Pub Date : 2022-10-21DOI: 10.1080/17544750.2022.2135548
Xi Cui
Abstract Drawing on the concepts of therapeutic governance and neo/non-liberal China, this study examines the discourse of Hanfu, which is the modern incarnation of traditional Chinese clothing styles of various ancient dynasties, as manifested in popular videos shared on Bilibili, a Chinese video-sharing site. Using multimodal discourse analysis, we found nine codes that fell into three categories: self-expression (aesthetic, cultured, and confident), traditional culture (genuine, long-established, and original), and identity boundaries (vs. capital, vs. Western modernity, and vs. Asian neighbors). In addition, we showed that the Hanfu videos mobilized traditional Chinese culture as a resource to buttress neoliberal self-expression and state-sanctioned meanings of identity. We argue that the discursive construction of Hanfu simultaneously cultivates individuals’ positive affects and solidifies the state’s legitimacy as a mode of governance in contemporary Chinese society. The findings of this study showed that to understand contemporary China, aspects of popular culture, such as Hanfu, should be situated in the broader mode of governance in Chinese society, which includes consumption, ideology, and most importantly, personal affect.
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Pub Date : 2022-10-19DOI: 10.1080/17544750.2022.2134158
Jinhui Li, Li Li, Taoran Liu, Waikit Ming, Shihan Meng
Abstract This study aimed to explore whether and how information about COVID-19 vaccines on social media shapes older adults’ perceptions of and attitudes toward vaccinations. The analysis was conducted through the theoretical lens of the social amplification of risk and affect heuristics. A cross-sectional survey of 429 older adults based on a multistage cluster sampling method was conducted in China. Structural equation modeling was applied to examine the effects of information exposure and negative affect on older adults’ risk perceptions and attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccines. In contrast to the hypotheses, the findings indicated that information exposure had a significant negative effect on risk perceptions of vaccine efficacy. Furthermore, negative affect led to a significantly positive increase in older adults’ risk perceptions of vaccine efficacy and vaccine safety. Attitudes toward vaccination were associated with information exposure and risk perceptions of the efficacy of vaccines. The interaction effect suggested that information exposure moderated the effects of negative affect on the risk perception of vaccine efficacy. This study advances previous research on social media exposure and vaccine-related risk perceptions in the societal context of Mainland China. Based on the findings of this study, government agencies and media managers should apply appropriate strategies to promote COVID-19 vaccination among older Chinese adults.
{"title":"Social media amplification of risk perceptions of and attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccination among older Chinese adults","authors":"Jinhui Li, Li Li, Taoran Liu, Waikit Ming, Shihan Meng","doi":"10.1080/17544750.2022.2134158","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17544750.2022.2134158","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study aimed to explore whether and how information about COVID-19 vaccines on social media shapes older adults’ perceptions of and attitudes toward vaccinations. The analysis was conducted through the theoretical lens of the social amplification of risk and affect heuristics. A cross-sectional survey of 429 older adults based on a multistage cluster sampling method was conducted in China. Structural equation modeling was applied to examine the effects of information exposure and negative affect on older adults’ risk perceptions and attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccines. In contrast to the hypotheses, the findings indicated that information exposure had a significant negative effect on risk perceptions of vaccine efficacy. Furthermore, negative affect led to a significantly positive increase in older adults’ risk perceptions of vaccine efficacy and vaccine safety. Attitudes toward vaccination were associated with information exposure and risk perceptions of the efficacy of vaccines. The interaction effect suggested that information exposure moderated the effects of negative affect on the risk perception of vaccine efficacy. This study advances previous research on social media exposure and vaccine-related risk perceptions in the societal context of Mainland China. Based on the findings of this study, government agencies and media managers should apply appropriate strategies to promote COVID-19 vaccination among older Chinese adults.","PeriodicalId":46367,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Journal of Communication","volume":"31 1","pages":"115 - 131"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2022-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76474143","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 : 2022-10-02DOI: 10.1080/17544750.2022.2052129
Guanghua Han, Y. Zhai
Abstract Food safety is a major concern among the Chinese public, with far-reaching political implications. In this study, we developed a theoretical framework to examine the effects of food safety problems on diffuse and specific political trust from the perspective of information in an authoritarian censorship context. Using the latest national survey data, we established an interactive process between the government, information environment, and Chinese public. Our results showed that exposure to Internet and information obtained via the grapevine were positively correlated with public concern about food safety, while information obtained via the mass media did not have a significant effect. A similar pattern emerged for the effects of access to different information sources on trust in the political system and central government. Political trust in the central government in China appeared to be pseudo diffuse trust. Our findings indicate that the complex information environment in authoritarian China affects public perceptions of food safety problems and multilevel political trust.
{"title":"Perceptions of food safety, access to information, and political trust in China","authors":"Guanghua Han, Y. Zhai","doi":"10.1080/17544750.2022.2052129","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17544750.2022.2052129","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Food safety is a major concern among the Chinese public, with far-reaching political implications. In this study, we developed a theoretical framework to examine the effects of food safety problems on diffuse and specific political trust from the perspective of information in an authoritarian censorship context. Using the latest national survey data, we established an interactive process between the government, information environment, and Chinese public. Our results showed that exposure to Internet and information obtained via the grapevine were positively correlated with public concern about food safety, while information obtained via the mass media did not have a significant effect. A similar pattern emerged for the effects of access to different information sources on trust in the political system and central government. Political trust in the central government in China appeared to be pseudo diffuse trust. Our findings indicate that the complex information environment in authoritarian China affects public perceptions of food safety problems and multilevel political trust.","PeriodicalId":46367,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Journal of Communication","volume":"25 1","pages":"534 - 557"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83381320","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 : 2022-10-02DOI: 10.1080/17544750.2022.2126603
Lin Song
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Pub Date : 2022-09-24DOI: 10.1080/17544750.2022.2126607
Deqiang Ji
The story of China is multi-faceted. In the 21 century, alongside the rise of China as an economic power and geopolitical actor, the storytelling of China has become a dynamic, and sometimes conflicting, space of narratives that involves both domestic and international participants. Beyond an ethnocentric mindset, a dynamic, yet historical, civilization lying within the nation has brought certain cognitive barriers and interpretive challenges for those who strive to understand the complex nature of this country, as well as its expanding but uncertain international influences. On 31 May 2021, Xi Jinping directed the 30 collective learning of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee towards strengthening China’s capacity in international communication. Xi’s talk emphasized both contradictions that underline the global perceptions of China and how China’s international communication system can perform better to reach a larger audience, customize content for cross-regions and cultures, reduce knowledge gaps and cognitive biases, and finally, have China’s story decoded internationally as similar as it is encoded domestically. Despite obvious theoretical and practical difficulties, Xi’s talk, released by official media immediately after the meeting, mobilized nationwide learning and discussions on how to achieve effective outward communication. International communication (guoji chuanbo), though popular for decades, has become a buzzword in today’s China across all relevant sectors, ranging from government and media to universities and think tanks. Against this backdrop, driven by both policy and academic incentives, multidisciplinary scholars and various theoretical approaches are inspired to touch on this field to examine the image making of China, which often entails a scientific method to collect and analyze survey-based data, and an interpretive method to make sense of a two-fold process of encoding and decoding, or
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Pub Date : 2022-09-19DOI: 10.1080/17544750.2022.2125024
J. Cui, Qingyan Tong
Abstract Using content analysis to analyze vlogs released by the Chinese official media over COVID-19, this study explores how the government conducts emotional governance on social media during national trauma. The analysis unveils two archetypes (civilian hero and miracle government) that are adapted by official media outlets to convey emotions, including national responsibility, national pride, and healing patriotism, to consolidate the legitimacy of the regime. In addition, this study analyzes the sources of these vlogs and demonstrates that netizens are motivated by the authority’s recognition to participate in vlog production. Thus, an “inter-embedded” emotional governance model characterized by technological innovation, casual style, and interactive format is formed.
{"title":"How does the Chinese Government conduct emotional governance over COVID-19? Content analysis of video blogs","authors":"J. Cui, Qingyan Tong","doi":"10.1080/17544750.2022.2125024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17544750.2022.2125024","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Using content analysis to analyze vlogs released by the Chinese official media over COVID-19, this study explores how the government conducts emotional governance on social media during national trauma. The analysis unveils two archetypes (civilian hero and miracle government) that are adapted by official media outlets to convey emotions, including national responsibility, national pride, and healing patriotism, to consolidate the legitimacy of the regime. In addition, this study analyzes the sources of these vlogs and demonstrates that netizens are motivated by the authority’s recognition to participate in vlog production. Thus, an “inter-embedded” emotional governance model characterized by technological innovation, casual style, and interactive format is formed.","PeriodicalId":46367,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Journal of Communication","volume":"1 1","pages":"150 - 167"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2022-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73594836","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}
Abstract Health misinformation is a serious problem that can cause confusion and risk-taking behaviors, undermining public health efforts. Fact-checking has been highlighted as an effective tool for coping with the challenge of misinformation. However, few studies have examined the factors influencing individuals’ health fact-checking behaviors. Using the comprehensive model of information seeking, we conducted a two-wave panel survey in China during the COVID-19 pandemic and explored the underlying process that might hinder COVID-19 fact-checking. The results showed that risk perception and worry about COVID-19 triggered a negative COVID-19 information-seeking experience, which reduced COVID-19 fact-checking. Moreover, the propensity to trust COVID-19 misinformation played a moderating role, such that negative information-seeking experience had a stronger negative effect on fact-checking behaviors for people with a greater propensity to trust misinformation. This study demonstrates the dark side of cognitive and affective responses to risks and health information-seeking experiences. The findings offer important implications for future health communication initiatives to effectively promote health fact-checking behaviors.
{"title":"The effects of worry, risk perception, information-seeking experience, and trust in misinformation on COVID-19 fact-checking: a survey study in China","authors":"Shaohai Jiang, Piper Liping Liu, Annabel Ngien, Qiaofei Wu","doi":"10.1080/17544750.2022.2121931","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17544750.2022.2121931","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Health misinformation is a serious problem that can cause confusion and risk-taking behaviors, undermining public health efforts. Fact-checking has been highlighted as an effective tool for coping with the challenge of misinformation. However, few studies have examined the factors influencing individuals’ health fact-checking behaviors. Using the comprehensive model of information seeking, we conducted a two-wave panel survey in China during the COVID-19 pandemic and explored the underlying process that might hinder COVID-19 fact-checking. The results showed that risk perception and worry about COVID-19 triggered a negative COVID-19 information-seeking experience, which reduced COVID-19 fact-checking. Moreover, the propensity to trust COVID-19 misinformation played a moderating role, such that negative information-seeking experience had a stronger negative effect on fact-checking behaviors for people with a greater propensity to trust misinformation. This study demonstrates the dark side of cognitive and affective responses to risks and health information-seeking experiences. The findings offer important implications for future health communication initiatives to effectively promote health fact-checking behaviors.","PeriodicalId":46367,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Journal of Communication","volume":"128 1","pages":"132 - 149"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2022-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88117778","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 : 2022-08-26DOI: 10.1080/17544750.2022.2115092
Wenjuan Xu, Xingsong Shi
Abstract With Chinese companies increasingly transforming into powerful social and economic institutions in the global market, they have begun to face progressive pressure to sustain communication with international stakeholders in a socially responsible fashion. This study represents a preliminary attempt to explore Chinese MNCs’ corporate social responsibility (CSR) communication to their international audiences through corporate websites, as well as its company-level determinants. The CSR information posed by 149 leading Chinese MNCs on their official English websites was analyzed in terms of their visibility, extent, and themes, and the impact of four company-level factors on the communication was tested. The findings indicated that Chinese MNCs generally presented CSR information in a visible and readily accessible way, yet the extent of the communication was relatively low. The communication focused on issues related to consumers and stakeholders, followed by the community and employees, with inadequate addressing of suppliers. The positive impact of company-level determinants (i.e. degree of internationalization, overseas experience of top management, and industry affiliation to polluting sectors) on communication was confirmed. Theoretical and practical implications for online CSR communication in the global context are subsequently discussed.
{"title":"Contents and determinants of CSR website communication toward international stakeholders: evidence from Chinese MNCs","authors":"Wenjuan Xu, Xingsong Shi","doi":"10.1080/17544750.2022.2115092","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17544750.2022.2115092","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract With Chinese companies increasingly transforming into powerful social and economic institutions in the global market, they have begun to face progressive pressure to sustain communication with international stakeholders in a socially responsible fashion. This study represents a preliminary attempt to explore Chinese MNCs’ corporate social responsibility (CSR) communication to their international audiences through corporate websites, as well as its company-level determinants. The CSR information posed by 149 leading Chinese MNCs on their official English websites was analyzed in terms of their visibility, extent, and themes, and the impact of four company-level factors on the communication was tested. The findings indicated that Chinese MNCs generally presented CSR information in a visible and readily accessible way, yet the extent of the communication was relatively low. The communication focused on issues related to consumers and stakeholders, followed by the community and employees, with inadequate addressing of suppliers. The positive impact of company-level determinants (i.e. degree of internationalization, overseas experience of top management, and industry affiliation to polluting sectors) on communication was confirmed. Theoretical and practical implications for online CSR communication in the global context are subsequently discussed.","PeriodicalId":46367,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Journal of Communication","volume":"1 1","pages":"204 - 223"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2022-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88565735","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 : 2022-08-17DOI: 10.1080/17544750.2022.2108860
Shuguang Zhao, Yiming Liu
Abstract Through quantitative content analysis, this study outlines the media construction of video games in Chinese newspapers in the period 2010–2020 from four aspects: dominant themes, tones, benefits–threats, and stakeholders. The findings indicate that the dominant themes of game coverage shifted from the commercial and industrial fields to social concerns, while the tone toward gaming became more negative. Entertainment remained the most prominent benefit of gaming in media coverage, while media concerns about game addiction increased immensely. Notably, game developers increased their presence as information sources. They were also the dominant responsibility takers for the gaming impacts in 2010–2015, after which the media more frequently attributed responsibility to all stakeholders.
{"title":"From industry development to social influence: video games in Chinese newspaper coverage, 2010–2020","authors":"Shuguang Zhao, Yiming Liu","doi":"10.1080/17544750.2022.2108860","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17544750.2022.2108860","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Through quantitative content analysis, this study outlines the media construction of video games in Chinese newspapers in the period 2010–2020 from four aspects: dominant themes, tones, benefits–threats, and stakeholders. The findings indicate that the dominant themes of game coverage shifted from the commercial and industrial fields to social concerns, while the tone toward gaming became more negative. Entertainment remained the most prominent benefit of gaming in media coverage, while media concerns about game addiction increased immensely. Notably, game developers increased their presence as information sources. They were also the dominant responsibility takers for the gaming impacts in 2010–2015, after which the media more frequently attributed responsibility to all stakeholders.","PeriodicalId":46367,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Journal of Communication","volume":"47 1","pages":"35 - 52"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2022-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84299710","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 : 2022-08-12DOI: 10.1080/17544750.2022.2108861
Yuyi Zhuang, Songge Huang, Chao Chen
Abstract The Fangirl Expedition took place during protests against the amended 2019 Hong Kong Extradition Bill. Chinese Fangirls mobilized by visiting blocked foreign social websites and attacking posts critical of the Chinese government. This paper investigates how Fangirls, originally a non-politicized group, successfully mobilized a massive nationalist action in cyberspace. In a departure from previous male-led cyber-nationalist movements, Fangirls innovatively created an idolized image of the nation, accommodated political agendas using the language of fandom, and used existing fandom networks and tactics. This paper explores in depth the mobilization process of the Fangirl Expedition and its unique cause, discourses, and tactics. As yet, the repercussions of the activism have not yet been fully revealed.
{"title":"Idolizing the nation: Chinese fandom nationalism through the Fangirl Expedition","authors":"Yuyi Zhuang, Songge Huang, Chao Chen","doi":"10.1080/17544750.2022.2108861","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17544750.2022.2108861","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The Fangirl Expedition took place during protests against the amended 2019 Hong Kong Extradition Bill. Chinese Fangirls mobilized by visiting blocked foreign social websites and attacking posts critical of the Chinese government. This paper investigates how Fangirls, originally a non-politicized group, successfully mobilized a massive nationalist action in cyberspace. In a departure from previous male-led cyber-nationalist movements, Fangirls innovatively created an idolized image of the nation, accommodated political agendas using the language of fandom, and used existing fandom networks and tactics. This paper explores in depth the mobilization process of the Fangirl Expedition and its unique cause, discourses, and tactics. As yet, the repercussions of the activism have not yet been fully revealed.","PeriodicalId":46367,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Journal of Communication","volume":"23 1","pages":"53 - 72"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2022-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85183273","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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