Communication in the Age of Suspicion: Trust and the Media

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Age of Suspicion....Pages 3-8
Exploring Relationships between Trust Studies and Media Studies....Pages 9-23
Front Matter....Pages 25-25
Origins of the Problem of Trust: Propaganda during the First World War....Pages 27-38
The Erosion of Trust in Australian Public Life....Pages 39-50
Manufacturing Authenticity in a Small Nation: The Case of Independent Local Radio in Wales....Pages 51-63
Terrorism and the Microdynamics of Trust....Pages 64-74
Risk, Advice and Trust: How Service Journalism Fails Its Audience....Pages 75-87
‘Trust Me, I’m a Doctor’: MMR and the Politics of Suspicion....Pages 88-101
New Media Enterprise in the Age of Suspicion....Pages 102-113
Trust, Data-Mining and Instantaneity: The Creation of the Online Accountable Consumer....Pages 114-124
Front Matter....Pages 125-125
Risk Communication, Television News and Trust Generation: The Utility of Ethos....Pages 127-140
The Media’s Role in a Transition Society: From Public Lies to Public Trust?....Pages 141-154
Trust in a Time of Crisis: The Mass Media as a Guardian of Trust....Pages 155-166
‘It Was a Mascara Runnin’ Kinda Day’: Oprah Winfrey, Confession, Celebrity and the Formation of Trust....Pages 167-176
Branding Trust: The Ideology of Making Truth Claims through Interactive Media....Pages 177-188
The Technology of Distrust....Pages 189-201
Front Matter....Pages 203-203
The End of Trust?....Pages 205-213
Back Matter....Pages 214-244