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Communication in the Age of Suspicion

Trust and the Media

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  • © 2007

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Editors:
  1. Vian Bakir

    1. University of Glamorgan, UK

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  2. David M. Barlow

    1. University of Glamorgan, UK

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Communication in the Age of Suspicion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Age of Suspicion

      • Vian Bakir, David M. Barlow
      Pages 3-8

    3. Exploring Relationships between Trust Studies and Media Studies

      • Vian Bakir, David M. Barlow
      Pages 9-23

  3. Media and Erosion of Trust

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-25
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    2. Origins of the Problem of Trust: Propaganda during the First World War

      • Michael Redley
      Pages 27-38

    3. The Erosion of Trust in Australian Public Life

      • Jeff Archer
      Pages 39-50

    4. Manufacturing Authenticity in a Small Nation: The Case of Independent Local Radio in Wales

      • David M. Barlow
      Pages 51-63

    5. Terrorism and the Microdynamics of Trust

      • Barry Richards
      Pages 64-74

    6. Risk, Advice and Trust: How Service Journalism Fails Its Audience

      • Jeremy Collins
      Pages 75-87

    7. ‘Trust Me, I’m a Doctor’: MMR and the Politics of Suspicion

      • Chas Critcher
      Pages 88-101

    8. New Media Enterprise in the Age of Suspicion

      • Gillian Allard
      Pages 102-113

    9. Trust, Data-Mining and Instantaneity: The Creation of the Online Accountable Consumer

      • Andrew McStay
      Pages 114-124
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About this book

In this timely volume, fourteen international contributors explore the relationship between media and trust, beginning with an examination of the decline of trust in key institutions. The book concludes by considering the future implications for media communication and exploring potential directions for further research in this Age of Suspicion.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Glamorgan, UK

    Vian Bakir, David M. Barlow

About the editors

GILLIAN ALLARD Lecturer in Media, Culture and Communication, Cardiff School of Creative and Cultural Industries, University of Glamorgan, UK JEFF ARCHER Head of the School of Social Science, and Associate Professor of Political and International Studies, University of New England in Armidale, NSW, Australia JEREMY COLLINS Lecturer in Media Studies, London Metropolitan University, UK CHAS CRITCHER Professor of Communications, Sheffield Hallam University, UK SUSAN J. DRUCKER Professor in the School of Communication, Hofstra University, USA GARY GUMPERT Emeritus Professor of Communication, Queens College, City University of New York, USA JANET JONES Lecturer in Screen Studies, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK ANDREW MCSTAY Teaches Advertising at the London College of Music and Media, Thames Valley University, UK AMISHA MEHTA Lecturer, School of Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia MICHAEL REDLEY Secretary to the Board for Continuing Education at Oxford University, UK BARRY RICHARDS Professor of Public Communication, Head of Research in Bournemouth Media School, and Director of the Centre for Public Communication Research at Bournemouth University, UK KAJA TAMPERE Senior Research Assistant in Public Relations and Organisational Communication, University of Jyväskylä, Finland SHERRYL WILSON Lecturer in Media Theory, University of Gloucestershire, UK

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Communication in the Age of Suspicion

  • Book Subtitle: Trust and the Media

  • Editors: Vian Bakir, David M. Barlow

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230206243

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2007

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-00254-8Published: 12 April 2007

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-28075-9Published: 01 January 2007

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-20624-3Published: 12 April 2007

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 244

  • Topics: Media Studies, Film History, Political Science, Performing Arts

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