Social Mentality and Public Opinion in China

This book explores the relationship between social mentality, public opinion, media, and other factors through mixed methods in China, especially since the turns of the 21st century.

Autorentext

Fanbin Zeng has been a doctoral student of Education in Educational Leadership at Western Illinois University in the US since 2021, having earned a doctoral degree in communication from Renmin University of China in 2015. Dr Zeng was also an associate professor at Jinan University, China. He specialises in the research on the Internet and political participation in China, particularly within the context of sociology and communication.

Inhalt

1. Theoretical Framework for Studying Social Mentality and Public Opinion 2. The Influence of Exposure to Media on Social Mentality in China: Based on CGSS 2010 3. Individuals' Social Mentality of and Their Views toward Public Opinion: Based on Qualitative Methods in 2016 4. The Relationship between Traditional Media and Public Opinion: Based on CGSS2013 and Quantitative Content Analysis of People's Daily and CCTV News Channel 5. The Relationship between the Salience of Media Agenda and that of Public Agenda: Based on the Baidu Index as Big-Data Methods from 2013 to 2016 6. Social Mentality, Media Coverage, and Public Opinion: Based on Internet Buzzwords from 2001 to 2021 in China