The Rise of Mistrust

Mar 17, 2024

I am a partner investigator on the Rise of Mistrust project.

The rise of mistrust: Digital platforms and trust in news media project investigates how trust and mistrust in news change audiences’ behaviours as they increasingly access news through digital platforms. Observing the global crisis of trust, the project undertakes a longitudinal analysis of trust and mistrust in news, a cross-country experiment that links trust and audience responses, and an in-depth qualitative study that provides specific contexts for these choices.

The project, which will be led by Chief Investigators Sora Park and Caroline Fisher from the University of Canberra.

It is funded by the Australian Research Council Discovery Project DP210100157 (2021-2024).

Website: The Rise of Mistrust

Richard Fletcher
Richard Fletcher
Director of Research

Director of Research at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford.

Publications

Exploring Responses to Mainstream News Among Heavy and Non-News Users: From High-Effort Pragmatic Scepticism to Low Effort Cynical Disengagement

Research shows the growth of online information has led to a decline in audience trust in mainstream news. However, how this lowered …
Project DOI
Exploring Responses to Mainstream News Among Heavy and Non-News Users: From High-Effort Pragmatic Scepticism to Low Effort Cynical Disengagement