What makes audiences resilient to disinformation?: Integrating micro, meso, and macro factors based on a systematic literature review

Jülide Kont; Wim Elving; Marcel Broersma; Çiğdem Bozdağ

doi:10.1515/commun-2023-0078

What makes audiences resilient to disinformation? Integrating micro, meso, and macro factors based on a systematic literature review

Jülide Kont (First author), Wim Elving, Marcel Broersma, Çiğdem Bozdağ

University of Groningen, Centre for Media and Journalism Studies Groningen

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Abstract

Despite increased attention since 2015, there is little consensus on why audiences believe or share disinformation. In our study, we propose a shift in analytical perspective by applying the concept of resilience. Through a systematic literature review (n = 95), we identify factors that have been linked to individuals’ resilience and vulnerability to disinformation thus far. Our analysis reveals twelve factors: thinking styles, political ideology, worldview and beliefs, pathologies, knowledge, emotions, (social) media use, demographics, perceived control, trust, culture, and environment. By applying the results to the socio-ecological model (SEM), we provide a comprehensive view on what constitutes resilience to disinformation, delineate between different levels of influence, and identify relevant gaps in research. Our conceptualization contributes to an under-theorized field, in which the term resilience is much used yet rarely sufficiently defined.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-22
Number of pages	22
Journal	Communications: The European Journal of Communication Research
Volume	50
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/commun-2023-0078
Publication status	Published - 16 May 2024

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Keywords

conspiracy theory belief
disinformation
fake news
misinformation
resilience
vulnerability

Research Focus Areas Hanze University of Applied Sciences * (mandatory by Hanze)

Energy

Publinova themes

ICT and Media
People and Society

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ECREA Audience and Reception Studies Section
Kont, J. (Speaker)
2023
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation

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What makes audiences resilient to disinformation? Integrating micro, meso, and macro factors based on a systematic literature review. / Kont, Jülide (First author); Elving, Wim; Broersma, Marcel et al.
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