| Mechanisms of Trust: News Media in Democratic and Authoritarian Regimes Contributor(s): Müller, Jan (Author) |
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ISBN: 3593398591 ISBN-13: 9783593398594 Publisher: Campus Verlag OUR PRICE: $62.37 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science - Social Science | Media Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.65 lbs) 250 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This study examines the relationship between the media and the government in authoritarian regimes and Western democracies, focusing on how political structures affect the level of trust between the public and the news media. Surprisingly, Jan M ller finds that there is a higher level of trust among citizens of authoritarian regimes. To help reassert trust in the media, M ller argues that in democratic societies, a differentiated media system with interventions of the state to ensure plurality--in the form of public service media, for example--leads to trust in the news media. |
Contributor Bio(s): Muller, Jan: - Jan Müller received a doctoral degree in political science at Jacobs University, Germany, worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for the Study of Democracy, and currently works as an analyst for the market research company Ipsos. |