Pandemic Nationalism
Use of Government Social Media for Political Information and Belief in Covid-19 Conspiracy Theories in China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12977286 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anfan Chen (0000-0002-7406-0415, University of Science and Technology of China), Yingdan Lu (0000-0002-9955-6070, Stanford University, corresponding author), Kaiping Chen (0000-0002-5864-5333, University of Wisconsin–Madison), Aaron Ng (0000-0002-8349-5816, Singapore Institute of Technology) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 710-732 |
| Publication date | 2023-02-06 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The International Journal of Press/Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1940-1612 • E-ISSN: 1040-1620 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/19401612231153107 |
| OpenAlex | W4319317490 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 77 |
The COVID-19 pandemic unleashed a torrent of conspiracy theories across different social media platforms. Parallel to this conspiracy wave was a heightened sense of nationalism, which manifested through both in-group solidarity and perceived out-group threats. In this study, we examine how individuals’ use of government social media to gather political information correlated with nation-related conspiracy beliefs during the pandemic. Data were collected from 745 subjects in China and analyzed through path analyses, which allowed us to examine the direct association with political information consumption from government social media and the indirect association with nationalism on conspiracy beliefs. The results indicated that the use of government social media to gather political information was associated with greater beliefs in nation-variant COVID-19 conspiracies, both directly and through different mediations of nationalism. Our findings highlight the importance of examining government social media use and how nationalism can have differentiated mediation effects on beliefs in conspiracy theories
China · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Government (linguistics · Nationalism · Pandemic · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social media · Sociology · Solidarity · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection · Law · Medicine · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology
Local government social media use, citizen satisfaction, and citizen compliance
Panacea or Pandora’s box
Exploring the longitudinal relationship between media use and conspiracy beliefs about the energy transition
Government social media and citizen trust
Hygiene and the New China
The Eurabia Conspiracy Theory
State media resilience in the digital era
Listening to an Authoritarian Neighbor
Outsiders in the Media
How the politics and policy of Covid-19 response is reshaping and reshaped by identity and citizenship in East Asia
Exposure to information from divergent sources and altruistic behavior in Public Health Emergency
Beyond the Battlefield
Epistemic rationality
Content matters. Different predictors and social consequences of general and government-related conspiracy theories on Covid-19
Belief in U.S. Government Conspiracies Against Blacks among Black and White College Students
Beliefs in Conspiracy Theories and Misinformation About Covid-19
Social Media and Protest Participation
Conspiracy theories and the conspiracy mindset
Cutoff criteria for fit indexes in covariance structure analysis
Title unavailable
Power, Politics, and Paranoia
Personality and Individual Differences
When scientific literacy meets nationalism
PositiveEnergy Douyin
I Wear a Mask for My Country
Unpacking the black box
National Narcissism predicts the Belief in and the Dissemination of Conspiracy Theories During the Covid-19 Pandemic
How China’s State Actors Create a “Us vs US” World during Covid-19 Pandemic on Social Media
Nations and Nationalism
The dangers of blind trust
Faith In Nation
The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories
Conspiracy Theories and Their Societal Effects During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Of Conspiracy Theories
Nationalism, Patriotism, and Group Loyalty
Does Self-Love or Self-Hate Predict Conspiracy Beliefs? Narcissism, Self-Esteem, and the Endorsement of Conspiracy Theories
Mistranslation as disinformation
Authoritarian responsiveness and political attitudes during Covid-19
A systematic review and meta-analysis of discrepancies between logged and self-reported digital media use
From Crisis to Nationalism
When nationalism meets hip-hop
Does the platform matter? Social media and Covid-19 conspiracy theory beliefs in 17 countries
Believing and sharing misinformation, fact-checks, and accurate information on social media
When viruses and misinformation spread
Engineering care in pandemic technogovernance
When national identity meets conspiracies
How Hawkish Is the Chinese Public? Another Look at “Rising Nationalism” and Chinese Foreign Policy
Perceptions of Danger
Blinded by the Lies? Toward an Integrated Definition of Conspiracy Theories
Self-Reported Versus Digitally Recorded
Tsunami early warnings via Twitter in government
Does Twitter Increase Perceived Police Legitimacy
Effects of local government social media use on citizen compliance during a crisis
In-Group Love and Out-Group Hate
Imagined communities
China’s Ideological Spectrum
Conspiracy and Misperception Belief in the Middle East and North Africa
Believing in Conspiracy Theories
Urban Chinese Perceptions of Threats from the United States and Japan
How government-controlled media shifts policy attitudes through framing
Do Strong Group Identities Fuel Intolerance? Evidence From the South African Case
Toward a Measure of Patriotic and Nationalistic Attitudes
Social Dominance and Social Identity in the United States and Israel
Who Is Afraid of the Chinese State? Evidence Calling into Question Political Fear as an Explanation for Overreporting of Political Trust
Capturing Clicks
Measurement Equivalence of Nationalism and Constructive Patriotism in the ISSP
Authoritarianism Goes Global
Separating the Shirkers from the Workers? Making Sure Respondents Pay Attention on Self‐Administered Surveys
Everyday Nationalism in Unsettled Times
Global Nationalism in Times of the Covid-19 Pandemic
Understanding Conspiracy Theories
The Psychology of Prejudice
The cultural dimension of intergroup conspiracy theories
Exposure to intergroup conspiracy theories promotes prejudice which spreads across groups
They will not control us
Inter-National Conspiracy? Speculating on the Myitsone Dam Controversy in China, Burma, Kachin, and a Displaced Village
Official microblogging and social management by local governments in China
How Censorship in China Allows Government Criticism but Silences Collective Expression
Ethnicity, Insurgency, and Civil War
How the Chinese Government Fabricates Social Media Posts for Strategic Distraction, Not Engaged Argument
How Do Partisans Consume News on Social Media? A Comparison of Self-Reports With Digital Trace Measures Among Twitter Users
Prejudice toward Immigrants to Spain and Israel
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |