Politicized and paranoid? Assessing attitudinal predictors of alternative news consumption
Year: 2024

The study of right-wing alternative online news sources has moved to the center of scholarly attention recently. Such sources cater to news consumers characterized by extreme political views and mistrust towards mainstream sources. Right-wing alternative news outlets have also been linked to the spread of conspiracy myths in areas such as immigration and climate change, and to the spread of state-led propaganda. However, research into the predictors of alternative news consumption is still compa