Going Beyond General Media Trust

Autor(en)
Hajo Boomgaarden, Yariv Tsfati, Jesper Strömbäck, Elina Lindgren, Alyt Damstra, Rens Vliegenthart
Abstrakt

A key problem with research on news media trust is that it has mostly focused on general media trust and that there is limited research on how media trust might vary across levels of analysis. In this paper, we seek to remedy this by investigating whether news media trust differs depending on the topic of news coverage and whether topical trust can be distinguished from general media trust. We also investigate the antecedents of trust in news coverage of different topics and the effects of topical trust on issue (mis)perceptions. Among other things, findings show that topical media trust can be distinguished from general media trust and is a better predictor of correct perceptions on political matters.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft
Externe Organisation(en)
Wageningen University and Research Centre, University of Haifa, University of Gothenburg, University of Amsterdam (UvA)
Journal
International Journal of Public Opinion Research
Band
34
ISSN
0954-2892
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/edac010
Publikationsdatum
08-2022
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
508009 Medienforschung, 508007 Kommunikationswissenschaft, 508008 Medienanalyse
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Sociology and Political Science
Link zum Portal
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/ad02df02-33df-4165-b1fc-206739129a5b