“It is always easier to believe when I am not the only one who feels that way”
“It is always easier to believe when I am not the only one who feels that way”

Emotional factors of credibility in the news consumption of university students

Summary/Abstract: This study seeks to examine how the emotions of news consumers and their group-belonging can infl uence the credibilityassessment of news. The empirical research consists of interviews with university students between the ages of 20 and25 subjected to qualitative content analysis. In the fi rst part, the author focuses on the political and public aff airs newsconsumption habits of the students, in which Facebook and other social media sites, such as YouTube, play an important role. Inthe second part, their everyday judgements regarding the credibility of news are in the centre. However, at the end of the paper,the issue of credibility is examined in the framework of the coronavirus pandemic, which provided an unexpected opportunityto investigate these questions under extreme circumstances.

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