Lexington Books
Pages: 380
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Trim: 6¼ x 9
978-1-7936-0874-1 • Hardback • June 2020 • $146.00 • (£112.00)
978-1-7936-0875-8 • eBook • June 2020 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
Junhao Hong is professor in the Department of Communication at State University of New York and distinguished guest professor of Shanghai University, China.
Table of Contents
Introduction: An Unprecedented Force for an Unprecedented Social Change
Junhao Hong
Ch. 1: The Emergence, Development and Evolution of Chinese Social Media
Juan Wang, Yang Shen, Junhao Hong
Ch. 2: Social Media and the Changing Political Culture in China
Pei-ren Shao, Yun Wang
Ch. 3: Social Media, Public Discourse and Civic Engagement in China
Yinjiao Ye, Ping Xu, Mingxin Zhang
Ch. 4: Political Trust and Political Efficacy of Chinese Netizens
Naipeng Chao, Guangfeng Yuan, Yonggang Li, Qian Yao, Jiaqi Qin
Ch. 5: Discourse Power Shifting in Chinese Social Media Minghua Wu
Ch. 6: Social Media and Internet Public Events in China
Tiance Dong, Chenxi Liang, Xu He
Ch. 7: Social Media and Online Opinion Leaders in China
Jie Feng, Yang Shen, Junhao Hong
Ch. 8: Public Relations, Social Media, and Public Opinion in China
Yang Cheng, Yihui Huang, Chingman Chan
Ch. 9: Social Media and Social Integration among China’s New Urban Migrants
Lu Wei, Fangfang Gao
Ch. 10: The Impact of Social Media Usage on Chinese College Students’ Political Socialization
Di Xu, Yue-Xin Qiang
Ch. 11: Social Media and “Chinese Dama”
Qin Li
Ch. 12: Webcasting as a New Cultural Landscape and New Challenge in China
Hu Wang, Sanjiu Yan
Ch. 13: Social Media and Chinese Journalists' Pursuit of Press Freedom
Zhaoxi Liu
Ch. 14: Social Media and the Transformation of CCTV NEWS
Li Huang
Ch. 15: Social Media Usage for TV Viewing in China
Trisha Lin, Ziqi Liang
Ch. 16: The Chinese Government Regulations on Social Media and Its Implications
Jing Niu, Xiangling Yuan
This collection of essays edited by Hong offers readers 16 thoroughly researched studies on the timely topic of social media in the People's Republic of China. Essays range in focus, addressing, for example, the interaction between China's political culture and social media, the role and power of Chinese netizens to impact public opinion, and social media's impact on journalism in China. The contributing authors are university faculty in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the US and independent scholars working in China. Essays are grounded in archival sources, quantitative methods, or in-person interviews, all well documented at the end of each essay. Many chapters provide surprisingly frank assessments of the situation in China today. The essays are mostly well written and accessible to a wide audience…Hong's book fills an important gap in studies on China's social media, as readers now have at hand solid assessments on a range of topics by active scholars in the field. Recommended.
— Choice Reviews