Trust, Civic Engagement, and the Internet
Trust, Civic Engagement, and the Internet
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信任、公民参与和互联网
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2004
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E. Uslaner
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E. Uslaner
互联网是促进还是阻碍社会关系和信任？通过使用皮尤互联网和美国生活中心的调查，我发现互联网用户并不是社会上的孤立者。他们的社交圈往往比非用户略宽，但他们的互联网交流主要是与他们认识的人进行的。因此，互联网用户并不比不使用互联网的人更信任陌生人(但也不会更少)也就不足为奇了。然而，信任的人更有可能相信他们对互联网没有什么可害怕的。他们对网上购物持更开放的态度，不太可能相信自己的隐私会在网上受到侵犯；他们也不太可能在网上使用虚假身份。人们在互联网上建立的社交关系并不能增进信任--事实上，有一些证据表明，聊天室可能会把不信任的人聚集在一起。
Does the Internet promote or impede social connections and trust? Using surveys from the Pew Center for the Internet and American Life, I show that Internet users are not social isolates. They tend to have slightly wider social circles than nonusers, but their Internet communications are largely with people they know. Consequently, it is hardly surprising that Internet users are no more trusting of strangers (but not less trusting either) than nonusers. However, trusting people are more likely to believe that they have little to fear from the Internet. They are more open to shopping on the Internet and are less likely to believe that their privacy will be violated on the Web; they are also less likely to use a false identity on the Web. The social connections that people make on the Internet do not promote trust--indeed, there is some evidence that chat rooms may bring together mistrusting people.