Effects of Traditional and Social Media on Political Trust

Echeverría, Martín; Mani, Evelia

doi:10.15581/003.33.2.119-135

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“…Some scholars even propose a third thesis, stating that the effect of media usage on political trust should depend on specific contexts including media types, media content, motivation of media usage, degree of media usage and levels of trust in media, and the like (Jiang & Zhang, 2021; Kang & Zhu, 2021; Meng & Li, 2021; Niu, 2010). When the specific contexts change, the relationship between media usage and political trust could also change (Brosius, van Elsas & de Vreese, 2019; Echeverria & Mani, 2020; Guggenheim, Kwak & Campbell, 2011; Kim, Chen & De Zúñiga, 2013; Otto & Maier, 2016; Von Sikorski & Herbst, 2020; Tsfati, Tukachinsky, & Peri, 2009). Based on this more versatile theory, we argue that how media use affects political trust should really depend on the specific context, and most importantly, whether the dominant political content on a specific governmental level in a specific type of media is mostly positive or negative.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Exploring the effects of traditional media, social media, and foreign media on hierarchical levels of political trust in China

Zhang

2022

Global Media and China

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Although there is a consensus that mass media play an important role in the rise and fall of political trust in Western democracies, existing research on media use and political trust in China achieved relatively inconclusive findings. By using two surveys conducted in China in 2013 and 2018, we examine the effects of media use, including traditional media, social media, and foreign media, on Chinese citizens’ trust in their central and local governments. Our research shows that traditional media usage such as watching TV and reading newspapers is positively associated with citizens’ trust in the central government but is not related to their trust in local governments. Social media usage is negatively associated with trust in local governments but not with trust in the central government. Using VPNs to access foreign media is negatively associated with Chinese citizens’ trust in the central government but does not affect their trust in local governments. We explain why different types of media have such contrasting effects on political trust in central versus local Chinese governments and discuss the theoretical and empirical implications of these findings.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Exploring the effects of traditional media, social media, and foreign media on hierarchical levels of political trust in China

Zhang

2022

Global Media and China

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“…In this respect, research findings are contradictory as well. Some studies indicate that social media consumption has a greater positive effect on trust than traditional media (Echeverría and Mani, 2020), whereas others suggest that access to information via social media is linked to lower trust (Ceron, 2015). These ambiguities suggest that the nature of the relationship between media consumption and trust can be, to some extent, contextual and provide justification for further testing in the communication environment created by the COVID-19 pandemic.…”

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Managing the COVID-19 pandemic: predictors of trust in institutions in Romania

Bârgăoanu

Corbu

Buturoiu

et al. 2021

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PurposeThe paper discusses the predictors of trust in the institutions and people involved in crisis management at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania. Trust in institutions might be a key factor in the way countries affected by the COVID-19 pandemic deal with the crisis as people might be more willing to accept the restrictions and rules imposed if they trust the key institutions and people involved in managing the pandemic. The paper provides recommendations for key stakeholders to increase trust in people and institutions in times of crisis.Design/methodology/approachThe authors draw evidence from a national online panel survey (N = 1,160) to investigate the main predictors of trust in this context.FindingsThe main results indicate that trust in institutions is positively correlated with news consumption and personal discussions about the pandemic, perceived incidence of COVID-19 fake news, belief in conspiracy theories and uncertainty about the future of the country.Originality/valueTo the best of the knowledge, this study is one of the few papers investigating the predictors of trust in the institutions and people involved in managing the current pandemic in a country in the Central and Eastern European region.

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“…Supporting this assertion, Krishna and Jha (2017) noted that mass media like radio, television, and newspaper impact people's socio-political lives. They disseminate political information upward or downward (Echeverría & Mani, 2020). Färdigh (2013) and Park (2012) maintained that through framing corruption issues in certain ways and assigning salience to them, the media influence people's opinions about the menace of corruption.…”

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Salience in the Media and Political Trust in Nigeria: The Mediating Role of Political Participation

Akinola

Omar

Mustapha

2021

JSSH

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Political distrust is prevalent in many parts of the world. Scholars have discovered many factors affecting political trust, but they have paid little attention to the influence of issue salience in the media on political trust. Focusing on the role of media in assigning salience to corruption issues in Nigeria, this study examined the influence of mainstream media and social media on political trust. In addition, we treated political participation as a mediating factor and investigated its effect on the relationship between perceived salience of corruption in media and political trust. A survey was conducted on a sample of 688 Nigerians aged above 18 years old using a multi-stage cluster sampling technique. The data was later analyzed using Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM). We found that salience in media predicted political trust, and the effect was stronger for social media than mainstream media contexts. Our findings also suggested that political participation directly affected political trust and was a significant mediator that affected the relationships between salience in the mainstream media (SMM) and political trust and between salience in the social media (SSM) and political trust. The results imply that salience in media leads to political participation, leading to political trust. This study supports the assumptions of both agenda-setting and agenda-melding theories. It suggests that policymakers in Nigeria should adopt media, especially social media, to restore the people’s trust in government.

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Effects of Traditional and Social Media on Political Trust

Cited by 12 publications

References 23 publications

Exploring the effects of traditional media, social media, and foreign media on hierarchical levels of political trust in China

Exploring the effects of traditional media, social media, and foreign media on hierarchical levels of political trust in China

Managing the COVID-19 pandemic: predictors of trust in institutions in Romania

Salience in the Media and Political Trust in Nigeria: The Mediating Role of Political Participation

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