Moralization of law, heavy-penaltyism, and retributive justice: A corpus-assisted study of legal consciousness on Chinese social media

IF 1 4区社会学 Q3 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

International Journal of Law Crime and Justice Pub Date : 2024-10-04 DOI:10.1016/j.ijlcj.2024.100700

Han Wang , Mengliang Dai

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Abstract

Previous studies on legal consciousness have primarily focused on individual-level interactions with legal institutions or personnel. However, this perspective may overlook the indirect experiences that citizens gain through social media and the social normative consensus behind individual experiences. To address this gap, this study examined the shared legal consciousness expressed by citizens on a social media platform. Using corpus-assisted discourse analysis and sentiment analysis, we analyzed 284,792 danmu comments from the most popular legal channel on Bilibili in China. Our findings provide a contemporary perspective on legal consciousness in Chinese social media, uncovering three prevailing ideologies: moralization of law, heavy-penaltyism, and a predilection for retributive justice over restorative justice. Through our mixed-methods approach using big data, we demonstrate the potential for expanding research on legal consciousness. Our findings enable a deeper understanding of how legal consciousness is expressed and shared among citizens in the digital age.

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法律道德化、重刑主义和报应正义：中国社交媒体上法律意识的语料库辅助研究

以往关于法律意识的研究主要集中于个人层面与法律机构或人员的互动。然而，这一视角可能会忽略公民通过社交媒体获得的间接经验以及个体经验背后的社会规范共识。为了弥补这一不足，本研究考察了公民在社交媒体平台上表达的共同法律意识。通过语料库辅助话语分析和情感分析，我们分析了中国最受欢迎的 Bilibili 法律频道中的 284,792 条丹木评论。我们的研究结果为中国社交媒体中的法律意识提供了一个当代视角，揭示了三种普遍的意识形态：法律道德化、重刑主义以及重惩罚性司法轻恢复性司法。通过使用大数据的混合方法，我们展示了拓展法律意识研究的潜力。我们的研究结果有助于更深入地了解数字时代公民如何表达和分享法律意识。

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International Journal of Law Crime and Justice Multiple-

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期刊介绍： The International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice is an international and fully peer reviewed journal which welcomes high quality, theoretically informed papers on a wide range of fields linked to criminological research and analysis. It invites submissions relating to: Studies of crime and interpretations of forms and dimensions of criminality; Analyses of criminological debates and contested theoretical frameworks of criminological analysis; Research and analysis of criminal justice and penal policy and practices; Research and analysis of policing policies and policing forms and practices. We particularly welcome submissions relating to more recent and emerging areas of criminological enquiry including cyber-enabled crime, fraud-related crime, terrorism and hate crime.