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The effect of the media in times of political distrust: the case of European countries
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Abstract No study has yet explored the effect of all communication tools on political trust. Instead, studies on the media and their relationship with trust in political institutions have tended to focus on just a few types and have yielded contradictory results. This study aims to fill this gap, considering... view more
No study has yet explored the effect of all communication tools on political trust. Instead, studies on the media and their relationship with trust in political institutions have tended to focus on just a few types and have yielded contradictory results. This study aims to fill this gap, considering – on the one hand – television, the press and radio, and – on the other – the Internet and online social networks. Given that forms of media inevitably suffer from political choice as well as the political system, we analyse the effect of the media on public political trust. Based on pool data gathered by Eurobarometers (2014–2017) and multi-level regression techniques, it is possible to state that, of the various forms of media, the press and the Internet have a very significant effect on public political trust, as does media freedom.... view less
Keywords
press; Europe; Internet; social media; regression analysis; print media; multi-level analysis; radio; Eurobarometer; television; media; confidence
Classification
Print Media
Broadcasting, Telecommunication
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Interactive, electronic Media
Free Keywords
political trust; ZA5932: Eurobarometer 82.3 (2014); ZA6595: Eurobarometer 83.4 (2015); ZA6788: Eurobarometer 86.2 (2016); ZA6928: Eurobarometer 88.3 (2017)
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
Page/Pages
p. 59-72
Journal
Quaderni dell'Osservatorio elettorale – Italian Journal of Electoral Studies, 83 (2020) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.36253/qoe-9532
ISSN
0392-6753
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed