Without a watchdog, who can be trusted? An inquiry of the watchdog role and media trust among Chinese journalists and journalism students

Bu ZHONG, Yong Zhou

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Abstract

By employing media system dependency theory, this study investigates how Chinese journalists (n = 125) and journalism students (n = 165) perceived the watchdog role and media trust in news reports and the BBS content. The results show that they rated a stronger sense of watchdog role in political information than in sports information.
Original languageEnglish
Publication statusPublished - 5 Aug 2009
Event92nd Annual Conference of Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, AEJMC 2009 - Sheraton Boston, Boston, United States
Duration: 5 Aug 20098 Aug 2009

Conference

Conference92nd Annual Conference of Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, AEJMC 2009
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityBoston
Period5/08/098/08/09

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