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Sina Weibo, China’s microblogging answer to Twitter, has become one of the most popular sites in China’s cyberspace since its debut in 2009. Today, the microblog has about 140 million active users.1 Compared to noninteractive communication channels, Weibo and similar social networking sites have the potential to challenge China’s authoritarian rule.2 What follows are depictions […]
Feb 7, 2018 · The ideological contention also reflects the state has taken a firm standing on Weibo, and is able to steer public opinion, promoting discourses of nationalism and Weibo’s “positive” contribution to governance, but at the same time, it also sees Weibo as a major ideological threat to the legitimacy and stability of the regime, and takes further steps in cracking down contents and users ...
- Eileen Le Han
- 2018
Runfeng He has written one of the most comprehensive accounts ever undertaken of the ways the Chinese government has attempted to control Weibo, the micro-blogging site in China most akin to Twitter. According to official Chinese figures, Weibo reached an astonishing 331 million users in June 2013, but fell to 275 million a year later. Feng looks at several key questions about the popularity ...
Sep 13, 2021 · In this study, the authors explain citizens’ adoption of social media in citizen–government relations in China, a country that blends an authoritarian governance regime with limited tolerance of and responsiveness to online citizen participation.,Original survey data were gathered using a vignette survey among 307 respondents living in the People’s Republic of China.
- Vincent Homburg, Rebecca Moody
- 2021
Oct 29, 2020 · Weibo’s political impacts are mainly manifested in three aspects: e-governance, public opinion formation, and democracy. E-governance refers to ‘the application of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for delivering government services and exchanging information between the government and citizens’ (Zhang & Guo, 2019 ).
- Shixin Ivy Zhang
- Shixin.zhang@nottingham.edu.cn
- 2020
Weibo is a Chinese social media platform, often compared to Twitter, that allows users to post and share short messages, images, and videos. It serves as a major tool for public discourse and has become an essential avenue for political participation and expression of public opinion in China, reflecting the dynamic relationship between the state, citizens, and online platforms.
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Mar 4, 2024 · The discrepancy shows how anti-elitism can have different mirrors in China. Liberalism or pluralism is not part of the vision of democracy for China on Weibo, which places greater emphasis on the establishment’s responsibilities. If the government can “take good care” of the majority, people may be willing to compromise on liberty.
