Trust, engagement, information and social licence—insights from New Zealand
This research examines trust at the government, industry, community nexus, as mediated by media, and its effect on social licence. We attempted to understand levels and importance of trust in New Zealand’s natural resource sectors by examining ways of building, maintaining and assessing public trust...
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| author | Peter Edwards Aysha Fleming Justine Lacey Libby Lester Elizabeth Pinkard Katharina Ruckstuhl Carel Bezuidenhout Tim Payn Karen Bayne Tracy Williams |
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| description | This research examines trust at the government, industry, community nexus, as mediated by media, and its effect on social licence. We attempted to understand levels and importance of trust in New Zealand’s natural resource sectors by examining ways of building, maintaining and assessing public trust in a post-truth society. We surveyed 128 New Zealand public and held a stakeholder forum about perceptions of trust in relation to natural resource sectors. The results provide indications of novel advances around trust and trustworthiness. Honesty was highlighted as the top influencer of trustworthiness and trust, and dishonesty as the top influencer of distrust. In contrast to other literature, we find a nuanced understanding of trust among respondents in relation to the media—respondents distrusted actors cited in media more than the media outlet or platform itself. Further, our findings suggest there is no discernible change in trust levels in the post-truth era, in this context. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7b7ea692195248599a37fb5b72dbda782023-08-09T14:39:24ZengIOP PublishingEnvironmental Research Letters1748-93262019-01-0114202401010.1088/1748-9326/aaf33cTrust, engagement, information and social licence—insights from New ZealandPeter Edwards0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7025-4124Aysha Fleming1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9895-1928Justine Lacey2Libby Lester3Elizabeth Pinkard4Katharina Ruckstuhl5Carel Bezuidenhout6Tim Payn7Karen Bayne8Tracy Williams9Scion, the New Zealand Forest Research Institute Ltd , New ZealandCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Land and Water, Australia; Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania , AustraliaCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Land and Water, AustraliaJournalism, Media and Communication, University of Tasmania , AustraliaCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Land and Water, AustraliaOtago Business School, University of Otago , New ZealandToi-Ohomai Institute of Technology , New ZealandScion, the New Zealand Forest Research Institute Ltd , New Zealand; Toi-Ohomai Institute of Technology , New ZealandScion, the New Zealand Forest Research Institute Ltd , New ZealandThe New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited , New ZealandThis research examines trust at the government, industry, community nexus, as mediated by media, and its effect on social licence. We attempted to understand levels and importance of trust in New Zealand’s natural resource sectors by examining ways of building, maintaining and assessing public trust in a post-truth society. We surveyed 128 New Zealand public and held a stakeholder forum about perceptions of trust in relation to natural resource sectors. The results provide indications of novel advances around trust and trustworthiness. Honesty was highlighted as the top influencer of trustworthiness and trust, and dishonesty as the top influencer of distrust. In contrast to other literature, we find a nuanced understanding of trust among respondents in relation to the media—respondents distrusted actors cited in media more than the media outlet or platform itself. Further, our findings suggest there is no discernible change in trust levels in the post-truth era, in this context.https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aaf33cnatural resourcessocial licence to operatetrusttrustworthinesshonestydishonesty |
| spellingShingle | Peter Edwards Aysha Fleming Justine Lacey Libby Lester Elizabeth Pinkard Katharina Ruckstuhl Carel Bezuidenhout Tim Payn Karen Bayne Tracy Williams Trust, engagement, information and social licence—insights from New Zealand Environmental Research Letters natural resources social licence to operate trust trustworthiness honesty dishonesty |
| title | Trust, engagement, information and social licence—insights from New Zealand |
| title_full | Trust, engagement, information and social licence—insights from New Zealand |
| title_fullStr | Trust, engagement, information and social licence—insights from New Zealand |
| title_full_unstemmed | Trust, engagement, information and social licence—insights from New Zealand |
| title_short | Trust, engagement, information and social licence—insights from New Zealand |
| title_sort | trust engagement information and social licence insights from new zealand |
| topic | natural resources social licence to operate trust trustworthiness honesty dishonesty |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aaf33c |
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