"All over Europe and the World communication scientists reflect questions on trust in journalism and media. A large scale of analysis and research gives new perspectives of reasons, impacts and consequences of trust or mistrust in media and journalism. This anthology provides an overview on empirical research to trust in media and journalism, new perspectives, methodological approaches and current results, discussed among communication scientists at European and international scientific conferences." (Publisher description)
Trust in Media and Journalism / Kim Otto & Andreas Köhler, 1
I. ETHICS AND NORMS
What Is Meant By Trust' In News Media? / Caroline Fisher, 19
Changing Norms Concerning Verification: Towards a Relative Truth in Online News? / Gunnar Nygren & Andreas Widholm, 39
The Quality of Tweets and the Adoption of Journalistic Norms: Results of a Large-Scale Content Analysis / Sonja Kapidzic, Christoph Neuberger, Stefan Stieglitz, Milad Mirbabaie, 61
II. IMPACTS ON TRUST
Media Trust and Media Use / Mario Schranz, Jörg Schneider & Mark Eisenegger, 73
The Impact of the European Debt Crisis on Trust in the Media / Andreas Köhler & Kim Otto, 93
Everyday Dynamics of Media Skepticism and Credibility: An Ambulatory Assessment Study / Lukas Otto, Fabian Thomas & Michaela Maier, 111
III. POPULISM
How Journalism Responds to Right-Wing Populist Criticism: The "Lying Press" Attack and the "No Censorship" or "No Ammunition" Defence / Benjamin Krämer, 137
"Lügenpresse! Lying press!" Is the Press Lying? A Content Analysis Study of the Bias of Journalistic Coverage about 'Pegida', the Movement Behind this Accusation / Markus Beiler & Johanna Kiesler, 155