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Priming political trust : Evidence from an experiment
Faulkner, Nicholas Martin, Aaron Peyton, Kyle
Faulkner, Nicholas
Martin, Aaron
Peyton, Kyle
Abstract
Political trust is one of the most researched areas in political science. Yet little is known about what causes political trust to vary. Past research has relied almost solely on survey data, and focused on exploring the correlation between political trust and various micro- and macro-level factors. This research note reports the findings from an experiment designed to examine the causal effect of one of the most commonly cited causes of political trust: political probity. Results show that political trust and trust in specific institutions change when participants read an article about political probity and complete a word-association task. The treatment we used is low cost, straightforward and may be used by other researchers to alter political trust in experiments.
Keywords
experiment, political trust, probity, trust in government
Date
2015
Type
Journal article
Journal
Australian Journal of Political Science
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Volume
50
Issue
1
Page Range
211-217
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All rights reserved
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