Pub Date : 2023-04-05DOI: 10.1080/17544750.2023.2196086
Yan Yi
Abstract This study explores how the Chinese media have legitimated the Chinese government’s anti-COVID policy at home by constructing the spectatorship of foreign countries’ suffering during the pandemic. Using the Oriental News of Shanghai Media Group (SMG), a leader in Chinese provincial media, as a case study, the present study reveals that the core countries within the world system have been reported on more often than the semi-peripheral and peripheral countries. News about core countries also precedes news about non-core countries during the parts of broadcasts that concern the global COVID-19 pandemic. China’s specific geopolitical and national political contexts have significantly influenced the mediation of COVID-19 suffering in various countries. While the US is represented as experiencing multiple forms of “chaos” during the pandemic, African countries are represented as “allied others” or “weak others.” News about India, a country with national conditions similar to those of China, reminds Chinese spectators that the Chinese government’s strict controls are correct and effective. The mediation of other countries’ sufferings has produced various degrees of emotional involvement on the part of the Chinese public.
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Pub Date : 2023-04-03DOI: 10.1080/17544750.2023.2213981
Jiankun Gong
{"title":"Communicating COVID-19: Everyday life, digital capitalism, and conspiracy theories in pandemic times","authors":"Jiankun Gong","doi":"10.1080/17544750.2023.2213981","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17544750.2023.2213981","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46367,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Journal of Communication","volume":"19 1","pages":"224 - 226"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78743700","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-04-03DOI: 10.1080/17544750.2023.2196085
Yingru Ji
Abstract Through two equivalent national surveys in the United States (US) and China, this study investigated how people’s forethoughtful assessments of crisis outcomes affect their retrospective responsibility attribution and subsequent demand for regulatory intervention. The results revealed that when Americans and Chinese perceived that they could rely on the government as a proxy agent to achieve desirable crisis outcomes, they attributed more responsibility to the in-crisis company. The increased blame company attribution would spill over into their blame for social systems. These heightened attributional activities led to people’s calls for regulatory intervention. Inconsistent findings for the two countries are also discussed.
{"title":"The impacts of locus of crisis outcome control on responsibility attribution in hindsight: focusing on comparisons between the American and Chinese public","authors":"Yingru Ji","doi":"10.1080/17544750.2023.2196085","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17544750.2023.2196085","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Through two equivalent national surveys in the United States (US) and China, this study investigated how people’s forethoughtful assessments of crisis outcomes affect their retrospective responsibility attribution and subsequent demand for regulatory intervention. The results revealed that when Americans and Chinese perceived that they could rely on the government as a proxy agent to achieve desirable crisis outcomes, they attributed more responsibility to the in-crisis company. The increased blame company attribution would spill over into their blame for social systems. These heightened attributional activities led to people’s calls for regulatory intervention. Inconsistent findings for the two countries are also discussed.","PeriodicalId":46367,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Journal of Communication","volume":"44 1","pages":"303 - 323"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78117620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-04-03DOI: 10.1080/17544750.2023.2213982
Qiliang He
Imhoff, R., & Lamberty, P. (2020). A bioweapon or a hoax? The link between distinct conspiracy beliefs about the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak and pandemic behavior. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 11(8), 1110–1118. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550620934692 Pogorelov, K., Schroeder, D. T., Burchard, L., Moe, J., Brenner, S., Filkukova, P., & Langguth, J. (2020, December 14–15). FakeNews: Coronavirus and 5G conspiracy task at MediaEval 2020 [Paper presentation]. MediaEval 2020 Workshop. Sinha, N., & Balayla, G. (2020). Hydroxychloroquine and COVID-19. Postgraduate Medical Journal, 96(1139), 550–555. https://doi.org/10.1136/postgradmedj-2020-137785
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Pub Date : 2023-03-05DOI: 10.1080/17544750.2023.2183970
Kun He, Scott A. Eldridge, M. Broersma
Abstract Discerning what populists mean by the people is crucial for understanding populism. However, the appeals populists make to the people differ across political systems, with distinctions particularly evident between democratic contexts and one-party states such as China. Articulations of the people in Chinese populist communication remain underexplored, which is a gap this paper addresses by clarifying how the people is constructed in the discourses that underpin Chinese populism. A total of 61 populism cases were examined through discourse and meta-analyses, from which three manifestations of the people emerged. First, the Chinese nation serves as an ideological glue to mobilize people to protest against those seen as betraying their Chinese identity or violating the sovereignty and dignity of China. Second, the mass is associated with an affective aversion to scientists and experts, but also with mass support for a satirical subculture that challenges the hegemony of elite-dominated cultural production and cultural institutions. Finally, socially vulnerable groups assemble powerless people in situations of economic impoverishment, political marginalization, and social vulnerability. The analysis reveals how these three conceptualizations of the people drive online Chinese bottom-up populism, allowing netizens to serve as mediators and pitting the people against corrupt elites and the establishment.
{"title":"Who are the people? Populists’ articulation of “the people” in contemporary China","authors":"Kun He, Scott A. Eldridge, M. Broersma","doi":"10.1080/17544750.2023.2183970","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17544750.2023.2183970","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Discerning what populists mean by the people is crucial for understanding populism. However, the appeals populists make to the people differ across political systems, with distinctions particularly evident between democratic contexts and one-party states such as China. Articulations of the people in Chinese populist communication remain underexplored, which is a gap this paper addresses by clarifying how the people is constructed in the discourses that underpin Chinese populism. A total of 61 populism cases were examined through discourse and meta-analyses, from which three manifestations of the people emerged. First, the Chinese nation serves as an ideological glue to mobilize people to protest against those seen as betraying their Chinese identity or violating the sovereignty and dignity of China. Second, the mass is associated with an affective aversion to scientists and experts, but also with mass support for a satirical subculture that challenges the hegemony of elite-dominated cultural production and cultural institutions. Finally, socially vulnerable groups assemble powerless people in situations of economic impoverishment, political marginalization, and social vulnerability. The analysis reveals how these three conceptualizations of the people drive online Chinese bottom-up populism, allowing netizens to serve as mediators and pitting the people against corrupt elites and the establishment.","PeriodicalId":46367,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Journal of Communication","volume":"20 1","pages":"267 - 284"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74194583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-29DOI: 10.1080/17544750.2023.2169837
Fu Guo, Jingyu Li, Guoquan Ye, Zeyu Zhang, Jiahao Chen
{"title":"Advertising disclosure in sponsored vlogs: an eye-tracking study on the effects of disclosure timing and the moderating role of disclosure type","authors":"Fu Guo, Jingyu Li, Guoquan Ye, Zeyu Zhang, Jiahao Chen","doi":"10.1080/17544750.2023.2169837","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17544750.2023.2169837","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46367,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Journal of Communication","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86135309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-02DOI: 10.1080/17544750.2023.2167539
Yashu Xie
{"title":"Digital citizenship in China: everyday online practices of Chinese young people","authors":"Yashu Xie","doi":"10.1080/17544750.2023.2167539","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17544750.2023.2167539","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46367,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Journal of Communication","volume":"65 1","pages":"111 - 113"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88985586","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-02DOI: 10.1080/17544750.2023.2167538
Chao Guo
{"title":"Intercultural aesthetics in traditional Chinese theatre: from 1978 to the present","authors":"Chao Guo","doi":"10.1080/17544750.2023.2167538","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17544750.2023.2167538","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46367,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Journal of Communication","volume":"2 1","pages":"108 - 113"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89750563","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-12DOI: 10.1080/17544750.2022.2153890
Haiyan Feng, Xi Luo
Abstract The booming queer pop culture of boy’s love (BL) dramas in China has been met with broad sociocultural concerns because of its pro-gay nature. The cultivation hypothesis posits that frequent exposure to specific media is related to the corresponding views and behaviors among their audiences. This study aimed to extend the genre-specific cultivation literature by examining the relationship between exposure to BL drama and attitudes toward same-sex relationships. This study also aimed to increase the explanatory power of cultivation hypothesis regarding active spectatorship by incorporating two new constructs of fandom studies. A moderated mediation model was examined using a convenience sample. The results indicated that (a) exposure to BL drama was positively associated with attitudes toward same-sex relationships, (b) fandom engagement mediated the link between exposure to BL dramas and attitudes toward same-sex relationships, and (c) in viewers who were “solo” fans, the moderated path was stronger between exposure to BL drama and fandom engagement, whereas in viewers who were “couple” fans, the moderated path was stronger between fandom engagement and attitudes toward same-sex relationships. The findings of this study contribute to our understanding of genre-specific cultivation by active spectatorship in the context of China.
{"title":"Boy’s love drama exposure and attitudes toward same-sex relationships: Applying a moderated mediation model in the Chinese context","authors":"Haiyan Feng, Xi Luo","doi":"10.1080/17544750.2022.2153890","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17544750.2022.2153890","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The booming queer pop culture of boy’s love (BL) dramas in China has been met with broad sociocultural concerns because of its pro-gay nature. The cultivation hypothesis posits that frequent exposure to specific media is related to the corresponding views and behaviors among their audiences. This study aimed to extend the genre-specific cultivation literature by examining the relationship between exposure to BL drama and attitudes toward same-sex relationships. This study also aimed to increase the explanatory power of cultivation hypothesis regarding active spectatorship by incorporating two new constructs of fandom studies. A moderated mediation model was examined using a convenience sample. The results indicated that (a) exposure to BL drama was positively associated with attitudes toward same-sex relationships, (b) fandom engagement mediated the link between exposure to BL dramas and attitudes toward same-sex relationships, and (c) in viewers who were “solo” fans, the moderated path was stronger between exposure to BL drama and fandom engagement, whereas in viewers who were “couple” fans, the moderated path was stronger between fandom engagement and attitudes toward same-sex relationships. The findings of this study contribute to our understanding of genre-specific cultivation by active spectatorship in the context of China.","PeriodicalId":46367,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Journal of Communication","volume":"73 1","pages":"168 - 185"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2022-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87373145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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