Media, Trust, and Democratic Accountability

Abstract

This panel examines how media performance, accountability reporting, and perceived efficacy shape trust in journalism, politics, and democracy. It brings together experimental, survey-based, and longitudinal perspectives on the fragile relationship between media institutions and democratic legitimacy.

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No Trust Without Efficacy: Establishing the Causal Relationship Between Trust and External News Efficacy Through Multi-Modal Conjoint Experiments	View Paper Details
Does Accountability Reporting Undermine Trust in the Media?	View Paper Details
The Longitudinal Effects of Political Harmful Content on Trust in Politics Among Adolescents: a Data Donation Linkage Study	View Paper Details
Pinocchio Politics: Citizen Perceptions of Political Disinformation and its Effects on Democratic Attitudes	View Paper Details