Distrust of media now outweighs trust across twenty-eight surveyed countries

Evidence

A twenty-eight-country survey released in January 2018 found that twice as many people said they distrusted the media as trusted it, and many reported they were cutting back on news entirely. An erosion of faith in institutions, including media outlets, is global. — Anna Merlan, Republic of Lies, 112

Categorization

• QUESTION: Would be worth verifying the SurveyMonkey/Ipsos 28-country survey and whether distrust has further deepened since 2018.
• XREF: connects to: Post-truth politics in the US has reinforced European distrust of media institutions — Jürgen Habermas, A New Structural Transformation of the…, 38; Dynamic, time-series tests confirm that media attention shapes public concern — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 1445

Broader Connections

• Post-truth politics in the US has reinforced European distrust of media institutions #exemplifies (0.75) — Jürgen Habermas, A New Structural Transformation of the…, 38
• Dynamic, time-series tests confirm that media attention shapes public concern #expands (0.72) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 1445