{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,26]],"date-time":"2026-03-26T10:22:10Z","timestamp":1774520530815,"version":"3.50.1"},"reference-count":42,"publisher":"SAGE Publications","issue":"11","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2018,4,20]],"date-time":"2018-04-20T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1524182400000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/page\/policies\/text-and-data-mining-license"}],"content-domain":{"domain":["journals.sagepub.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":["New Media &amp; Society"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2018,11]]},"abstract":"<jats:p> The use of social media for sharing political information and the status of news as an essential raw material for good citizenship are both generating increasing public concern. We add to the debates about misinformation, disinformation, and \u201cfake news\u201d using a new theoretical framework and a unique research design integrating survey data and analysis of observed news sharing behaviors on social media. Using a media-as-resources perspective, we theorize that there are elective affinities between tabloid news and misinformation and disinformation behaviors on social media. Integrating four data sets we constructed during the 2017 UK election campaign\u2014individual-level data on news sharing ( N = 1,525,748 tweets), website data ( N = 17,989 web domains), news article data ( N = 641 articles), and data from a custom survey of Twitter users ( N = 1313 respondents)\u2014we find that sharing tabloid news on social media is a significant predictor of democratically dysfunctional misinformation and disinformation behaviors. We explain the consequences of this finding for the civic culture of social media and the direction of future scholarship on fake news. <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1177\/1461444818769689","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,4,20]],"date-time":"2018-04-20T12:32:58Z","timestamp":1524227578000},"page":"4255-4274","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":185,"title":["Do tabloids poison the well of social media? Explaining democratically dysfunctional news sharing"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"Andrew","family":"Chadwick","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Loughborough University, UK"}]},{"given":"Cristian","family":"Vaccari","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Loughborough University, UK"}]},{"given":"Ben","family":"O\u2019Loughlin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Royal Holloway, University of London, UK"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,4,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"bibr1-1461444818769689","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/1461444814535190"},{"key":"bibr2-1461444818769689","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1145\/1935826.1935845"},{"key":"bibr3-1461444818769689","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/0956797615594620"},{"key":"bibr4-1461444818769689","unstructured":"Barthel M, Mitchell A, Holcomb J (2016) Many Americans Believe Fake News Is Sowing Confusion. Washington, DC: Pew Research Center. Available at: http:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/12\/14154753\/PJ_2016.12.15_fake-news_FINAL.pdf"},{"key":"bibr5-1461444818769689","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1460-2466.2008.00410.x"},{"key":"bibr6-1461444818769689","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/13183222.1998.11008681"},{"key":"bibr7-1461444818769689","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1468-2958.2011.01418.x"},{"key":"bibr8-1461444818769689","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/jcom.12166"},{"key":"bibr9-1461444818769689","first-page":"4","volume-title":"Digital Journalism","volume":"6","author":"Carlson M","year":"2017"},{"key":"bibr10-1461444818769689","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/oso\/9780190696726.001.0001"},{"key":"bibr11-1461444818769689","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/08838151.2017.1309415"},{"key":"bibr12-1461444818769689","volume-title":"Media, Society, World: Social Theory and Digital Media Practice","author":"Couldry N","year":"2012"},{"key":"bibr13-1461444818769689","unstructured":"Deacon D, Wring D, Harmer E, et al. (2016) Hard evidence: analysis shows extent of press bias towards Brexit. The Conversation, 16 June. Available at: https:\/\/theconversation.com\/hard-evidence-analysis-shows-extent-of-press-bias-towards-brexit-61106"},{"key":"bibr14-1461444818769689","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4135\/9781446201015.n2"},{"key":"bibr15-1461444818769689","volume-title":"The Public and Its Problems","author":"Dewey J","year":"1927"},{"key":"bibr16-1461444818769689","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/19331681.2016.1160267"},{"key":"bibr17-1461444818769689","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/0267323199014003001"},{"key":"bibr18-1461444818769689","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/pops.12394"},{"key":"bibr19-1461444818769689","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.7551\/mitpress\/1564.001.0001"},{"key":"bibr20-1461444818769689","volume-title":"Lexicon of Lies: Terms for Problematic Information","author":"Jack C","year":"2017"},{"key":"bibr21-1461444818769689","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/2056305115610141"},{"key":"bibr22-1461444818769689","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.chb.2014.08.009"},{"key":"bibr23-1461444818769689","volume-title":"Public Opinion","author":"Lippman W","year":"1922"},{"key":"bibr24-1461444818769689","first-page":"75","volume-title":"Tabloid Tales: Global Debates Over Media Standards","author":"McLachlan S","year":"2000"},{"key":"bibr25-1461444818769689","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/10584609.2017.1334018"},{"key":"bibr26-1461444818769689","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.chb.2014.11.024"},{"key":"bibr27-1461444818769689","unstructured":"OFCOM (2017) News consumption in the UK, 29 June. Available at: https:\/\/www.ofcom.org.uk\/__data\/assets\/pdf_file\/0017\/103625\/news-consumption-uk-2016.pdf"},{"key":"bibr28-1461444818769689","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1460-2466.2012.01630.x"},{"key":"bibr29-1461444818769689","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.7551\/mitpress\/10288.001.0001"},{"key":"bibr30-1461444818769689","unstructured":"Ponsford D (2016) Sun and Mail Online both take down stories claiming Jeremy Corbyn was \u201cdancing a jig\u201d on way to Cenotaph. Press Gazette, 24 November. Available at: http:\/\/www.pressgazette.co.uk\/bbc-presenter-andrew-marr-has-defended-decision-to-interview-far-right-leader-marine-le-pen-on-remembrance-sunday"},{"key":"bibr31-1461444818769689","unstructured":"Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2017) Reuters digital news report\u2014United Kingdom. Available at: http:\/\/www.digitalnewsreport.org\/survey\/2017\/united-kingdom-2017"},{"key":"bibr32-1461444818769689","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/ijpor\/edq018"},{"key":"bibr33-1461444818769689","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/1461444814535724"},{"key":"bibr34-1461444818769689","unstructured":"Scacco JM, Muddiman A (2016) Investigating the influence of \u201cclickbait\u201d news headlines. Engaging News Project Report. Available at: https:\/\/mediaengagement.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ENP-Investigating-the-Influence-of-Clickbait-News-Headlines.pdf"},{"key":"bibr35-1461444818769689","volume-title":"The Good Citizen: A History of American Civic Life","author":"Schudson M","year":"1998"},{"key":"bibr36-1461444818769689","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/0093650205279209"},{"key":"bibr37-1461444818769689","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/1461444813477833"},{"key":"bibr38-1461444818769689","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/jcom.12187"},{"key":"bibr39-1461444818769689","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/jcom.12325"},{"key":"bibr40-1461444818769689","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.chb.2014.12.025"},{"key":"bibr41-1461444818769689","unstructured":"Waterson J (2017) Britain has no fake news industry because our partisan newspapers already do that job. Buzzfeed UK, 24 January. Available at: https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/jimwaterson\/fake-news-sites-cant-compete-with-britains-partisan-newspape?utm_term=.bcnKEzoDn#.dxMP8ln4N"},{"key":"bibr42-1461444818769689","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/1461444813495165"}],"container-title":["New Media &amp; Society"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1177\/1461444818769689","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/full-xml\/10.1177\/1461444818769689","content-type":"application\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1177\/1461444818769689","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,3,1]],"date-time":"2025-03-01T05:51:07Z","timestamp":1740808267000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/1461444818769689"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2018,4,20]]},"references-count":42,"journal-issue":{"issue":"11","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2018,11]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1177\/1461444818769689"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/1461444818769689","relation":{},"ISSN":["1461-4448","1461-7315"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1461-4448","type":"print"},{"value":"1461-7315","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2018,4,20]]}}}