[FoME] Global Media Journal: TRUST

[Klaas Glenewinkel]

Hello everybody,

We would like to draw your attention to the current issue of the
*Global Media Journal(German Edition) *dedicated to
*Modes of Perception and Issues of Trust in the Media* which was jointly
edited by MiCT´s head of research Anja Wollenberg (guest-editor)
and Katharina Nötzold (Free University Berlin).

In this special issue we raise questions that link transformation of
political culture to media use, trust in media and media perception:
What are root causes of trust and distrust in media in different
political contexts? What factors shape media perception across cultures
and across political regimes? Are there commonalities or do factors
mostly differ? Given the common instrumentalization of media in conflict
environments and the growing ubiquity of political media capture, we
also ask, whether unfettered trust in media is normatively desirable
under any circumstances. Put differently: Isn’t distrust a healthy
response to propaganda and media manipulation?

As these questions show, research on trust requires contextualization
and needs to be connected to the study of media perception and social
processes of sense-making. In the context of repressive regimes,
excessive state control might produce distrust in media and foster the
power of informal networks of information exchange; In
post-authoritarian states, with the liberalization of media systems,
media users are often overwhelmed by the sudden abundance of sources; In
conflict environments on the other hand, the negative assessment of
media performance is driven by perceived instrumentalization of media by
conflict parties. As these examples show, understanding context is key
for overcoming deterministic and media centred approaches that are still
common in the academic discourse and also in the field of media development.


The following authors have contributed to the special issue:

Selective Trust in News in the Comparative Context
<https://globalmediajournal.de/index.php/gmj/article/view/231>
by Benjamin Toff

Filling the Void: Information Seeking and Processing in the Context of
Violent Conflicts
<https://globalmediajournal.de/index.php/gmj/article/view/242>
by Anke Fiedler and Anja Wollenberg

On-site actors’ agency within international media development
<https://globalmediajournal.de/index.php/gmj/article/view/240>
by Ines Drefs

Online speech and offline violence: Reflections on the current
violence in Ethiopia
<https://globalmediajournal.de/index.php/gmj/article/view/261>
by Nicole Stremlau

Propaganda on demand: Russia’s media environment during the war in
Ukraine <https://globalmediajournal.de/index.php/gmj/article/view/258>
by Anna Litvinenko

Journalists as liars, servants, and sell-outs? On the declining trust
in the media in the Czech Republicand Slovakia
<https://globalmediajournal.de/index.php/gmj/article/view/244>
by Marína Urbániková

Uncertainty and loss of trust in the Hungarian media
<https://globalmediajournal.de/index.php/gmj/article/view/245>
by Gábor Polyák and Kata Horváth

Book-Review: Responsible Journalism in Conflicted Societies. Trust and
Public Service Across Newand Old Divides
<https://globalmediajournal.de/index.php/gmj/article/view/262>
by Annika Sehl

Book-Review: Foreign Aid and Journalism in the Global South: A
Mouthpiece for Truth
<https://globalmediajournal.de/index.php/gmj/article/view/263>
by Vera Katzenberger


I wish you all a nice week and an interesting read.


*Klaas Glenewinkel*

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Klaas Glenewinkel
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