Naslov
Who Doesn't Trust the News? Factors Influencing Trust in the Media Among Croatian Citizens

Autori
Raos, Višeslav

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, znanstveni

Skup
State (In)Stability: Past, Present, and Future Perspectives for the Nation State

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 12.11.2021

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
media ; trust ; voter behavior ; social cleavage ; Croatia

Sažetak
The rise of post-truth, alternative facts, and division of both voters, and politicians in echo chambers and information bubbles is closely connected with the rise of distrust of media outlets, especially those pertaining to traditional media forms (press, radio, and television). The aim of this paper is to examine the factors that influence one’s inclination to trust or distrust media, whereby a distinction will be made between traditional media forms and new media forms (internet news portals, social media networks). The paper will try to test whether sociodemographic background characteristics, party preferences, level of religiosity, as well as views and opinions on bioethical issues, have an influence on one’s trust in information presented by media outlets. In addition, this analysis of social opinion will also make use of measurement instruments that assess one’s proclivity to authoritarianism and populism. The paper will test the relation between trust in media and the aforementioned factors by making use of nationally representative field survey conducted in early 2020, as party of the Croatian Electoral Studies series, maintained for three decades by the Faculty of Political Science in Zagreb. The analysis of factors influencing trust in media will be based on an OLS regression model, with levels of trust in both traditional, and new media sources, as the outcome variables.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Politologija

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