The role of new media in sustaining the status quo: online political expression, nationalism, and system support in China

Hyun, Ki Deuk; Kim, Jinhee

doi:10.1080/1369118x.2014.994543

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“…Second, Weibo is expected to provide information that undermines the effect of CCP-led nationalist propaganda, which reduces support for the current political system. Previous studies on the democratic potential of social media in China have focused on two competing views, one of which stresses the democratizing effect of social media (Cairns & Carlson, 2016), and the other emphasizes the quick adaptation of the CCP to the social media environment and its efforts to use the new media to its own advantage (Hyun et al, 2014;Hyun & Kim, 2015). However, recent studies have demonstrated that the political information available on Weibo is more diverse than that on traditional state-led mass media (Rauchfleisch & Sch€ afer, 2015;Stockmann & Luo, 2017) and that Chinese citizens can still read grievances and critical opinions on Weibo (Qin et al, 2017).…”

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“…On one hand, it was expected that new media would provide alternative information to Chinese citizens, which would eventually nullify the Chinese government's nationalistic propaganda efforts (Cairns & Carlson, 2016). On the other hand, it was argued that the CCP had already adapted to the new media ecology, and it manipulated the new media in its favor by tightening information control and boosting the efficiency of nationalistic propaganda, thus successfully maintaining the status quo of the current political system (Hyun et al, 2014;Hyun & Kim, 2015).…”

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Nationalism and political system justification in China: differential effects of traditional and new media

Wang

Kobayashi

2020

Chinese Journal of Communication

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Drawing on system justification theory, this study examines the influence of political information obtained in different types of media on popular support for the Chinese political system through the mediation of nationalism. The analyses of the survey data demonstrated that obtaining political information from state-controlled media increased support for the political system through nationalist propaganda. The use of social media to obtain political information demonstrated contrasting effects. The exposure to political information through Weibo was negatively associated with political system support because of its negative effect on nationalism, whereas the use of WeChat to obtain political information had a positive effect on nationalism, thus increasing support for the political system.

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Nationalism and political system justification in China: differential effects of traditional and new media

Wang

Kobayashi

2020

Chinese Journal of Communication

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“…Although scarce, seminal research has helped identify how some governments use social media to limit social action by censoring dialogues that imply social mobilization or citizen organizing (Engesser et al, 2017;Ernst et al, 2017;Hyun & Kim, 2015;King et al, 2013;Williams et al, 2013).…”

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Online Dialogue And Interaction Disruption. A Latin American Government’s Use Of Twitter Affordances To Dissolve Online Criticism

Dávalos

2020

RCP

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Few academic studies have focused on how Latin American governments operate online. Political communication studies focused on social media interactions have overwhelmingly dedicated efforts to understand how regular citizens interact and behave online. Through the analysis of hashtags and other online strategies that were used during Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto’s (EPN) term to critique or manifest unconformity regarding part of the government’s performance, this study observes how members of a Latin American democratic regime weaponized a social media platform to dissipate criticism. More specifically, it proposes that the manipulation of social media affordances can debilitate essential democratic attributes like freedom of expression. Using a qualitative approach, consisting of observation, textual analysis, and online ethnography, findings show that some Mexican government’s manipulation of inconvenient Twitter conversations could impact or even disrupt potential offline crises. Another objective of the presented research is to set a baseline for future efforts focused on how Latin American democratic regimes behave and generate digital communication on social media platforms.

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“…Yiben also states that the Chinese government has adopted a ‘strategic approach’ in dealing with online popular nationalism, letting its citizens air their grievances online while also being careful to curtail these sentiments whenever social instability is at risk ( ibid .). Recent research points to the success of this approach, suggesting that public use of the internet for political expression sustains rather than challenges the political status quo (Ki and Kim ).…”

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Subversive Nationalism through Memes: A Dota 2 Case Study

Ismangil

2019

Studies Ethnicity & National

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China is home to the world's largest audience for e‐sports, or competitive videogames. While competitive videogames have become popular within a borderless, digital environment, the e‐sports fan base has a decidedly nationalist element to it. This article argues that new forms of digital nationalism are part and parcel of normal discourse within the Chinese competitive videogames environment. Through a case study of one specific competitive videogame, this article shows how nationalist narratives are enacted by the community itself at the grass roots, creating bottom‐up forms of nationalism. Combining digital fieldwork with offline interviews and observations, the study sheds light on new forms of nationalist expression appearing online in China. It focuses in particular on memes and how these serve as micro expressions of nationalism, maintaining and reinforcing nationalist narratives originating within state discourses.

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The role of new media in sustaining the status quo: online political expression, nationalism, and system support in China

Cited by 88 publications

References 56 publications

Nationalism and political system justification in China: differential effects of traditional and new media

Nationalism and political system justification in China: differential effects of traditional and new media

Online Dialogue And Interaction Disruption. A Latin American Government’s Use Of Twitter Affordances To Dissolve Online Criticism

Subversive Nationalism through Memes: A Dota 2 Case Study

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