Study On The Political Trust Of China's Internet Users Using The Network Media

Our life cannot do without the Internet,for most citizens the Internet has become the basic way to obtain information.The Internet has reduced the cost of citizens' participation in the administration and discussion of state affairs.People can access the Internet through various terminals to participate in political affairs,discuss politics or express their opinions at any time and place.As the most important media of information dissemination,network media has a significant impact on the formation of citizens' political trust.Internet media can improve citizens' ability to participate in politics and discuss politics,but also reduce the level of citizens' political trust.In the study of the influence of media on political trust,no matter whether it is the study of the traditional media or the network media,most of them used questionnaires to conduct empirical research.The advent of the Internet age enables individuals to record their behavior trajectories on the Internet,providing a good data base for the study of individual long-term behavior.Therefore,the theoretical significance of this study is to make up for the deficiencies of previous studies.This paper is mainly based on the long-term behavior data generated by netizens on the open network.Through the study of netizen's network issues preference and comments on political issues,this paper quantifies the characteristics of netizens,explores the influence of issue types and emotional frames on the emotional expression of netizens,analyzes the current political trust state of netizens.The study found that the political trust level of netizens is relatively low,which is consistent with previous research results.Netizens prefer the topic of negative emotion framework and tend to express negative emotions.After the semantic analysis of the topics of hot spot officials and the topics of hot policy issues,it is found that the expression of netizens' emotional expression has not been polarized,and the expression tends to be more rational.According to the results of the research,suggestions are provided for the government's daily information release,public opinion monitoring and guidance,which might improve the level of citizen's political trust and promote the harmonious and stable development of the society.