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I trust my ‘good neighbour’: Why people trust local news

Overview of attention for article published in Media International Australia, November 2025
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • One of the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#1 of 836)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (99th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (92nd percentile)

Mentioned by

news
64 news outlets
blogs
1 blog
bluesky
1 Bluesky user

Readers on

mendeley
6 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
I trust my ‘good neighbour’: Why people trust local news
Published in
Media International Australia, November 2025
DOI 10.1177/1329878x251392949
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Mendeley demographics

Mendeley demographics

The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 6 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.

Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 6 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Unspecified 2 33%
Student > Ph. D. Student 1 17%
Unknown 3 50%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Unspecified 2 33%
Social Sciences 1 17%
Unknown 3 50%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 508. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 30 July 2026.
All research outputs
#62,664
of 33,243,187 outputs
Outputs from Media International Australia
#1
of 836 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#565
of 373,287 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Media International Australia
#1
of 14 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 33,243,187 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 99th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 836 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 12.2. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 99% of its peers.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 373,287 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 99% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 14 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 92% of its contemporaries.