Trust

Keep your promises, even when your peers do not: A Survey Experiment on the Influence of Social Media on Trust

This study measures the effect of partisan and polarizing social media messages on political trust and trustworthiness in Brazil and Mexico. We implemented two survey experiments with approximately 2,300 respondents each, using a modified etrust game …

Partisan Cues and Perceived Risks: The effect of partisan social media frames during the Covid-19 crisis in Mexico

We present the results of a survey experiment designed to evaluate the effects of social media exposure on perceptions of personal health and job risks during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico. Our framing experiment treats respondents to positive and …

Trustful Voters, Trustworthy Politicians: A Survey Experiment on the Influence of Social Mediain Politics

Recent increases in uncivil dialogue, political polarization, and fake news in social media raise questions about the relationship between negative online messages and the decline in political trust. We implement atrust game in a survey experiment …