Abstract
By analysing the entire informational process, this project aims to identify the mechanisms underlying the exchange between trust and authority on one hand, and knowledge and meaning on the other, within today’s journalism ecosystem. The strength and innovativeness of the TASKs project lie in its approach: by juxtaposing citizens’ and end-users’ perspectives with journalists’ narratives and textual outputs, it becomes possible to understand whether (dis)trust and conferred authority stem from (un)shared professional values, from appreciated or criticized production practices—or from both. The core objective is to investigate what “feels like news and journalism to users” (Broersma 2019), and to map how and where the boundaries of journalism are stretched and challenged (Carlson and Lewis 2015). The project moves beyond traditional views of journalism as a static institution, incorporating platform-dependent channels that are also actively involved in the dynamics of trust, authority, meaning, and knowledge (see Poell, Nieborg, and Duffy 2020). The expected outcome is to provide valuable insights into the relationships between citizens and journalism (and, more broadly, news content creators) within a platformized news ecosystem—particularly in terms of media trust and journalistic autonomy. The findings will be of relevance to citizens, media professionals, and policy makers alike.
Project details
Unibo Team Leader: Augusto Valeriani
Unibo involved Department/s:
Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali
Coordinator:
Università degli Studi di MILANO(Italy)
Total Unibo Contribution: Euro (EUR) 63.921,00
Project Duration in months: 24
Start Date:
15/10/2023
End Date:
28/02/2026
