Exploring Online Structures on Chinese Government Portals: Citizen Political Participation and Government Legitimation

Min Jiang; Heng Xu

doi:10.1177/0894439308327313

Cited by 97E-Government and Public ServicesSocial Media and PoliticsChina's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance

Exploring Online Structures on Chinese Government Portals: Citizen Political Participation and Government Legitimation

Min Jiang, Heng Xu·2009·Social Science Computer Review

DOI 10.1177/0894439308327313

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This article explores the communicative structures of Chinese government web sites and their implications for citizen political participation. Taking issue with the party-state's dubious claim of building a transparent, service-oriented, and democratic administration, the study analyzed web features on 31 Chinese provincial government portals. The UN's e-participation framework was adapted to locate venues for citizen involvement. The results suggest that by manipulating online structures, Chinese government resorts to more subtle forms of online social control through information delivery, agenda setting, and containment of public dissent. Limited improvement in administrative efficiency and transparency serves the dual role of deflating social tension and reestablishing party legitimacy. Paradoxically, citizens' political participation may generate unintended consequences of incremental reform of China's local governance and political institutions.

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Authors: Jiang, M., & Xu, H.
Affiliations: University of North Carolina at Charlotte (US)
McKesson (United States) (US)
ORCID: Min Jiang
Venue: Social Science Computer Review
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2009-02-24
Volume: 27
Issue: 2
Pages: 174-195
ISSN: 0894-4393 (ISSN-L)
1552-8286
DOI: 10.1177/0894439308327313
OpenAlex: W3121905661
Cited by: 96
References: 54
Citations by year: 2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 10 · 2013: 11 · 2012: 10
FWCI: 27.26
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations: Social Science Computer Review (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › E-Government and Public Services
Social Sciences › Communication › Social Media and Politics
Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance
Keywords: e-participation, political participation, transparency, agenda setting, local government reform

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