Creating Democratic Citizens: Political Effects of the Internet in China

doi:10.1177/1065912918764338

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	Creating Democratic Citizens: Political Effects of the Internet in China
	Huhe, Narisong 1; Tang, Min 2; Chen, Jie 3
刊名	POLITICAL RESEARCH QUARTERLY
	2018-12
卷号	71 期号:4 页码:757-771
关键词	Internet political support democratic values causal mediation analysis China
ISSN号	1065-9129
DOI	10.1177/1065912918764338
英文摘要	This study explores the perplexing role of the Internet in authoritarian settings. We disentangle the political impact of the Internet along two distinct dimensions, indirect effects and direct effects. While the direct effects of the exposure to the Internet shape political attitudes in a manifest and immediate way, the indirect effects shape various political outcomes via instilling fundamental democratic orientations among citizens. In authoritarian societies such as China, we argue the indirect effects of the Internet as a value changer tend to be potent, transformative, and persistent. But the direct effects of the Internet as a mere alternative messenger are likely to be markedly contingent. Relying on the newly developed method of causal mediation analysis and applying the method to data from a recent survey conducted in Beijing, we find strong empirical evidence to support our argument about the two-dimensional impacts of the Internet in authoritarian countries.
WOS研究方向	Government & Law
语种	英语
出版者	SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
WOS记录号	WOS:000448160600004
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://10.2.47.112/handle/2XS4QKH4/464]
专题	上海财经大学
通讯作者	Tang, Min
作者单位	1.Univ Strathclyde, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland; 2.Shanghai Univ Finance & Econ, Shanghai, Peoples R China; 3.James Madison Univ, Harrisonburg, VA 22807 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Huhe, Narisong,Tang, Min,Chen, Jie. Creating Democratic Citizens: Political Effects of the Internet in China[J]. POLITICAL RESEARCH QUARTERLY,2018,71(4):757-771.
APA	Huhe, Narisong,Tang, Min,&Chen, Jie.(2018).Creating Democratic Citizens: Political Effects of the Internet in China.POLITICAL RESEARCH QUARTERLY,71(4),757-771.
MLA	Huhe, Narisong,et al."Creating Democratic Citizens: Political Effects of the Internet in China".POLITICAL RESEARCH QUARTERLY 71.4(2018):757-771.