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Beyond Believability: Factors Driving Media Trust in Uganda
Beyond Believability: Factors Driving Media Trust in Uganda
Beyond Believability: Factors Driving Media Trust in Uganda

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자료유형  
 학위논문 서양
최종처리일시  
20250211151957
ISBN  
9798383225196
DDC  
070
저자명  
Doll, Meagan Ellishia.
서명/저자  
Beyond Believability: Factors Driving Media Trust in Uganda
발행사항  
[Sl] : University of Washington, 2024
발행사항  
Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2024
형태사항  
209 p
주기사항  
Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 86-01, Section: A.
주기사항  
Advisor: Moy, Patricia;Powers, Matthew.
학위논문주기  
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2024.
초록/해제  
요약Trust in news is of persistent concern to newsrooms and research programs alike. However, seemingly less consensus exists around basic issues like how to define relevant terms and operationalize them across contexts. In response to these tensions, this mixed-method study explores situated understandings of media trust and their antecedents in a non-Western context, using Uganda as a case study. Uganda, like many countries around the world, has experienced democratic backsliding in recent years. Access to trustworthy information in such environments is vital, and journalism and journalists are often thought to fulfill this normative function. However, little is known about how individuals perceive journalists or evaluate the news beyond Euro-American contexts, with implications for how we measure and understand levels of media trust globally. Put simply, what are we measuring when we measure media trust in Uganda and how does this shape our understanding of media trust in this context and beyond? The first phase of the project draws on 28 in-depth interviews and explores respondents' expectations of journalists and news organizations in Uganda. I find that although individuals aspire for media professionals to expose political corruption, serve the public, and even provide social support to communities, their expectations in practice are much different, including expectations that journalists except bribes and produce government-leaning content. Despite this seeming gap between desired and anticipated practices, respondents express generally positive perceptions of journalists, often contrasting their good will for journalists with frustration toward political elites and government agencies. I then surveyed a nationally representative sample of Ugandan adults to further examine how expectations relate to reported media trust, as well as to identify relevant covariates. The questionnaire asked participants about their media habits and perceptions related to journalists and politics in Uganda. Results from OLS regressions indicate that operationalized expectations from the first phase of the project predicted levels of media trust, though individuals' trust in news media was also notably driven by their political perceptions, particularly trust in government and political interest. From the combination of qualitative and quantitative findings, I therefore advance an understanding of media trust that is relative in two ways: Individuals trust news professionals to achieve some practices over others and they generally trust journalists and news organizations relative to other social institutions, like politics. I conclude with a discussion of key findings, directions for future research, and recommendations for media practitioners.
일반주제명  
Journalism
일반주제명  
African studies
일반주제명  
Film studies
일반주제명  
Sub Saharan Africa studies
키워드  
Expectations
키워드  
Media trust
키워드  
News consumption
키워드  
Public opinion
키워드  
Believability
기타저자  
University of Washington Communication
기본자료저록  
Dissertations Abstracts International. 86-01A.
전자적 위치 및 접속  
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