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1. Towards a More Proactive Method.

Author

KE LI, ANGELA

Subjects
*MICROBLOGS, *INTERNET governance, *PUBLIC opinion, *EMOTIONS, CHINESE politics & government
Abstract

Drawing upon policy analysis and textual analysis of official microblogs, this paper describes how Xi's new leadership regulates public opinion and public emotion in Chinese microblogs. The paper argues that the advent of the Xi Jinping administration demonstrates much more aggressive ideological demands. On the one hand, the new leadership has increasingly ramped up its efforts on censoring information and repressing critical public opinion. On the other hand, however, it has paid more attention to proactively guiding public opinion on the Internet. New strategies, represented by cultivating self-discipline among Internet users, repressing the insubordinate and wooing obedient public opinion leaders, establishing cooperation between official microblogs, and eliminating emotional outpourings in the microblogsphere have been used in Xi's new ideological campaign to repress Internet rumours and sanitise critical public discourse. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2015

2. The Chinese News Media and Public Opinion: Adaptation of a Propaganda Machine or Instrument for Political Change?

Author

Stockmann, Daniela

Subjects
*PRESS, *PUBLIC opinion, *PROPAGANDA, *MASS media & propaganda, CHINESE politics & government
Abstract

When an authoritarian regime reforms the state media, how does it affect the ability of the state to manipulate public opinion? A number of authoritarian regimes have deregulated local media markets since the late 1970s. This paper studies the relationship between newspaper deregulation, political news content, and public opinion in China. Interviews with Chinese media experts and content analysis show that media deregulation is associated with greater variation of news content, but alternative mechanisms of control keep diversity within narrow boundaries. At the same time, however, media deregulation makes a great difference to audiences. Data from the Beijing Area Study reveal that readers are more susceptible to news messages when newspapers are deregulated. If news content can be synchronized through alternative mechanisms of control, media deregulation is conducive to regime stability. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2006

3. The Influence of Public Opinion on Authoritarian vs. Democratic Policymaking: Perspectives from China.

Author

Birney, Mayling

Subjects
*PUBLIC opinion, *DEMOCRACY, *AUTHORITARIANISM, CHINESE politics & government
Abstract

Against conventional wisdom, I propose that the impact of public opinion on high salience issues in authoritarian regimes is akin to that of public opinion on low salience issues with a diffuse constituency in democratic regimes. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2008