Beyond simple valence: Discrete emotions as mediators of political communication effects on trust in politicians
Journal: Studies in Communication and Media
Year: 2018

Within this paper, the relationship between citizens’ emotional reactions to politi-cal reporting and their judgment of trust in politicians is investigated. Drawing on appraisal theories of emotion, this paper seeks to answer the question whether affect predicts trust judgments and which emotion plays what role. Findings of two media effects studies, one in the context of the 2013 German televised debate and in the context of the 2014 EU elec-tions, supported the assumption that (1) emotions pl