WEB, NEWS, AND POLITICAL TRUST: THE CONTRAST BETWEEN VIRTUAL ENTERTAINMENT AND ONLINE NEWS SOURCES

Abstract

What is the connection between Web use and political trust? To address this inquiry, we played out a cross-sectional investigation of Euro barometer review information connected with 27 nations and a directed feeling examination of online political data broadcast during the Italian discussion on the change of public subsidizing of gatherings. The outcomes reveal the distinctions between Web 1.0 sites and Web 2.0 web-based entertainment, showing that utilization of information from data/news sites is emphatically connected with higher trust, while admittance to data accessible via web-based entertainment is connected with lower trust. This has suggestions for the discussion via online entertainment as an open arena and for the strain among expert and resident news coverage.