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Replication Data for: "Can Americans' Trust in Local News Be Trusted? The Emergence, Sources and Implications of the Local News Trust Advantage" |
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doi:10.7910/DVN/PNYFKH |
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Harvard Dataverse |
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Date of Distribution: |
2025-02-28 |
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Bibliographic Citation: |
Peterson, Erik; Darr, Joshua P.; Allamong, Maxwell B.; Henderson, Michael, 2025, "Replication Data for: "Can Americans' Trust in Local News Be Trusted? The Emergence, Sources and Implications of the Local News Trust Advantage"", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/PNYFKH, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:L9mABJanKzEoM5Z5kr3Jdw== [fileUNF] |
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Citation |
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Title: |
Replication Data for: "Can Americans' Trust in Local News Be Trusted? The Emergence, Sources and Implications of the Local News Trust Advantage" |
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Identification Number: |
doi:10.7910/DVN/PNYFKH |
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Authoring Entity: |
Peterson, Erik (Rice University) |
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Darr, Joshua P. (Syuracuse University) |
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Allamong, Maxwell B. (Duke University) |
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Henderson, Michael (Louisiana State University) |
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Peterson, Erik |
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Harvard Dataverse |
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Access Authority: |
Peterson, Erik |
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Depositor: |
Peterson, Erik |
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Date of Deposit: |
2024-12-09 |
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Holdings Information: |
https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/PNYFKH |
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Study Scope |
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Keywords: |
Social Sciences, Survey, Survey Experiment |
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Abstract: |
Despite eroding consensus about credible political news sources, much of the public still trusts local media. We assess the emergence, sources and implications of the trust advantage local news holds over national media. We argue the public now uses a news outlet's local orientation as a shortcut to assess its credibility. In survey experiments, we find unfamiliar news outlets are trusted more when they have a local cue in their name. In surveys where people evaluate digital sources covering their community, this heuristic leads the public to trust unreliable information providers that signal a local focus more than high-quality sources that do not. Our findings position local media as unique, broadly trusted communicators while also illustrating a logic behind recent efforts to disseminate biased political information by packaging it as local news. More broadly, we show the challenges that arise when the public applies once-reliable heuristics in changing political circumstances. |
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This dataset underwent an independent verification process, complying with the AJPS Verification Policy updated June 2023, which replicated the tables and figures in the primary article. For the supplementary materials, verification was performed solely for the successful execution of the code. The verification process was carried out by the Cornell Center for Social Sciences at Cornell University. <br></br> The associated article has been awarded the Open Materials Badge. Learn more about the Open Practice Badges from the <a href="https://www.cos.io/">Center for Open Science</a>. <br></br> <img src="https://socialsciences.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/2024-04/materials_large_color.png" alt="Open Materials Badge " width="60" height="60"> <br></br> Open Materials Badge |
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Methodology and Processing |
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Sources Statement |
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See the Readme.txt file for list of data sources. |
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Disclaimer: |
The <i>American Journal of Political Science</i> and the Cornell Center for Social Sciences are not responsible for the accuracy or quality of data uploaded within the <i>AJPS</i> Dataverse, for the use of those data, or for interpretations or conclusions based on their use. |
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Other Study Description Materials |
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File: survey-pairings.tab |
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Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:SziTEUZfO5MLmHqiaAE50Q== |
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Variable Format: character Notes: UNF:6:hYWfUILR1iauXT4XuL8R5A== |
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Summary Statistics: StDev 1.7180125004105617; Max. 2023.0; Min. 2018.0; Mean 2020.4814814814815; Valid 27.0 Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:6:RKYhOHsXA6hjXz+eexX9Vg== |
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