Weaponizing emotion
Chinese Communist Youth League’s soft propaganda on Douyin
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 17545171 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Zixu Yan (0009-0005-2660-3218, University of Macau), Zhengqing Yan (University of Macau), Angze Li (University of Macau), Haiyan Wang (0000-0003-2534-6756, University of Macau, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Pages | 1-16 |
| Publication date | 2026-01-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Journal of Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0129-2986 • E-ISSN: 1742-0911 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01292986.2025.2612172 |
| OpenAlex | W7124863334 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 49 |
China · Communism · Soft power · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Chinese history and philosophy · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics
Affective Publics
The Functions of the Chinese Communist Youth Leagues (1920–1949)
The Chinese Communist Party's Nervous System
How Propaganda Works in the Digital Era
How does the Chinese Government conduct emotional governance over Covid-19? Content analysis of video blogs
PositiveEnergy Douyin
Main melody films as national cinema
A Bot and a Smile
‘We are citizens, not fans’
Tactics of Disconnection
When positive energy meets satirical feminist backfire
“Strike with visual bullets”
Restyling propaganda
Affective publics and structures of storytelling
Exclamation, intensity, and emotive assertion
Digital panda nationalism
Angry Posts Mobilize
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Making Laughter
Youth and the Making of Modern China
When nationalism meets hip-hop
Between the past and the future
Internet Ideotainment in the PRC
Emotional Mobilization of Chinese Veterans
Authoritarian Participatory Persuasion 2.0
Demobilising and Reorienting Online Emotions
How emoji make meaning and enact ambient affiliation
Internet memes and the mobilization of a “One-China” cyber nationalist campaign
Digital media, political authoritarianism, and Internet controls in Southeast Asia
How propagames work as a part of digital authoritarianism
Shaping the Internet in China. Evolution of Political Control Over Network Infrastructure and Content
Overt conviviality and covert distress
Chinese Celebrities’ Political Signalling on Sina Weibo
Hashtag narrative
The Pathology of Hard Propaganda
The Ideology is Blowing in the Wind
China's Changing of the Guard
Propaganda as Signaling
How Soft Propaganda Persuades
Decentralized propaganda in the era of digital media
Maoist Discourse and the Mobilization of Emotions in Revolutionary China
A State-Led Nationalism
Durkheim, Morality and Modernity
Marketing war and the military to children and youth in China
How Censorship in China Allows Government Criticism but Silences Collective Expression
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |