Beyond (Dis)Trust: Audience's Emotional Strategies and Epistemic Practices in the Digital Media Environment

The presentation outlines the core arguments and preliminary findings of the article Beyond (Dis)Trust: Audience's Emotional Strategies and Epistemic Practices in the Digital Media Environment, which - based on four focus group discussions with citizens, held in Slovenia within the Mapping Media for Future Democracies (MeDeMAP) project - examines how citizens emotionally and epistemically navigate (dis)trust, misinformation, and truth‑seeking in digital media environments. It was presented at the MeDeMAP project meeting in St. Pölten in September 2025.