The impact of internet use in the digital era on public political trust in China—An empirical study based on CGSS 2021 data

Research showed that the use of the Internet and its use frequency does not affect public's responsiveness to political trust questions, but the use of the Internet affects the political trust level of the public. People who do not use the Internet at all and those who use the Internet daily are significantly different, and the former hold a higher political trust level than the latter. Moreover, the level of trust of people using the Internet several times per week is markedly lower than that of daily Internet users; no significant differences were found in the level of trust of people using the Internet several times a year or less, several times a month, and daily.