Glossary
Institutional Trust
The confidence the public places in the legitimacy and competence of institutions.
Institutional trust describes the durable confidence — or lack of it — that citizens, audiences, and stakeholders extend to the institutions that shape public life: governments, courts, newsrooms, universities, regulators, and the platforms that mediate them.
Editorial work across the ecosystem treats institutional trust as a measurable cultural variable, not a sentiment.
Related Topics
- Politics
- Society
- Media
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