The influence of online forum and SNS use on online political discussion in China: Assessing "spirals of Trust"

Telematics and Informatics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 359-369

  Mou, Yi ^a   Atkin, David ^b   Fu, Hanlong ^c   Lin, Carolyn A ^b   Lau, T Y ^d  

^a MACAU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Macao)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c Department of Natural Science   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Online forum; Political discussion; SNS; Social media

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; STUDENTS; TIN;

CHINA; INTERNET CENSORSHIP; ON-LINE SOCIAL NETWORKS; ONLINE FORUMS; POLITICAL DISCUSSION; POLITICAL PARTICIPATIONS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84879117863     PISSN: 07365853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tele.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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