Since the birth of the nation, concepts about the political duties of citizens have changed
drastically to keep pace with growth and development. The information needs have changed …

This article seeks to put the “public” back in public values research by theorizing about the
potential of direct citizen participation to assist with identifying and understanding public …

Public engagement is an umbrella term that encompasses numerous methods for bringing
people together to address issues of public importance. In this article, we focus on direct …

Several scholars, most notably Matt Baum, have recently argued that soft news formats
contribute to democratic discourse, because they attract viewers who would otherwise not …

Across Europe, the use of negative portrayals of immigrants in populist political advertising
has dramatically increased. An experimental study tested the underlying mechanisms and …

As trust in news media and social media dwindles and fears of disinformation and echo
chambers spread, individuals need to find ways to access and assess reliable and …

The study of political communication has come a long way. If we take Aristotle's Rhetoric and
Politics written in 350 BC as a starting point, political messages have been noted, dissected …

This study examines the potential for alternative and social media to stimulate the core
antecedents of protest participation (identity, efficacy, and anger) in the context of Hong …

The democratic role and authority of the news media rest on a basic premise of trust
delegation, whereby citizens confide in the news media to provide sufficiently relevant and …

Objective The spread of misinformation about COVID‐19 severely influences the
governments' ability to address the COVID‐19 pandemic. This study explores the predictors …