Bringing together some of the foremost scholars in the field, this book offers a critical introduction to mainstream news media (dis)trust and its social and political conditions and consequences.
Drawing on qualitative and quantitative approaches, the chapters in Mainstream News Media Trust summarize what we know about news media trust today and set out a research agenda to advance our understanding of the topic in the future. The chapters address issues such as trends in news media trust, what factors shape and moderate news media trust, how much news media trust a society needs, how truthful news reporting and trust are related, how institutional trust and false stories shape public opinion, and contemporary challenges to news media trust. In addition, they consider what measures different news media have taken to increase audience trust and engagement.
This book adopts a comparative global outlook to provide a well-rounded state of the field art. Mainstream News Media Trust is essential reading for advanced students and researchers in Journalism, Digital Media, and related disciplines.
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Nayla Fawzi is Professor of Democracy and Digital Communication in the Department of Communication at University of Mainz, Germany. She leads the research group “Trust from a Media, Politics and Public Perspective.” Her research focuses on political communication, in particular, the chances and challenges of the current media environment for citizens, journalism, and democracy.
Jesper Strömbäck is Professor of Journalism and Political Communication in the Department of Journalism, Media and Communication at University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Broadly, his research focuses on political journalism, media use, and media effects on people’s attitudes and beliefs. Among his most recent books is the co-edited Knowledge Resistance in High-Choice Information Environments (2022).
Yariv Tsfati is Professor in the Department of Communication at The Herta and Paul Amir Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Haifa, Israel. His research focuses on various facets of public opinion, in particular on trust in media, the third-person effect, and campaign effects.
