Unofficial Media, Government Trust, and System Confidence Evidence From China: An Empirical Exploration of the Attitudes of Netizens Based on the Dual Moderating Effect
Mass media has a significant impact on public support for the government. This manuscript constructs a mixed model with official media use as the moderating variable and government trust as the intermediary variable to explore the mechanism of how unofficial media use affects system confidence, usin...
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| description | Mass media has a significant impact on public support for the government. This manuscript constructs a mixed model with official media use as the moderating variable and government trust as the intermediary variable to explore the mechanism of how unofficial media use affects system confidence, using data from a survey of the political and social attitudes of netizens (2015). The study finds that official media use weakens the negative role of unofficial media use in building system confidence, with the intermediary variable of government trust creating the necessary conditions for weakening the effect of unofficial media use. Moreover, the effect of unofficial media use on system confidence is heterogeneous. These findings remind us that it is necessary to deepen research into the micromechanisms that explain how unofficial media use reduces system confidence, a task for which cognitive theory is well suited. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0a83a39c8df94ebdb7e6938e8b896ec72022-12-22T04:16:44ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-01-011210.3389/fpsyg.2021.763658763658Unofficial Media, Government Trust, and System Confidence Evidence From China: An Empirical Exploration of the Attitudes of Netizens Based on the Dual Moderating EffectCaijuan Chen0Li Li1Li Li2Jie Ye3School of Marxism, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, ChinaSchool of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, ChinaDepartment of Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, United KingdomSchool of Public Administration, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, ChinaMass media has a significant impact on public support for the government. This manuscript constructs a mixed model with official media use as the moderating variable and government trust as the intermediary variable to explore the mechanism of how unofficial media use affects system confidence, using data from a survey of the political and social attitudes of netizens (2015). The study finds that official media use weakens the negative role of unofficial media use in building system confidence, with the intermediary variable of government trust creating the necessary conditions for weakening the effect of unofficial media use. Moreover, the effect of unofficial media use on system confidence is heterogeneous. These findings remind us that it is necessary to deepen research into the micromechanisms that explain how unofficial media use reduces system confidence, a task for which cognitive theory is well suited.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.763658/fullpolitical communication effectsunofficial media usesystem confidenceofficial media usegovernment trust |
| spellingShingle | Caijuan Chen Li Li Li Li Jie Ye Unofficial Media, Government Trust, and System Confidence Evidence From China: An Empirical Exploration of the Attitudes of Netizens Based on the Dual Moderating Effect Frontiers in Psychology political communication effects unofficial media use system confidence official media use government trust |
| title | Unofficial Media, Government Trust, and System Confidence Evidence From China: An Empirical Exploration of the Attitudes of Netizens Based on the Dual Moderating Effect |
| title_full | Unofficial Media, Government Trust, and System Confidence Evidence From China: An Empirical Exploration of the Attitudes of Netizens Based on the Dual Moderating Effect |
| title_fullStr | Unofficial Media, Government Trust, and System Confidence Evidence From China: An Empirical Exploration of the Attitudes of Netizens Based on the Dual Moderating Effect |
| title_full_unstemmed | Unofficial Media, Government Trust, and System Confidence Evidence From China: An Empirical Exploration of the Attitudes of Netizens Based on the Dual Moderating Effect |
| title_short | Unofficial Media, Government Trust, and System Confidence Evidence From China: An Empirical Exploration of the Attitudes of Netizens Based on the Dual Moderating Effect |
| title_sort | unofficial media government trust and system confidence evidence from china an empirical exploration of the attitudes of netizens based on the dual moderating effect |
| topic | political communication effects unofficial media use system confidence official media use government trust |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.763658/full |
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