Trust in government: What's news media got to do with it?

Marcinkowski, Frank; Starke, Christopher

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dc.contributor.author	Marcinkowski, Frank	de
dc.contributor.author	Starke, Christopher	de
dc.date.accessioned	2021-01-15T15:00:00Z
dc.date.available	2021-01-15T15:00:00Z
dc.date.issued	2018	de
dc.identifier.issn	1424-4896	de
dc.identifier.uri	https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/71186
dc.description.abstract	In modern democracies, trust in government is a key indicator of political legitimacy and stability. Drawing from theories of media effects, we investigated whether using traditional media has a negative (media malaise hypothesis) or a positive (virtuous circle hypothesis) impact on trust in the national government. We used a serial mediation model involving evaluations of politicians and evaluations of the political process as mediators of how political communications influence trust in government. To test the model empirically, we conducted an online survey among 1 115 respondents in Germany. Results suggest that the use of traditional media to access political information has a direct positive impact on trust in government mediated by people’s evaluations of politicians and of the political process. We also found a positive serial mediation effect of using traditional media on trust in government mediated first by evaluations of politicians and second by evaluations of the political process.	de
dc.language	en	de
dc.subject.ddc	Publizistische Medien, Journalismus,Verlagswesen	de
dc.subject.ddc	News media, journalism, publishing	en
dc.subject.ddc	Politikwissenschaft	de
dc.subject.ddc	Political science	en
dc.subject.other	Trust in government; media effects; politicians; political Processes; quantitative survey; mediation effects	de
dc.title	Trust in government: What's news media got to do with it?	de
dc.description.review	begutachtet (peer reviewed)	de
dc.description.review	peer reviewed	en
dc.source.journal	Studies in Communication Sciences
dc.source.volume	18	de
dc.publisher.country	CHE
dc.source.issue	1	de
dc.subject.classoz	Wirkungsforschung, Rezipientenforschung	de
dc.subject.classoz	Impact Research, Recipient Research	en
dc.subject.classoz	politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur	de
dc.subject.classoz	Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Vertrauen	de
dc.subject.thesoz	confidence	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Regierung	de
dc.subject.thesoz	government	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Medien	de
dc.subject.thesoz	media	en
dc.subject.thesoz	politischer Prozess	de
dc.subject.thesoz	political lawsuit	en
dc.subject.thesoz	quantitative Methode	de
dc.subject.thesoz	quantitative method	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Befragung	de
dc.subject.thesoz	survey	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Online-Befragung	de
dc.subject.thesoz	online survey	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Umfrageforschung	de
dc.subject.thesoz	survey research	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Bundesrepublik Deutschland	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Federal Republic of Germany	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Politiker	de
dc.subject.thesoz	politician	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Politikerin	de
dc.subject.thesoz		en
dc.subject.thesoz	Nachrichten	de
dc.subject.thesoz	news	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Zeitung	de
dc.subject.thesoz	newspaper	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Fernsehen	de
dc.subject.thesoz	television	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Rundfunk	de
dc.subject.thesoz	broadcasting	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Hörfunk	de
dc.subject.thesoz	radio	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Fragebogen	de
dc.subject.thesoz	questionnaire	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Mediation	de
dc.subject.thesoz	mediation	en
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-71186-8
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung 4.0	de
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0	en
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dc.source.pageinfo	87-102	de
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dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.24434/j.scoms.2018.01.006	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Veröffentlichungsversion	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Published Version	en
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