文章使用2009年八城市“社会网络与职业调查”数据,考察了当前中国大城市居民的政治信任状况,并在此基础上探索个体网络交往和公共参与交往对居民政治信任水平的影响。实证分析发现,春节拜年网和社交餐饮网指标对政治信任水平无影响关系甚至存在负面影响,但是对于公共事务的关心程度和社团参与程度,与政治信任水平存在正向关系。因此,发展社团组织、鼓励群众关注公共事务,是提升城市居民的政治信任的有效渠道。
Based on survey data "JSNET2009",this paper explores urban residents′political trust and further analyses how social networksinfluence political trust.The empirical results reveal that one′s"Spring Festival Network"and "Social Eating Network"do not make an impact on his/her political trust.However,one′s participation in community associations and one′s care about public affairs have a significant positive effect on political trust.Therefore,developing different types of associations and encouraging residents to care about public affairs are channelsthrough which to increase political trust among urban residents.