 'Real News' on Social Media
Rampant fake news on social media has drawn significant attention. Yet, much remains unknown as to how such imbalanced evaluations of self versus others could shape social media users' perceptions and their subsequent attitudes and behavioral intentions regarding social media news. An online survey ( N = 335) was conducted to examine the third person effect (TPE) in fake news on social media and suggested that users perceived a greater influence …
Putting the Community Back Into Community Networks: A Content Analysis
This study examines the role that community networks can take in fulfilling McQuail's call for a more democratic-participant form of mass media. Community networks, which are online grassroots organizations designed to promote local community initiatives, increased their Internet presence in the 1990s. However, their number has declined in recent years. Earlier research has suggested that community networks fail because they lack a unified identi…
Governing Electronically: E-Government and the Reconfiguration of Public Administration, Policy and Power
Responding to Charlie Hebdo: Exploring political cartoonists’ reactions and ethics positions following the attacks
This paper utilizes survey methodology to explore the ethical perspectives of political cartoonists following the Charlie Hebdo shootings. Ethics positions theory is considered. Participants tended to be either situationists, absolutists, or exceptionists. Political ideology was associated with relativism scores. Findings showed that most of the participants (74 percent) reported that they drew a cartoon in response to the shootings. Participants…
Using smartwatches to facilitate a group dynamics-based statewide physical activity intervention
Reluctant to Share: How Third Person Perceptions of Fake News Discourage News Readers From Sharing 'Real News' on Social Media
Rampant fake news on social media has drawn significant attention. Yet, much remains unknown as to how such imbalanced evaluations of self versus others could shape social media users' perceptions and their subsequent attitudes and behavioral intentions regarding social media news. An online survey ( N = 335) was conducted to examine the third person effect (TPE) in fake news on social media and suggested that users perceived a greater influence …
Watching the Watchdogs: Using Transparency Cues to Help News Audiences Assess Information Quality
The myriad of information sources available online can make it hard for the average reader to know whether a piece of content is credible or not. This research aims to understand if the public’s assessment of the credibility of information could be more accurate with the help of transparency features that act as heuristic cues under the elaboration likelihood model and the heuristic-systematic model, and if the cues increase cognitive absorption.…
Computer Science (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Business (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Social Media and Politics (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Advertising (2 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection (2 works)