Two Sides of the Same Coin? Trust and Distrust in Public
Service Media: A Case Study from the Czech Republic

k 2023

Two Sides of the Same Coin? Trust and Distrust in Public Service Media: A Case Study from the Czech Republic

URBÁNIKOVÁ, Marína a Klára SMEJKAL

Základní údaje

Originální název

Two Sides of the Same Coin? Trust and Distrust in Public Service Media: A Case Study from the Czech Republic

Autoři

URBÁNIKOVÁ, Marína a Klára SMEJKAL

Vydání

Perspectives on Media Trust. European Media Management Association Conference 2023 (Pamplona, Spain), 2023

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Prezentace na konferencích

Obor

50800 5.8 Media and communications

Stát vydavatele

Španělsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

Klíčová slova anglicky

Czech Radio; Czech Television; distrust; media quality; public service media; skepticism; trust

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam

Změněno: 19. 4. 2024 16:31, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová

Anotace

V originále

Although public service media is a trusted island in the media landscape of many countries, trust in public service media is not absolute and universal. This study adopts a qualitative approach to explore what trust and distrust entail for the public, a perspective rarely applied in trust research. Also, it explores the extent to which the sources of trust and distrust are the same and whether the concepts of trust and distrust are identical (only inverse), or linked but separate. It focuses on the Czech Republic, where the level of trust in the news is among the lowest in the world, yet public service media is the most trusted news source (Newman et al., 2022). Based on four focus group discussions with the general public (N = 24), this study analyzes the reasons for the audience’s trust and distrust in Czech public service media. There are three main categories: trust in the message (i.e., people trust public service media if, in their view, it provides objective, truthful, reliable, relevant, and fast information without sensationalism and anti‐system views); trust in the source (i.e., people trust public service media if they perceive the public service media journalists as professional); and trust in the public service media organizations (i.e., people trust public service media if they perceive the regulatory framework as effective in ensuring independence from politics and oversight boards as a guarantee for quality). As the reasons leading to trust were not identical (only inverse) to the reasons leading to distrust, our findings suggest that trust and distrust in public service media are not two sides of the same coin.

Návaznosti

GA22-30563S, projekt VaV

Název: Re-konceptualizace role českých médií veřejné služby: očekávání, výzvy a příležitosti

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Re-konceptualizace role českých médií veřejné služby: očekávání, výzvy a příležitosti

Citovat

URBÁNIKOVÁ, Marína a Klára SMEJKAL. Two Sides of the Same Coin? Trust and Distrust in Public Service Media: A Case Study from the Czech Republic. In Perspectives on Media Trust. European Media Management Association Conference 2023 (Pamplona, Spain). 2023.

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   booktitle = {Perspectives on Media Trust. European Media Management Association Conference 2023 (Pamplona, Spain)},
   keywords = {Czech Radio; Czech Television; distrust; media quality; public service media; skepticism; trust},
   language = {eng},
   title = {Two Sides of the Same Coin? Trust and Distrust in Public Service Media: A Case Study from the Czech Republic},
   year = {2023}
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URBÁNIKOVÁ, Marína a Klára SMEJKAL. Two Sides of the Same Coin? Trust and Distrust in Public Service Media: A Case Study from the Czech Republic. In \textit{Perspectives on Media Trust. European Media Management Association Conference 2023 (Pamplona, Spain)}. 2023.

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