Grammar, spelling error rates persist in digital news

Author First name, Last name, Institution

Park Beede, Zayed University
Michael W. Mulnix, American University of Kurdistan

Document Type

Article

Source of Publication

Newspaper Research Journal

Publication Date

9-1-2017

Abstract

© 2017 NOND of AEJMC. Researchers have long investigated error rates in news stories and their impact on media credibility. This new research explores spelling and grammar error rates in the digital era and their association with reported credibility. Results show basic errors in spelling and grammar persist in digital news; however, their influence on perceived credibility is not so straightforward.

DOI Link

10.1177/0739532917722766

ISSN

0739-5329

Publisher

SAGE Publications Ltd

Volume

38

Issue

3

First Page

316

Last Page

327

Disciplines

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Keywords

Accuracy, Chi-square, Content analysis, Credibility, News, Objectivity, Online, Quantitative, U.S.

Scopus ID

85049169760

Recommended Citation

Beede, Park and Mulnix, Michael W., "Grammar, spelling error rates persist in digital news" (2017). All Works. 1804.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/works/1804

Indexed in Scopus

yes

Open Access

no