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The role of new media in sustaining the status quo: online political expression, nationalism, and system support in China
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As populist nationalism and criticism of government emerge from the Chinese online sphere, the potential influence of public engagement in online communication on Chinese politics has drawn much scholarly and media attention. To illuminate the role of user-generated online communication for political change, this study investigates how online political expression among Chinese Internet users relates to their nationalistic attitudes and support of the status quo. An analysis of survey data demonstrates that online political expression, facilitated by news consumption, enhances support for the existing sociopolitical system both directly and indirectly through nationalism. The results suggest that partial inclusion of the public in the online deliberation process serves to bolster system stability and legitimacy, as the Chinese Communist Party intends.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Hyun, K. D., & Kim, J.
- Affiliations
- Grand Valley State University (US)
- Pohang University of Science and Technology (KR)
- Corresponding author
- Hyun, Ki Deuk
- Venue
- Information, Communication & Society
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2014-12-22
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 766-781
- ISSN
- 1369-118X (ISSN-L)
- 1468-4462
- OpenAlex
- W2149346989
- Cited by
- 131
- References
- 83
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 29 · 2022: 20 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 2
- FWCI
- 13.75
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Information Communication & Society (publishedVersion)
- Open Access System for Information Sharing (Pohang University of Science and Technology) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National IT Industry Promotion Agency, Republic of Korea (C1515-1121-0003)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Communication › Social Media and Politics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Media Influence and Politics
- Social Sciences › Communication › News Media Framing and Political Communication
- Keywords
- online political expression, nationalism, populist nationalism, system support, news consumption, user-generated content, online deliberation, political legitimacy, system stability, Chinese Communist Party, Chinese politics, internet users
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