Trust in media and government: A recursive model for natives of Hong Kong and Mainland China

This study from Hong Kong supports arguments for the socialization effects of mass media. The correlation of trust in media and trust in government is significantly higher for natives of the People's Republic of China, where the press is an organ of government, than it is for natives of Hong Kong, where the press is free and often acts as an adversary of government. Based on a field survey, the methodology includes recursive models and reduced form equations.