Trust in Government and News Media among Korean Americans

Abstract

Korean immigrants to the United States provide insights into how individuals assess trust in mass media similarly to trust in government in some countries, such as in Korea where press and government are closely related. But this close relationship does not hold in the United States, this mail survey of 239 Korean immigrants finds. As contact with the new country builds, and with the old one weakens, newcomers learn to fit, as natives, into a culture in which institutions like the press and government perform independently.