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How News Audiences Allocate Trust in the Digital Age: A Figuration Perspective
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Abstract The article enriches the understanding of trust in news at a time when mass and interpersonal communication have merged in the digital sphere. We propose disentangling individual-level patterns of trust allocation (i.e., trust figurations) across journalistic media, social media, and peers to reflec... view more
The article enriches the understanding of trust in news at a time when mass and interpersonal communication have merged in the digital sphere. We propose disentangling individual-level patterns of trust allocation (i.e., trust figurations) across journalistic media, social media, and peers to reflect the multiplicity among modern news audiences. A latent class analysis of a representative survey among German young adults revealed four figurations: traditionalists, indifferentials, optimists, and cynics. Political characteristics and education corresponded with substantial heterogeneity in individuals’ trust in news sources, their inclination to differentiate between sources, and the ways of integrating trust in journalistic and non-journalistic sources.... view less
Keywords
quantitative method; Federal Republic of Germany; digitalization; confidence; social media; young adult; journalism; online media; news; source of information; interpersonal communication; survey research; media
Classification
Communicator Research, Journalism
Interactive, electronic Media
Free Keywords
journalistic media; quantitative research
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Page/Pages
p. 1-26
Journal
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly (2022) OnlineFirst
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/10776990221100515
ISSN
2161-430X
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0
FundingGefördert durch die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Projektnummer 491156185 / Funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) - Project number 491156185