The Role of Media Competition in Elections: How Right-Wing Alternative Media Affect Educated Voters in the Czech Republic

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.7441/joc.2024.04.04" target="_blank" >10.7441/joc.2024.04.04</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The Role of Media Competition in Elections: How Right-Wing Alternative Media Affect Educated Voters in the Czech Republic

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

In the competitive landscape of political communication, alternative right-wing media have become a key player in shaping public trust and opinion, often spreading narratives that challenge traditional information sources and include misinformation. Although a relationship between the consumption of alternative right-wing media and voting preferences has been established, it remains unclear what role education plays in this connection. Recent research suggests that this role may not be statistically significant, even though it is often assumed that educated individuals should be more critical of misinformation. The objective of this study is to investigate the validity of this relationship in the Czech Republic. A sample of 807 Czech respondents was used to test the influence of higher education on the choice of the type and number of sources of political news, the belief in the information published in these media, and finally, the role of education level between the consumption of political news and the choice of illiberal political parties such as ANO, SPD and KSČM. Interestingly, alternative news media are perceived as a reliable source of political information, particularly by those with a college education. However, exposure to such media does not appear to be a significant predictor of support for populist anti-system political parties, in contrast to less educated citizens.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The Role of Media Competition in Elections: How Right-Wing Alternative Media Affect Educated Voters in the Czech Republic

Popis výsledku anglicky

In the competitive landscape of political communication, alternative right-wing media have become a key player in shaping public trust and opinion, often spreading narratives that challenge traditional information sources and include misinformation. Although a relationship between the consumption of alternative right-wing media and voting preferences has been established, it remains unclear what role education plays in this connection. Recent research suggests that this role may not be statistically significant, even though it is often assumed that educated individuals should be more critical of misinformation. The objective of this study is to investigate the validity of this relationship in the Czech Republic. A sample of 807 Czech respondents was used to test the influence of higher education on the choice of the type and number of sources of political news, the belief in the information published in these media, and finally, the role of education level between the consumption of political news and the choice of illiberal political parties such as ANO, SPD and KSČM. Interestingly, alternative news media are perceived as a reliable source of political information, particularly by those with a college education. However, exposure to such media does not appear to be a significant predictor of support for populist anti-system political parties, in contrast to less educated citizens.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50202 - Applied Economics, Econometrics

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Journal of Competitiveness

ISSN

1804-171X

e-ISSN

1804-1728

Svazek periodika

16

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

4

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

23

Strana od-do

60-82

Kód UT WoS článku

001399025600004

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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