Western Media Exposure and Chinese Immigrants’ Political Perceptions

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6335409
AutoresQiuqing Tai (autor correspondente)
Ano2016
Volume33
Fascículo1
Páginas78-97
Data de publicação2016-01-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPolitical Communication (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1058-4609 • E-ISSN: 1091-7675
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10584609.2014.978921
OpenAlexW2271164066
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas35

Using evidence from an original survey experiment among 3,032 Chinese student immigrants in the United States, I examine how exposure to Western media changes their evaluations of the Chinese government’s performance and their trust in official discourse. My findings suggest that reading Western reports on China shifts immigrants’ perceptions of government performance in different directions, depending on how similar reports are censored in Chinese media. On issues that are strictly censored, immigrants exposed to Western reports became more critical of their home government’s performance and decreased their trust in official discourse. Conversely, on issues that are relatively open to independent reporting, immigrants did not become more critical of government performance, and their trust in official discourse maintained after being exposed to Western information

China · Demographic economics · Economics · Government (linguistics · Immigration · Linguistics · Perception · Political science · Politics · Reading (process · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Media Influence and Politics · Psychology · Social Media and Politics