Duration
08 Apr 2024 - 12 Apr 2024
12th Graduate Spring School & Research conference on Comparative Media Systems: Media and Trust co-organized with the ECREA CEE Network
The cultures of trust are different across Europe, linked not only to the present day but also to different histories that shape the present. The broader issue of decreasing trust in institutions and how this impacts democratic governance is also coupled with interpersonal trust in the media. Similarly, trust in media organisations is shaped by different contextual factors in the media system and in different cultural settings, as well as by different practices among media audiences and users. Furthermore, citizens often rely on “trusted systems”, for shopping, banking, health, and everyday sociality. How does this technological trust relate to trust in organisations (governmental, corporate or civil society)?
In the era of automated systems, fake news and deep fakes, how do we understand trust in public communication? How is trust related to truth or fact? In which situations are the editorial, legacy media, the ones that citizens put their trust in? Or, do citizens in certain situations rely more on social media, because the legacy media have been undermined and distrusted alongside with governments, parliaments, and political parties? The situation varies when viewed in the international comparative perspective. What does trust mean for the citizens? How is trust studied methodologically across Europe?
Lecturers include
Stina Bengtsson, Södertörn University, Sweden
Göran Bolin, Södertörn University, Stockholm
Carmen Ciller, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Susanne Fengler, TU Dortmund, Germany
Anne Kaun, Södertörn University, Stockholm
Paolo Mancini, University of Perugia, Italy
Zrinjka Peruško, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Fredrik Stiernstedt, Södertörn University, Stockholm
Video Lectures 2024:
Miklós Sükösd: Trust in Independent Media, Influencers and New Democratic Actors: Political Scandals and Challenges to Hungary's Hybrid Regime
Dina Vozab: Media Dependency in a Multiple Crisis: Information Seeking and Media Trust After an Earthquake During the Covid-19 Pandemic