Threats to Mutual Trust: Czech Local Politicians and Local Journalists in the Era of Professional Political Communication

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Threats to Mutual Trust: Czech Local Politicians and Local Journalists in the Era of Professional Political Communication

Original language description

The study discusses changes in the relationship between local journalists and local politicians in the Czech Republic as a consequence of the professionalization of political communications at national as well as local levels following the so-called Velvet Revolution of 1989. This phenomenon has been studied widely in Western democracies but is relatively new in the Czech Republic. Politicians' improved communication skills and the employment of communication professionals in politics influence trust -a key component in the relationship - between politicians and journalists. The article is based on semi-structured interviews with 10 journalists and 11 politicians from different Czech localities, which aim to explore how these actors understand and maintain levels of mutual trust. First we describe key components of trust and explain why in the era of professionalized political communication trust is perceived as more threatened than in the 1990s and we conclude by exploring the three

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AJ - Literature, mass media, audio-visual activities

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Medijske studije

ISSN

1847-9758

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

6

Issue of the periodical within the volume

11

Country of publishing house

HR - CROATIA

Number of pages

15

Pages from-to

36-50

UT code for WoS article

000359782800005

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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