In the brand we trust? The moderating role of journalistic values and news topics in the relation between news source and trust in news

Alyt Damstra, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Elina Lindgren, University of Gothenburg, Rens Vliegenthart, Wageningen University , The Netherlands, Hajo Boomgaarden, University of Vienna, Jesper Strömbäck, University of Gothenburg, Yariv Tsfati, University of Haifa

Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism

Published online on June 19, 2025

Abstract

Journalism, Volume 27, Issue 6, Page 1650-1670, June 2026.
This paper examines the relation between news source and trust, while considering the moderating role of journalistic values and type of issue the news deals with (politicized/ not politicized). We conducted a survey experiment in the Netherlands and ...