Abstract

News consumption practices in the United States have been studied for decades. Recent technology has influenced traditional news consumption by allowing people to access news through the Internet and social media. Today, people have more options than ever as to where to obtain news. People remain interested in getting news that is credible and trustworthy. A survey was distributed to in order to learn where people say they turn for their primary sources of news and the credibility people assigned to various news sources. Respondents were split up into two groups, heavy and light social media users. Results suggest that regardless of social media use, there was no difference in judgments of credibility for different news sources.

Publication Date

12-18-2013

Document Type

Thesis

Student Type

Graduate

Degree Name

Communication and Media Technologies (MS)

Department, Program, or Center

Department of Communication (CLA)

Advisor

Bruce Austin

Advisor/Committee Member

Linda Tolan

Comments

Physical copy available from RIT's Wallace Library at P96.P832 U64 2013

Campus

RIT – Main Campus

Plan Codes

COMMTCH-MS

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