【出版】《Communication and the Public》：2021年1-4期

Communication and the Public

《传播与公共》

Volume 6 Issue 1-4

Communication and the Public 创刊于2016年春季，由浙江大学和SAGE联合出版，面向全球发行。该刊由香港城市大学人文社会科学院副院长，媒体与传播系传播与媒体讲座教授黄懿慧与浙江大学传媒与国际文化学院副院长洪宇担任主编，浙江大学传媒与国际文化学院院长韦路教授担任执行主编，是中国大陆新闻传播学科第一本真正同行评议的英文学术期刊。自创刊以来，该刊共举办六次“传播与公共”国际学术研讨会，在国内外学术界引起广泛关注。目前，该刊分别于2018年、2019年被Scopus和ESCI数据库收录。

Original Research Articles

01

Tabloid news, anti-immigration attitudes, and support for right-wing populist parties

——Trevor Diehl, Ramona Vonbun-Feldbauer, 

Matthew Barnidge

Abstract

This study examines the role of individuals’ media diets in contributing to the growing support for right-wing populist parties. Drawing on social identity theory and the notion of populism as political communication, this study argues that socio-economic status and tabloid news use explain support for right-wing candidates through heightened out-group hostility. Using survey data from the Austrian National Election Study (N = 1161), we present a process model in the structural equation modeling framework, and we compare the direct and indirect effects of attention to tabloid versus broadsheet news on the probability to vote for the Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs. Results show that the link between social status and support for right-wing populism is mediated by attention to tabloid news and anti-immigration attitudes. Implications for democratic norms are discussed in light of the overlap between news media and politicians in their use of populist narratives.

原文链接：

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2057047319884122

02

Media diversity and the analysis of qualitative variation

——David Deacon，James Stanyer

Abstract

Diversity is recognised as a significant criterion for appraising the democratic performance of media systems. This article begins by considering key conceptual debates that help differentiate types and levels of diversity. It then addresses a core methodological challenge in measuring diversity: how do we model statistical variation and difference when many measures of source and content diversity only attain the nominal level of measurement? We identify a range of obscure statistical indices developed in other fields that measure the strength of ‘qualitative variation’. Using original data, we compare the performance of five diversity indices and, on this basis, propose the creation of a more effective diversity average measure. The article concludes by outlining innovative strategies for drawing statistical inferences from these measures, using bootstrapping and permutation testing resampling. All statistical procedures are supported by a unique online resource developed for this article.

原文链接：

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20570473211006481

Special Section on Cybernationalism

01

The BTS sphere: Adorable Representative M.C. for Youth’s transnational cyber-nationalism on social media

——Dal Yong Jin

Abstract

BTS fandom has been one of the strongest, and many Adorable Representative M.C. for Youth members have dedicated themselves to protect BTS from numerous controversies, while promoting the group’s messages, which can be identified as cyber-nationalism. By employing a critical discourse analysis on BTS fans’ social media posts and their online activities surrounding a few incidents, this article attempts to develop cyber-nationalism in the context of the BTS fandom. It investigates the formation of transnational cyber-nationalism, and then discusses how Adorable Representative M.C. for Youth members as citizens in the BTS nation utilize cyberspace, in particular, social media, not only to form alliances but also to protect BTS from any critical points of view. Finally, it articulates how transnational cyber-nationalism in tandem with BTS has shifted the notion of cyber-nationalism, which can be identified as negative, even patriotic parochialism, into constructive and socio-culturally corrected cyber-movements.

原文链接：

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20570473211046733

02

China’s viral villages: Digital nationalism and the COVID-19 crisis on online video-sharing platform Bilibili

——Florian Schneider

Abstract

When the COVID-19 virus broke out in China, foreign observers speculated whether the Chinese leadership was facing its ‘Chernobyl Moment’. China’s leadership, however, defied foreign expectations about its ostensibly floundering legitimacy and instead turned the crisis into a national success story. This article explores the role that digital media played in cementing this success, specifically how various actors mobilized nationalist sentiments and discourses on the online video-sharing platform Bilibili. By focusing on visual discourses, online commentaries, and the affordances of the digital platform, the article analyses the role that ‘hip’ and youthful content played in the authorities’ attempts to guiding online audiences to rally around the flag. The results of these efforts were viral villages of community sentiment that created strong incentives for conformity, and in which the official party line was able to reverberate with pop-culture memes and popular nationalism.

原文链接：

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20570473211048029

03

The curious absence of cybernationalism in Latin America: Lessons for the study of digital sovereignty and governance

——Martin Becerra，Silvio R Waisbord

Abstract

In this article, we are interested in examining the factors that drive cybernationalism and digital governance in media policies. As scholars with a long-standing interest in media industries and policies in Latin America, we start with a simple empirical observation: the curious absence of debates and strong efforts to regulate digital media in the region grounded on nationalistic arguments. It is not exaggerated to affirm that for the past two decades, the region has largely adopted a laissez-faire, deregulatory approach on fundamental issues about the structure and functioning of the Internet, including the performance of global digital platforms, content traffic, data ownership and access, and speech. We believe that understanding the decades-long transition from nationalistic media regulations to pragmatism in digital policies in Latin America yields valuable insights for theorizing the conditions that foster (and discourage) nationalism and sovereignty in digital policies.

原文链接：

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20570473211046730

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