Ilka Jakobs

Biographic Data

ID4907902
NAMEIlka Jakobs
GIVEN NAMESIlka
FAMILY NAMEJakobs
SIGNATUREJAKOBS I
AFFILIATIONSJohannes Gutenberg University Mainz
ORCID0000-0001-8093-4644
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS5
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2013
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Adolescents’ Trust in News Media

    Open AccessIlka Jakobs, Henriette P Pohle et al.ARTICLEJournalism & Mass Communication…2026

    We examine what types of news media trust can be identified among adolescents based on their trust levels and the degree of elaboration about media. Moreover, we investigate the role of socialization contexts (family, peers, and schools) in the development of adolescents’ media trust and ability to elaborate. Through qualitative interviews with 50 German adolescents aged 14 to 19, we find 5 types, with only a minority of adolescents showing highl…

  • Political Information Use and Its Relationship to Beliefs in Conspiracy Theories Among the German Public

    Open AccessChristian Schemer, Marc Ziegele et al.ARTICLEJournalism & Mass Communication…2022

    This study investigates how exposure to different news sources, propensity to vote (PTV) for a party and demographics are related to belief in conspiracy theories drawing on three repeated cross-sectional surveys in Germany 2017–2019. Results show that frequent exposure to alternative news sites and video-sharing platforms increased conspiratorial beliefs. Frequency of exposure to the quality press, public service TV news, and news aggregators di…

  • Media trust “until death”? Insights into critical media users’ attitudes, their origins and consequences, and mistrust patterns

    Open AccessIlka JakobsARTICLEStudies in Communication and Media2022References: 11

    Media trust is under threat in many countries, and mistrust in mainstream media and discussions about “fake news” have increased in recent years. Critical attitudes toward the media can be a potential danger for society; therefore, it is crucial to know more about critical media users’ attitudes, their origins and consequences, and mistrust patterns. Despite recent research focusing on mistrust, users’ perspectives have been rather neglected. It …

  • Concepts, causes and consequences of trust in news media – a literature review and framework

    Nayla Fawzi, Nina Steindl et al.ARTICLEAnnals of the International…2021

    Research on trust in media is on the rise. However, communication scholars have addressed related concepts (e.g. media credibility) for decades, and these concepts have often been used interchangeably with that of trust. This practice has resulted in a confusing field of research, with studies using different labels and drawing on various theoretical backgrounds. This article aims to improve conceptual clarity. On the basis of a literature review…

  • Medienskepsis und Medienzynismus. Funktionale und dysfunktionale Formen von Medienkritik

    Nikolaus Jackob, Ilka Jakobs et al.ARTICLECommunicatio Socialis2019Cited by: 2

    Communicatio Socialis (ComSoc ) , Seite 19 - 35

  • Wir haben ja beim letzten Interview schon miteinander telefoniert.” Zum Einfluss des Interviewers auf die Teilnahmebereitschaft in telefonischen Panelbefragungen

    Open AccessChristine E Meltzer, Ilka Jakobs et al.ARTICLEStudies in Communication and Media2013Cited by: 1References: 3

    eBook: „Wir haben ja beim letzten Interview schon miteinander telefoniert.” Zum Einfluss des Interviewers auf die Teilnahmebereitschaft in telefonischen Panelbefragungen (ISSN2192-4007) von aus dem Jahr 2013

  • Männlich, rüstig, kommentiert? Einflussfaktoren auf die Aktivität kommentierender Nutzer von Online-Nachrichtenseiten

    Open AccessMarc Ziegele, Marius Johnen et al.ARTICLEStudies in Communication and Media2013Cited by: 2References: 21

    This study analyzes the different levels of activity of users who comment on news websites. For this purpose, more than 4.000 users of a national German news site were surveyed online. General usage patterns, traditional uses-and-gratification-motives, Big 5 personality traits, the sensation seeking theory, and the concept of opinion leadership were used to predict the frequency and regularity of the users' online commenting activities. Results s…