Online News Credibility: An Examination of the Perceptions of Newspaper Journalists

Obviously there are major differences in the number of newspaper online workers when drawing online samples. Early studies could not distinguish between other types of positions and news online workers. As a result, some newspapers have small online journalists about the distribution of prints, so we can not provide the number of survey respondents given to them in the sample design. In addition, some newspapers share web sites operated by small employees. Examples of this are suburban newspapers in the metropolitan area of ​​Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco. Therefore, the number of online newspaper reporter samples is only 1,280.

The results, as a whole, shows that readers of Zambian online newspapers think they are generally reliable on some news standards, especially as the source of the latest latest news. There seems to be a correlation between negative general perceptions of traditional public media and ongoing erosion of these media by online newspapers. Readers are looking at online newspapers as balanced fair and uncorrected information sources. However, the impact of online newspapers is hindered by concerns about the reliability and reliability of its contents. Political bias among political parties and recognized prejudice further exacerbates distrust and how the readers see these media and ultimately see their credibility. Printed newspapers (including their online versions) are most affected by online newspaper murder and replacement.

It is worth noting that people are paying more and more attention to the important standards of these media. Adding online newspapers to publicly available sources raises concerns about the reliability of these media as a source of news related to established and more traditional news sources (Abdulla, Garrison and Salwen, 2002; Chishala, 2015) Chari, 2009). Others are worried that the behavior of these new Internet media may exacerbate public distrust over the media industry. Johnson and Kaye (2000: 865) are worried about whether Internet misinformation and mischievous doubts cast doubt on the reliability of the Internet and the growth of the Internet would further reduce the media of traditional reliability levels He says more properly.

Johnson and Kaye (2015) asks "Why depend on the media that people believe are untrustworthy?" They compared the cognitive differences between traditional news sites (newspapers and television) and social media (Twitter and Twitter). In early studies, we found that there was a relationship between reliability and motivation, Internet users judged reliable online online information over online entertainment. Traditional news sources also have motivation and reliability. The results of Johnson and Kaye (2015) found that all traditional sources (except FNC) are more reliable than social media sites. This shows that traditional sources are trying to be fair. However, traditional sources are only modestly reliable, indicating that they are lower than fair expectations.