{"title":"‘Reversed agenda-setting effects’ in China Case studies of Weibo trending topics and the effects on state-owned media in China","authors":"Ying Jiang","doi":"10.1080/13216597.2014.908785","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This research looks at the reversed agenda-setting phenomenon of Chinese Weibo, it examines the agenda-setting power of the most popular social media platform in China. It serves as a starting point for discussion and further research, by providing evidence of how some trending topics on Weibo have but others have not impacted on the agenda of state-controlled media China Central Television (CCTV) in China with case studies. It argues that Chinese social media Weibo provides a platform for participation in public affairs and offers a channel for the Chinese public to express their opinions; however, the state still sets its political boundary of what is allowed to be criticized. Therefore, ‘reversed agenda effects’ in Chinese cyberspace are observed as ‘partial reversed agenda effects’, and whether social media such as Weibo is serving as a tool for democracy in China still requires further observation.","PeriodicalId":16118,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Communication","volume":"42 1","pages":"168 - 183"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2014-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/13216597.2014.908785","citationCount":"41","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of International Communication","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13216597.2014.908785","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"Social Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Abstract This research looks at the reversed agenda-setting phenomenon of Chinese Weibo, it examines the agenda-setting power of the most popular social media platform in China. It serves as a starting point for discussion and further research, by providing evidence of how some trending topics on Weibo have but others have not impacted on the agenda of state-controlled media China Central Television (CCTV) in China with case studies. It argues that Chinese social media Weibo provides a platform for participation in public affairs and offers a channel for the Chinese public to express their opinions; however, the state still sets its political boundary of what is allowed to be criticized. Therefore, ‘reversed agenda effects’ in Chinese cyberspace are observed as ‘partial reversed agenda effects’, and whether social media such as Weibo is serving as a tool for democracy in China still requires further observation.
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International Communication is an established field of study taught widely around the world under a variety of names. Journal of International Communication (JIC) is a refereed journal the field of international communication calls its own and one that provides a forum for discussion for the various geo-academic approaches to the study of global communication. A variety of fields of study, including International Communication, International Relations, International Development, International Political Economy, Global Sociology, Media Anthropology, Media and Cultural Studies, and Post-colonial Studies nourish JIC .
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