Going Beyond General Media Trust: An Analysis of Topical Media Trust, its Antecedents and Effects on Issue (Mis)perceptions

Abstract A key problem with research on news media trust is that it has mostly focused general and there limited how might vary across levels of analysis. In this paper, we seek to remedy by investigating whether differs depending the topic coverage topical can be distinguished from trust. We also investigate antecedents in different topics effects issue (mis)perceptions. Among other things, findings show a better predictor correct perceptions political matters.