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How news consumption in modern media landscapes relates to threats perceptions and fears in public spaces. A scoping review

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  • Ines Spielvogel
  • Kevin Koban
  • Jörg Matthes

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A high percentage of current news media covers topics relevant to the public such as wars, crime, and terrorist attacks, making threat perceptions and fears in public spaces (TPF-PS) more salient. Due to the unique challenges involved with current media landscapes, research examining how news consumption (NC) is related TPF-PS is still attracting scholarly interest. Therefore, we conducted a scoping review of N = 72 empirical studies since the advent of the smartphone era. The review detects cultivation theory as the main theoretical approach as well as a prevalence of quantitative methods and cross-sectional surveys. Furthermore, most empirical studies are carried out in North America and draw on non-probability sampling methods. Moreover, the review detects (region-based) research trends by breaking down N = 307 identified operationalizations into main classifications of TPF-PS and NC. Additionally, the review indicates a predominance of no associations between NC and TPF-PS. Implications for future research are discussed.

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  • Ines Spielvogel & Kevin Koban & Jörg Matthes, 2024. "How news consumption in modern media landscapes relates to threats perceptions and fears in public spaces. A scoping review," Journal of Risk Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 27(3), pages 458-480, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jriskr:v:27:y:2024:i:3:p:458-480
    DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2024.2350717
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