How did Americans Really Think About the Apple/FBI Dispute? A Mixed-Method Study

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dc.contributor.ORCID0000-0001-8793-2780 (Lee, AM)
dc.contributor.VIAF216155824 (Lee, AM)
dc.contributor.authorLee, Angela M.
dc.contributor.authorTenenboim, O.
dc.contributor.utdAuthorLee, Angela M.
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-28T18:12:17Z
dc.date.available2020-05-28T18:12:17Z
dc.date.issued2019-06-03
dc.descriptionDue to copyright restrictions and/or publisher's policy full text access from Treasures at UT Dallas is limited to current UTD affiliates (use the provided Link to Article).
dc.description.abstractSecond-level agenda-setting suggests that news media influence how we think. As a case study examining the nature and effects of mainstream news media’s coverage of the 2015 Apple/FBI dispute about data privacy versus national security, this study found via content analysis that a majority of articles covering the dispute (73.7%) made the same potentially misleading claim about how the American public feels about the dispute. Nearly half (45.6%) of those articles made public opinion claims without offering empirical evidence, and almost all articles (97.4%) that cited the Pew survey appeared to have inadvertently created an unsubstantiated social reality. Then, this study found in a subsequent experiment that, consistent with impersonal influence, the above-mentioned news portrayals significantly affected the participants’ view on Americans’ collective opinion towards the Apple/FBI dispute. The long-term effect of this journalistic oversight is notable. Theoretical implications and practical recommendations for future science communication in the news are discussed. ©2019 Informa UK Ltd., trading as Taylor & Francis Group
dc.description.departmentSchool of Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationLee, A. M., and O. Tenenboim. 2019. "How did Americans Really Think About the Apple/FBI Dispute? A Mixed-Method Study." Journalism Practice 14(1): 483-498, doi: 10.1080/17512786.2019.1623709
dc.identifier.issn1751-2786
dc.identifier.issue4
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2019.1623709
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10735.1/8660
dc.identifier.volume14
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.rights©2019 Informa UK Ltd.
dc.source.journalJournalism Practice
dc.subjectApple computer
dc.subjectContent analysis (Communication)
dc.subjectUnited States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
dc.subjectNews agencies
dc.subjectPew Research Center for the People & the Press
dc.subjectPublic opinion polls
dc.subjectPublic opinion
dc.titleHow did Americans Really Think About the Apple/FBI Dispute? A Mixed-Method Study
dc.type.genrearticle

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