유튜브 시사 콘텐츠의 뉴스 인식이 법적 대응 태도에 미치는 영향: 이용자의 판단 구조를 중심으로

초록

As the influence of YouTube current affairs content continues to expand and the need for legal responses increases, this study empirically examines the factors shaping news perception, attitudes toward legal responses, and the mediating role of harm perception using survey data collected from 1,000 members of the general public. The results show that users tend to perceive such content as news not on the basis of traditional journalistic values such as public interest or professionalism, but rather according to indicators of social influence (e.g., views and subscribers) and the formal quality of the content. Furthermore, both news perception and harm perception were found to strengthen attitudes toward legal responses. However, news perception reduced harm perception, indicating the coexistence of opposing pathways. These findings suggest that users evaluate YouTube current affairs content through a dual cognitive structure rather than a single criterion, implying the need for differentiated legal responses based on the content's influence and potential harm.

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