Communication in the Age of Suspicion: Trust and the Media

By David M. Barlow

Book Overview

Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors PART 1: COMMUNICATION IN THE AGE OF SUSPICION The Age of Suspicion; V.Bakir & D.Barlow PART 2: MEDIA AND EROSION OF TRUST Origins of the Problem of Trust: Propaganda during the First World War; M.Redley The Erosion of Trust in Australian Public Life; J.Archer Manufacturing Authenticity in a Small Nation: The Case of Independent Local Radio in Wales; D.Barlow Terrorism and the Microdynamics of Trust; B.Richards Risk, Advice and Trust: How Service Journalism Fails its Audience; J.Collins 'Trust Me, I'm A Doctor': MMR and the Politics Of Suspicion; C.Critcher New Media Enterprise in the Age of Suspicion; G.Allard Trust, Data-mining and Instantaneity: The Creation of the Online Accountable Consumer; A.McStay PART 3: MEDIA AND BUILDING TRUST Risk Communication, Television News and Trust Generation: The Utility of Ethos; V.Bakir The Media's Role in a Transition Society: From Public Lies to Public Trust?; K.Tampere Trust in a Time of Crisis: The Mass Media as a Guardian of Trust; A.Mehta 'It Was a Mascara Runnin' Kinda Day': Oprah Winfrey, Confession, Celebrity and the Formation of Trust; S.Wilson Branding Trust: The Ideology of Making Truth Claims Through Interactive Media; J.Jones The Technology of Distrust; G.Gumpert & S.J.Drucker PART 4: CONCLUSIONS: TRUST AND THE MEDIA The End of Trust?; V.Bakir & D.Barlow Notes References Index

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349280755
• ISBN13: 9781349280759
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"