Political Communication in the Time of Coronavirus最新文献

“I Don't Vote Because I Don't Want to Get Infected” “我不投票，因为我不想被感染”

Political Communication in the Time of Coronavirus Pub Date : 2021-09-07 DOI: 10.4324/9781003170051-15

Damian Guzek, Sabina Mihelj, Václav Šteˇtka

引用次数: 1

Political Communication in the Time of Coronavirus Pub Date : 2021-09-07 DOI: 10.4324/9781003170051-4

Yuan Zeng

{"title":"Beyond Control and Resistance","authors":"Yuan Zeng","doi":"10.4324/9781003170051-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003170051-4","url":null,"abstract":"China has grown into a digital authoritarian with sophisticated and mammoth social control apparatus. But control is set to be met with resistance. In the cyberspace, various actors contest in a nuanced state of coevolution, bringing out porous dynamics beyond control and resistance. This chapter discusses the complex and fluid dynamics in narrative contestation between state and non-state actors over coronavirus outbreak in digital China. Through a case study of ‘Fang Fang Diary’, the most prominent example of citizen-generated digital samizdat amidst the state’s rigid information control during the outbreak, this chapter examines how citizens are galvanized by the public crisis and social media affordances to contest with official narrative, and how the party-state grasps on its paramount control over the digital infrastructure and the participatory nature of social media to flood the cyberspace with official narrative and co-opt non-state actors to drown alternative narrative into ‘digital exodus’ and abeyance. The author thereby suggests ditch the oversimplified control-versus-resistance, or democratization-versus-authoritarianism dichotomous lens in political communication studies. © 2022 selection and editorial matter, Peter Van Aelst and Jay G. Blumler.","PeriodicalId":222394,"journal":{"name":"Political Communication in the Time of Coronavirus","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123663428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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COVID-19 as an Ideal Case for a Rally-around-the-Flag? COVID-19是团结一致的理想案例?

Political Communication in the Time of Coronavirus Pub Date : 2021-09-07 DOI: 10.4324/9781003170051-1

P. Aelst

引用次数: 4

The Role of Political Polarization on American and Australian Trust and Media Use during the COVID-19 Pandemic 新冠肺炎大流行期间政治两极分化对美国和澳大利亚信任和媒体使用的影响

Political Communication in the Time of Coronavirus Pub Date : 2021-09-07 DOI: 10.4324/9781003170051-14

A. Carson, S. Ratcliff, L. Ruppanner

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引用次数: 2

The Italian Prime Minister as a Captain in the Storm 意大利总理是风暴中的船长

Political Communication in the Time of Coronavirus Pub Date : 2021-09-07 DOI: 10.4324/9781003170051-6

G. Mazzoleni, Roberta Bracciale

引用次数: 1

COVID-19 in Chile 智利的COVID-19

Political Communication in the Time of Coronavirus Pub Date : 2021-09-07 DOI: 10.4324/9781003170051-5

I. Bachmann, S. Valenzuela, Arturo Figueroa-Bustos

{"title":"COVID-19 in Chile","authors":"I. Bachmann, S. Valenzuela, Arturo Figueroa-Bustos","doi":"10.4324/9781003170051-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003170051-5","url":null,"abstract":"Once regarded as the poster child for democratic stability and sound policymaking in Latin America, in the last two decades Chile has experienced increasing levels of mistrust in political institutions and media elites, as well as disenfranchisement. In the wake of the mass protests of October 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic found the Chilean government at record levels of disapproval and with citizens skeptical of messages by authorities and legacy media. Based on data from an online survey and a narrative analysis of public discourse of key government interventions during the first six months of the pandemic, this chapter pays attention to individuals’ perceptions regarding the coronavirus crisis and offers a qualitative assessment of how the government’s handling was addressed in the public sphere. Findings show that Chileans have been skeptical of government measures and critical of officials’ handling of the situation, regardless of their support for the administration. With the news media struggling to hold authorities accountable, the resulting crisis has only deepened the political, economic, and social divisions within Chilean society. © 2022 selection and editorial matter, Peter Van Aelst and Jay G. Blumler.","PeriodicalId":222394,"journal":{"name":"Political Communication in the Time of Coronavirus","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122165204","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 2

Stooges of the System or Holistic Observers? 系统的傀儡还是整体观察者?

Political Communication in the Time of Coronavirus Pub Date : 2021-09-07 DOI: 10.4324/9781003170051-9

T. Quandt, Svenja Boberg, Tim Schatto-Eckrodt, L. Frischlich

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引用次数: 1

More than “a Little Flu” 不仅仅是“小流感”

Political Communication in the Time of Coronavirus Pub Date : 2021-09-07 DOI: 10.4324/9781003170051-10

Stuart Davis

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When a Polarized Media System Meets a Pandemic 当两极分化的媒体系统遇到流行病时

Political Communication in the Time of Coronavirus Pub Date : 2021-09-07 DOI: 10.4324/9781003170051-11

Gizem Melek, Emre I˙s¸eri

引用次数: 2

From Consensus to Dissensus 从共识到异议

Political Communication in the Time of Coronavirus Pub Date : 2021-09-07 DOI: 10.4324/9781003170051-3

R. Garland, D. Lilleker

引用次数: 1