Reporting Anti-communist Protests in Moldova: An Investigation of Peace Journalism‘s Potential to Generate Trust
Reporting Anti-communist Protests in Moldova: An Investigation of Peace Journalism‘s Potential to Generate Trust

Summary/Abstract: This article examines the issue of trust in the news media in relation to the conflict reporting concept of Peace Journalism (PJ). The guiding question of the study is how PJ standards could establish and maintain trust, particularly for newspaper readers. Trust has been acknowledged across academic disciplines as an important factor of social capital. In recent years, a decline in trust has been observed on different societal levels. The paper uses a mixed method approach including content analysis, critical discourse analysis and expert interviews, to analyse regional and international coverage of the Moldovan anti-communists protests in April 2009. The findings show that the War Journalism frame was dominant within the newspaper coverage. Factors of trust have been found to differ depending on the publication and its audience.

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