Faith in government declines when mobile internet arrives
Alternate headline: &quot;People With Access to More Information Less Likely to Trust Blindly&quot;<p>The article references a paper that hasn&#x27;t yet been peer reviewed either.  This isn&#x27;t much.<p>&quot;In general, people’s confidence in their leaders declined after getting 3g. However, the size of this effect varied. It was smaller in countries that allow a free press than in ones where traditional media are muzzled, and bigger in countries with unlimited web browsing than in ones that censor the internet. This implies that people are most likely to turn against their governments when they are exposed to online criticism that is not present offline. The decline was also larger in rural areas than in cities.&quot;<p>They bang on the 3g access, but gloss over the rural vs urban part.  It could be reframed to something like &quot;people who are isolated from information are less likely to question their assumptions about their government.&quot;