In God We Trust

Religiosity as a Predictor of Perceptions of Media Trust, Factuality, and Privacy Invasion

Bibliographic Data

ID3756447
AuthorsGuy J Golan (0000-0003-4083-1135, Loyola University, New Orleans, LA, USA,, corresponding author), Anita G Day (Loyola University, New Orleans, LA, USA)
Year2010
Volume54
Issue2
Pages120-136
Publication date2010-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0002764210376314
OpenAlexW2074675749
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited35

The current study brought together two important areas of scholarship in mass communications: media credibility, and religion and the media. Although both areas have been widely investigated by scholars, there have not been many empirical investigations that examine the potential impact of religion on individual perceptions of media credibility. The authors' data analysis revealed mixed evidence for an association between religiosity and perceived media credibility. Although the study did not find consistent and overwhelming evidence of a significant single association between religiosity and media credibility, the authors did find strong evidence of a significant association between some form of media credibility and the Internet. Although these associations were multidirectional, they were nevertheless numerous and significant

Association (psychology) · Credibility · Empirical evidence · Mass media · Perception · Political science · Religiosity · Scholarship · Source credibility · The Internet · Computer Science · Law · Media, Religion, Digital Communication · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology

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