The growing role of digital media in the daily lives of Generation Z (1996-2011) has transformed traditional patterns of political socialization and media authority. The main research question of this study is how Generation Z's pattern of media trust is formed and what consequences it has for institutional trust, informational authority, and political attitudes. Drawing on the concept of the "Politics of Creation," this article demonstrates how the opportunities for creativity and innovation provided by digital media have reshaped this generation's trust patterns. The study is based on a secondary analysis of data from three independent national surveys: the Iranian Values and Attitudes Survey (2023), the Audience Typology Survey (2025), and the Electoral Behavior Typology Survey (2023). The sample size in these surveys ranged from 15,000 to 34,000 respondents. Data were analyzed using chi-square tests and contingency tables. To reduce generalization error, the 15-29 age group was divided into three subgroups. The findings indicate that foreign social media platforms enjoy the highest level of trust among Generation Z (22.5% to 28.5%), primarily because they provide opportunities for meaning-making and participation, whereas official media outlets receive the lowest levels of trust. This pattern is significantly associated with several phenomena: declining trust in political institutions, the transfer of informational authority to transnational platforms (53.9%), the emergence of the "technologically unconstrained" type (36.2%), and an increased tendency toward fundamental change. The study suggests that media policies should move from a logic of control toward a logic of creation, while socialization institutions need to redefine their existing models. If current trends continue, generational divides and structural distrust are likely to intensify.