About the project
Amazon, Google, and Facebook have attracted global attention due to their violations of antitrust laws. The European Commission can counterbalance such unfair dominance. Given this dynamic, antitrust cases, when they arise, often gain significant media attention, becoming the subject of politicisation. The MSCA-funded PROTRUST project investigates how the politicisation of antitrust cases influences citizens’ trust in the European Commission as well as these companies. PROTRUST will analyse media coverage in various countries and conduct survey experiments based on the identified media frames. The goal of this project is to bridge the gap between politicisation and trust research and assess the impact of media framing on competition and antitrust matters.
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