The Interactive Policy Agendasetting Model in Chinas Internet Incidents: An Empirical Study on Events Concerning Social Justice(PDF)
《南京师大学报》(社会科学版)[ISSN:1006-6977/CN:61-1281/TN]
- Issue:
- 2013年05期
- Page:
- 13-20
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- Title:
- The Interactive Policy Agendasetting Model in Chinas Internet Incidents: An Empirical Study on Events Concerning Social Justice
- Author(s):
- YU Junbo; YANG Kai
- Keywords:
- internet public incident; fairness and justice; policy agenda; internet public opinion
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- Abstract:
- Chinas exploding population of internet users and their intensifying participation in public discussions on socioeconomic, political and cultural events have made China acquire a salient feature of having political debates through the internet and making policies enforced by the netizens opinions. However, the examination of a couple of dozen public incidents disseminated through internet can reveal that even in the field concerning social justice, the internet public opinion is not confined to discussing, supervising and assessing the policy agenda set by the government. On the contrary, with the help of the netizens group action and the influence of the press, the internet public opinion can also set the policy agenda through interacting with the government, thus influencing its policymaking. Therefore, it is of great significance to precisely describe and generalize the model of how Chinese public interact with the governments in setting policy agenda and pinpoint the most critical determinants in this process, for this will enable the Chinese governments policymaking to be more scientific, democratic and effective and help maintain the social stability.
Last Update: 2013-09-25