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Conceptualisations and analyses of distrust and mistrust in news media: Reviewing research from a decade of distrust Cover

Conceptualisations and analyses of distrust and mistrust in news media: Reviewing research from a decade of distrust

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|May 2025

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Date of data collectionComments: N = 88. The figure shows the years when the data for the surveyed studies was gathered. Articles that do not mention when the data was gathered are not included.
Date of data collectionComments: N = 88. The figure shows the years when the data for the surveyed studies was gathered. Articles that do not mention when the data was gathered are not included.

Journals and number of articles included in the survey

JournalMain fieldNumber
Communication ResearchCommunication studies11
Communication TheoryCommunication studies8
Cultural StudiesCultural studies5
DifferencesCultural studies0
Digital JournalismJournalism studies16
European Journal of CommunicationMedia studies12
Feminist Media StudiesMedia studies7
Information, Communication & SocietyMedia and communication studies27
International Journal of Cultural StudiesCultural studies1
Journal of Cinema and Media StudiesMedia and cultural studies0
Journal of CommunicationCommunication studies14
JournalismJournalism studies24
Journalism StudiesJournalism studies15
Media HistoryMedia studies0
Media PsychologyMedia studies2
Media, Culture & SocietyMedia studies4
New Media & SocietyMedia studies17
Political CommunicationMedia studies17
Total180

Number of studies per country

CountryNumber of studies
Australia2
Austria2
Belgium3
Brazil1
Canada1
China1
Czech Republic1
Finland1
Germany8
Iceland1
India1
Israel2
Italy1
Japan2
Jordan1
Lebanon1
Netherlands3
Norway4
Russia2
Saudi Arabia1
South Korea5
Spain1
Sweden4
Switzerland1
Ukraine1
UK4
US40

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RQ1.Which countries, regions, and periods have been studied most extensively regarding questions about distrust in the media?
RQ2.How has distrust in the media been conceptualised and studied? How has it been related to, for example, trust, scepticism, and cynicism?
RQ3.How has distrust in the media been explained in the reviewed research?
RQ4.What are the consequences of distrust in the media according to the reviewed research?
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2025-0006 | Journal eISSN: 2001-5119 | Journal ISSN: 1403-1108
Language: English
Page range: 1 - 27
Published on: May 7, 2025
Published by: University of Gothenburg Nordicom
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

© 2025 Peter Jakobsson, Fredrik Stiernstedt, published by University of Gothenburg Nordicom
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