You’ve lost that trusting feeling: Diminishing trust in the news media in rural versus urban US communities

In this study, we use Social Identity Theory to examine whether political ideology, where people live, and time correlate with trust in news media in the US. Moreover, we examine whether the correlation between ideology and where a person lives with trust in the press varies over time. We also examine a three-way interaction to determine if decreases in trust are concentrated among conservatives living in rural areas in the US. In general, we...