Does Internet Use Affect Netizens’ Trust in Government? Empirical Evidence from China

Lu, Haiyang; Tong, Peishan; Zhu, Rong

doi:10.1007/s11205-019-02247-0

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“…However, the trust of the wealthy in regional and local governments turned out to be less pronounced and stable, which does not compensate for the general loss of trust on the part of the poor. The pronounced contribution of media control to confidence in government also supports a hierarchical model of political trust in Russia (Lu et al, 2020). Finally, the significant and persistent positive relationship we found between political and interpersonal trust confirms the importance of social capital for trust (Keele, 2007).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 78%

“…Porumbescu (2017) using a 2012 survey of Seoul citizens find that increased use of online media to obtain information about government reinforces the negative relationship between public sector performance expectations and satisfaction with public services and trust in government. In contrast, Lu et al (2020) find a significant positive effect of Chinese citizens' use of the Internet on their assessments of government performance, internal efficacy, and respect for government authority. This phenomenon is associated both with the specifics of Chinese culture and with state control over the Internet, internal censorship, and restriction of access to some foreign resources.…”

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confidence: 61%

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Changing fortunes and attitudes: what determines the political trust in modern Russia?

Малкина

Ovchinnikov

Kholodilin

2021

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Research background: We are guided by concepts linking political trust with the perceived rank of people in the wealth hierarchy, their confidence in other people, and the means they use to learn about events at home and abroad. Purpose of the article: The aim of the article is to assess and analyse at the micro level the impact of subjective welfare, interpersonal trust and the intensity of usage of television & radio or the Internet to search for news on political trust in four levels of Russian government. Methods: The study is based on microdata from the Life in Transition Surveys provided by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Ordinal logit regressions are constructed to evaluate the impact of test and control variables on political trust in the Russian president, federal, regional, and local governments in 2010 and 2016. Findings & value added: We identify a reverse of political trust in the upper levels of the Russian government between 2010 and 2016, when the impact of perceived welfare level changes from positive to negative. This phenomenon is explained by the focus of the policy of the federal centre on sup-porting the poor groups of the population, as well as its distancing from business. In contrast, the positive, albeit inconsistent, effect of subjective wealth on trust in lower-level governments is due to the benefits that businesses can gain from interaction with local authorities. We find the positive impact of controlled television and radio on trust in the upper echelons of power, along with the negative impact of the freer Internet on political trust in regional and local authorities. We also confirm the hypothesis of a positive and significant relationship between interpersonal and political trust, highlighting the role of social capital. Finally, our research shows that in systems of the hierarchical type, such as Russia, specific mechanisms for maintaining political trust are established. They are associated with the redistribution of public expectations and claims to different branches of government. The results obtained are applicable for managing political trust through building a democratic state and civil society.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 78%

Section: Literature Reviewcontrasting

confidence: 61%

Changing fortunes and attitudes: what determines the political trust in modern Russia?

Малкина

Ovchinnikov

Kholodilin

2021

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“…There is a wide variety of age, income, and level of education among countries, and these demographic indicators can significantly determine trust in governments (Algan et al, 2016;Christensen and Laegreid, 2005;Zhao and Hu, 2017). Gender, marital status, and number of households (having a child or living with parents) can also affect public trust (Alesina et al, 2004;Lu et al, 2020;Ulbig, 2007). For instance, Christensen and Laegreid (2005) and Zhao and Hu (2017) show that older people have a higher level of trust in government than younger people since older people can be defined as "collective-oriented."…”

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Global Evidence on the Determinants of Public Trust in Governments During the COVID-19

Gözgör

2020

SSRN Journal

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“…Chen reported that citizens who used the Internet tended to trust the central government less than those who did not [ 37 ]. Lu et al suggested that Internet use was significantly positively related to netizens’ satisfaction with government performance but negatively associated with deference to government authority [ 38 ]. In another vein, studies have shown that a decline in sleep quality has a significant positive correlation with an increase in depression and a decrease in psychological well-being [ 39 , 40 , 41 ].…”

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Does the Effect of Internet Use on Chinese Citizens’ Psychological Well-Being Differ Based on Their Hukou Category?

Long

Han

Yi³

2020

IJERPH

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This paper draws support from the 2018 wave of the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS 2018) and uses unconditional quantile regression, re-centered influence function (RIF) decomposition, linear structural equation modelling, extended regression modelling and censored regression to explore the heterogeneity of the impact of Internet use on the psychological well-being of Chinese non-agricultural and agricultural hukou holders. We find that Internet use better improves the psychological well-being of non-agricultural hukou holders, thereby widening the gap in psychological well-being between urban and rural residents in China. Through RIF decomposition, we observe that, except for the 10th quantile, the expansion effect of Internet use on the inequality in psychological well-being between agricultural and non-agricultural hukou holders is mainly reflected in the structure effect, which shows that compared to non-agricultural hukou holders, the return rate of Internet use on the psychological well-being of agricultural hukou holders is lower. Further mechanism analysis shows that using the Internet to socialize, obtain information and understand politics is more beneficial for the psychological well-being of non-agricultural hukou holders; moreover, Internet use can further exert different effects on the psychological well-being of the two groups by differently influencing their job satisfaction, government evaluation, and sleep quality. This study also confirms that relying only on external scientific and technological progress has a limited corrective effect on existing inequalities.

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Does Internet Use Affect Netizens’ Trust in Government? Empirical Evidence from China

Cited by 28 publications

References 57 publications

Changing fortunes and attitudes: what determines the political trust in modern Russia?

Changing fortunes and attitudes: what determines the political trust in modern Russia?

Global Evidence on the Determinants of Public Trust in Governments During the COVID-19

Does the Effect of Internet Use on Chinese Citizens’ Psychological Well-Being Differ Based on Their Hukou Category?

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