In contemporary high-choice media environments, the issue of media trust and its impact on
people's media use has taken on new importance. At the same time, the extent to which …

Research on trust in media is on the rise. However, communication scholars have
addressed related concepts (eg media credibility) for decades, and these concepts have …

Political communication in many democracies reflects the disconnection of publics from
institutions of press and politics due to the hollowing of center parties and growing social …

Exogenous shocks like the COVID-19 pandemic unleashes multiple fundamental questions
about society beyond public health. Based on the classical concept of 'need for …

Despite signs of declining press trust in many western countries, we know little about trends
in press trust across the world. Based on comparative survey data from the World Values …

Trust has long been considered an important factor that influences people's relationship with
news. However, the increase in the volume of information available online, together with the …

Fake news has become a prominent topic of public discussion, particularly among elites.
Recent research has explored the prevalence of fake news during the 2016 election cycle …

The changes in how people consume news and the emergence of digital and distributed
news sources call for a reexamination of the relationship between news use and trust in …

Public trust plays a vital role in a public health crisis. Drawing on trust and protection
motivation theories, the study explores how people impose trust, fear and perceived threat in …

Over the last decade, a network of far-right alternative online media has emerged globally.
At the same time, legacy news media have suffered a decline in trust and revenues. In this …