A territorial dispute or an agenda war? A cross-national investigation of the network agenda-setting (NAS) model

Bibliographic Data

ID12972191
AuthorsYan Su (0000-0002-1546-2799, Schlumberger (Ireland), corresponding author), Jun Hu (0000-0001-6782-3501)
Year2020
Volume17
Issue4
Pages357-375
Publication date2020-04-30
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Information Technology & Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1933-169X • E-ISSN: 1933-1681
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19331681.2020.1756553
OpenAlexW3020830927
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited46

Anchored by the network agenda setting (NAS) model, this study uses a supervised machine-learning approach to analyze the agendas of major newspapers in China, Japan, and the United States, and discussions in Twittersphere, on the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands dispute, as well as their intermedia effects. Network analyses suggested that Chinese media portrayed the dispute in a more biased way, whereas Twitter’s discussions were overwhelmingly negative. Time-series analyses revealed reciprocities between newspapers and Twitter, while the relationship was asymmetrical where Twitter exerted a stronger bottom-up impact. Moreover, most reciprocities emerged between the U.S. and Chinese media, and Twitter

China · Media studies · Newspaper · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence · Social Media and Politics

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