Thus, the concerning tendencies the study does find can also be expected to be more pronounced in dissimilar contexts characterized by lower general levels of trust and ostracizing of what could be perceived as extreme points of view and parties representing them.

Findings must be understood in rel. to DK’s strong public service tradition, generally high levels of MSM trust, and inclusion of what could be perceived as extreme points of view and parties representing them in public debate and parliamentary system.

Altogether, the findings add considerable nuance to the picture of ANM users and findings suggest that, in the Danish case, there is reason to moderate some of the concerns often voiced in relation to the spread and use of alternative news media.

These findings suggest that use of RW ANM is associated with considerable dissatisfaction with the political elite. But also suggest users channel dissatisfaction into the rep. pol. system via the voting booth, i.e. it finds its outlet within the confinements of rep. politics.

Only use of the most radical RW ANM is associated with lower political trust. Users of RW ANM have more populist attitudes and greater predicted average probability of voting for RW-populist parties than the rest of the population. Similar pattern not found for LW users.

Users of LW and RW ANM take ideological positions further to the left and right and have more immigration-positive or immigration-critical policy attitudes compared to the rest of the population. Yet, findings suggest they do not, on avg., take extreme positions.

While the Danish users of ANM have lower levels of trust in MSM than the rest of the population, they do not have much lower trust and users’ levels of trust are high in international comparison. Most users do _not_ have higher trust in ANM than MSM.

Notable diff. btw users of LW and RW ANM: LW users only have lower trust in MSM that (allegedly) have a right leaning. Their trust in MSM with an (alleged) left leaning is comparable to rest of population’s. RW users have lower trust in MSM regardless of their left/right leaning.

Users have lower levels of trust in mainstream news than the rest of the population. This is the case for users of right-wing _and_ left-wing ANM and is the case whether we look at coverage of news in general or specific topics (immigration, climate, economy).

ANM are also sought out for party-political perspectives, used as platforms for idea development in (left-wing) political movements, or as communities of likeminded that give users a sense that they are not alone with their opinions, which some feel are marginalized in MSM.