Confiança Institucional e Mídia no Brasil: um estudo longitudinal (2001- 2015)

Abstract

The discredit scenario experienced by citizens in relation to democratic institutions has been constant in several countries. There is evidence in the literature that the predominance of a negative approach to the field of politics by the mass media may be negatively associated with the public perception of political institutions thus contributing to an overall loss in trust. Therefore, the media and political interface is the object of study of this work aiming to verify the relationship between institutional trust and the media consumption of Brazilian citizens in the period between 2001 and 2015. This study focused on the public trust in the National Congress, Political Parties, the Presidency of the Republic and politicians in general. To accomplish our goal we used a quantitative approach through the analysis of secondary data obtained from survey researches and information extracted from the Latinobarómetro and the Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP). Although some tendencies have been verified in this sense, it was not possible to prove the existence of a relationship between the institutional trust and the media consumption of Brazilian citizens