From News Literacy to Skepticism: Examining the Pathways That Shape the “News-Finds-Me” Perception
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
Published online on May 31, 2026
Abstract
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Guided by motivated reasoning theory, this study examines how news literacy impacts individuals’ news-finds-me (NFM) perception in the social media environment through a dual-process: identity-motivated skepticism and accuracy-motivated skepticism. Using ...
Guided by motivated reasoning theory, this study examines how news literacy impacts individuals’ news-finds-me (NFM) perception in the social media environment through a dual-process: identity-motivated skepticism and accuracy-motivated skepticism. Using ...