How COVID-19 Affects Democracy Discourses in China: Evidence from Weibo and Zhihu

• In Event: The Effect of Social Networks and News Media on COVID-19 Discourse

Brief Overview

We analyze the two most popular social media platforms in China and use a machine learning method to select 336,351 Weibo posts and 23,630 Zhihu answers that are related to democracy, and have four important findings on democracy discourses in China.

Authors

• Ting Chen, Princeton University

• Ji Yeon (Jean) Yeon Hong, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

• Hanying Wei, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology