Emotional criticism as public engagement: How weibo users discuss "Peking University statues wear face-masks"

doi:10.1016/j.tele.2015.06.017

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	Emotional criticism as public engagement: How weibo users discuss "Peking University statues wear face-masks"
	Ji, Pan 1,2
刊名	TELEMATICS AND INFORMATICS
	2016-05
卷号	33 期号:2 页码:514-524
关键词	Weibo Emotion frame Air pollution Public engagement
ISSN号	0736-5853
DOI	10.1016/j.tele.2015.06.017
英文摘要	Weibo has become a popular venue for political discussions in China. It rekindles the hope to build an online. public sphere in (semi)authoritarian regimes. Yet, how does China's weibo bear characteristics distinct from public sphere? How does emotionality shape weibo discussions? This inquiry draws,on emotion framing theory to analyze weibo discussions about air pollution after students from Peking University face-masked statues of prominent intellectuals on their campus to express discontent. Analyses show solo play-of-words, hasty blaming and regional confrontations dominate the discussions. Indignation and sorrowful resignation shape both the form and the content of online discussion. Distinct from the ideal of a public sphere, China's weibosphere serves mainly as a venue for netizens to ferment and vent emotions and to lodge hasty blame/criticism against authorities or against non-locals. Implications for local theory building and online democracy in China are discussed. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
WOS研究方向	Information Science & Library Science
语种	英语
出版者	ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
WOS记录号	WOS:000367776800024
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://10.2.47.112/handle/2XS4QKH4/1306]
专题	上海财经大学
通讯作者	Ji, Pan
作者单位	1.Fudan Univ, Sch Humanities, Ctr Informat & Commun Studies, Shanghai, Peoples R China; 2.Shanghai Univ Finance & Econ, Shanghai 200433, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ji, Pan. Emotional criticism as public engagement: How weibo users discuss "Peking University statues wear face-masks"[J]. TELEMATICS AND INFORMATICS,2016,33(2):514-524.
APA	Ji, Pan.(2016).Emotional criticism as public engagement: How weibo users discuss "Peking University statues wear face-masks".TELEMATICS AND INFORMATICS,33(2),514-524.
MLA	Ji, Pan."Emotional criticism as public engagement: How weibo users discuss "Peking University statues wear face-masks"".TELEMATICS AND INFORMATICS 33.2(2016):514-524.