Many citizens distrust powerful societal institutions, and hold conspiracy theories about
them. What are the implications of this suspicion of institutions for people's social …

Although much literature has discussed the potential of e-government for improving citizens'
trust in government, the question of how e-government use affects citizens' trust in …

Interpersonal trust is an important source of social and economic development. Over
decades, researchers debated the question whether and how public institutions influence …

Research on environmental concern has consistently found that women have modestly
stronger pro-environmental values, beliefs, and attitudes than do men. Scholars have …

With the increasing trend toward sustainable purchasing, companies invest vast sums of
money advertising their sustainability. Yet there are also companies doing the exact …

Americans today don't trust each other and their institutions as much as they once did. The
collapse of social and political trust has arguably fueled our increasingly ferocious …

Empirical and theoretical research on trust has received little attention in climate change
literature despite the central role of trust in determining responses to climate science. We …

Do standard “trust in government” survey questions deliver measures which are reliable and
equivalent in meaning across diverse regime types? I test for the measurement equivalence …

Does exposure to videos promoting government conspiracy theories cultivate cynicism
toward the government? The results of a randomized experiment suggest that exposure to a …

Electronic participation (eParticipation) refers to the use of Information and Communication
Technologies to enhance political participation and citizen engagement. During the last few …