Government’s impression management strategies, trust in government and social cohesion: An evidence from Songjiang University Town, China
Trust in government and social cohesion are crucial guarantees for long-term social stability. With the development of the Internet, cross-border flows of information have become increasingly easier, enabling more factors to influence people’s political perceptions and loyalty. This study explores t...
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| description | Trust in government and social cohesion are crucial guarantees for long-term social stability. With the development of the Internet, cross-border flows of information have become increasingly easier, enabling more factors to influence people’s political perceptions and loyalty. This study explores the mechanism of governments’ impression management behaviors on trust in government and social cohesion using the questionnaire survey with college students in Shanghai as the research subjects. Impression management strategies are classified into promotive ones and protective ones herein based on the social psychology theory. The results indicate that both promotive and protective impression management strategies take by governments positively affect citizens’ loyalty, and loyalty positively affects citizens’ social cohesion and the level of trust in government; moreover, the level of trust in government positively affects social cohesion. These findings provide implications for boosting the sound development of China’s political society during the transition period. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-06015775382b459a9ce27689d8ad20132022-12-22T03:11:23ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-09-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.951579951579Government’s impression management strategies, trust in government and social cohesion: An evidence from Songjiang University Town, ChinaJuan Fan0Wenhui Liang1Hanyi Zheng2School of Journalism and Communication, Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, ChinaSchool of Literature and Journalism, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, ChinaSchool of Journalism and Communication, Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, ChinaTrust in government and social cohesion are crucial guarantees for long-term social stability. With the development of the Internet, cross-border flows of information have become increasingly easier, enabling more factors to influence people’s political perceptions and loyalty. This study explores the mechanism of governments’ impression management behaviors on trust in government and social cohesion using the questionnaire survey with college students in Shanghai as the research subjects. Impression management strategies are classified into promotive ones and protective ones herein based on the social psychology theory. The results indicate that both promotive and protective impression management strategies take by governments positively affect citizens’ loyalty, and loyalty positively affects citizens’ social cohesion and the level of trust in government; moreover, the level of trust in government positively affects social cohesion. These findings provide implications for boosting the sound development of China’s political society during the transition period.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.951579/fullpromotive impression managementprotective impression managementtrust in governmentsocial cohesionpolitical loyalty |
| spellingShingle | Juan Fan Wenhui Liang Hanyi Zheng Government’s impression management strategies, trust in government and social cohesion: An evidence from Songjiang University Town, China Frontiers in Psychology promotive impression management protective impression management trust in government social cohesion political loyalty |
| title | Government’s impression management strategies, trust in government and social cohesion: An evidence from Songjiang University Town, China |
| title_full | Government’s impression management strategies, trust in government and social cohesion: An evidence from Songjiang University Town, China |
| title_fullStr | Government’s impression management strategies, trust in government and social cohesion: An evidence from Songjiang University Town, China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Government’s impression management strategies, trust in government and social cohesion: An evidence from Songjiang University Town, China |
| title_short | Government’s impression management strategies, trust in government and social cohesion: An evidence from Songjiang University Town, China |
| title_sort | government s impression management strategies trust in government and social cohesion an evidence from songjiang university town china |
| topic | promotive impression management protective impression management trust in government social cohesion political loyalty |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.951579/full |
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