Debating the Two-child Policy on Sina Weibo: A Study of Social Media as Symbolic Space in China

IF 2.2 2区文学 Q2 COMMUNICATION

Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media Pub Date : 2021-10-20 DOI:10.1080/08838151.2021.1999957

Q. Wu, Xiyuan Liu, E. Yuan

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The two-child policy profoundly impacted on many aspects of Chinese society, ranging from population structure to economic development. Social media served as a public symbolic space for diverse viewpoints on the issue. Situated in a revised public sphere framework, this study explores how the two-child policy was contended by various publics using a semantic network analysis of Sina Weibo posts. The results demonstrate relationships among the various publics comprising family members, gendered individuals, and multiple social institutions. Our findings have important implications for understanding reproduction, gender and social relations, and social media’s role as a symbolic space in contemporary China.

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论新浪微博上的二胎政策——中国社会媒体符号空间研究

二孩政策深刻影响了中国社会的方方面面，从人口结构到经济发展。社交媒体是一个公共象征空间，在这个问题上有不同的观点。本研究基于一个修正后的公共领域框架，通过对新浪微博帖子的语义网络分析，探讨了不同公众对二胎政策的主张。研究结果表明，包括家庭成员、性别个体和多个社会机构在内的各种公众之间存在关系。我们的发现对理解生殖、性别和社会关系，以及社交媒体作为当代中国象征空间的作用具有重要意义。

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Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media COMMUNICATION-

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4.90

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6.20%

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