Original scientific paper

Connections Betwen Trust in Journalism and Patterns of Media Use

Sašo Slaček Brlek orcid.org/0000-0001-6270-3092 ; Social Communications Research Centre at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Jožica Zajc orcid.org/0000-0001-7500-9825 ; Centre for Organisational and Human Resources Research at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Boris Mance ; Social Communications Research Centre at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Abstract

The article investigates the connections between trust in journalism and media use. The authors fi nd that the connection between frequency of media use for informative purposes and trust in journalism is very weak, being statistically signifi cant at the 0.05 level for television viewing but not for radio listening, newspaper reading or use of the internet. The authors fi nd indications of polarisation along partisan lines, since those respondents who follow right-wing media (especially those associated with the Slovenian Democratic Party) exhibit a lower level of trust in journalism.

Keywords

trust in journalism; media fragmentation; partisan polarisation; news consumption

Hrčak ID:

161252

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/161252

Publication date:

30.6.2016.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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