Exploratory Research on Internet Usage in Chinese Rural Areas and the Relation with Government Trust

Abstract

In this paper, we investigated on Internet usage in Chinese rural areas and the relation with government trust. It was confirmed that whether people use internet or not caused a difference among people's trust in government and recognition of policy. The results revealed that internet user's haves higher mean value than the non-users in score of “understood politics”. Also, internet users showed lower mean value than non-users for another three items. Though there were some differences between internet users and non-users concerning trust in government and recognition of policy, both of them showed trust in the government. However, further examinations were necessary to clarify the reason behind this phenomenon.