Government-led or Public-led? Chinese Policy Agenda Setting during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Dai, Y., Li, Y., Cheng, C., Zhao, H., & Meng, T. 21st Century China Center Research Paper Series, December, 2020.
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This paper explores Chinese agenda setting during the COVID-19 pandemic to investigatewhether or not the pandemic enhances the government’s role in agenda setting, and to clarify therelationship between government-led and public-led agendas. Combining big data analysis and acase study, this paper finds an overall public-led agenda pattern in China, and a mixture ofgovernment-led and public-led agenda setting during the pandemic. In addition, it is also foundthat Chinese government bodies pay attention to, and are responsive to citizens’ emotionsexpressed through social media.
@article{dai_government-led_2020,
	title = {Government-led or {Public}-led? {Chinese} {Policy} {Agenda} {Setting} during the {COVID}-19 {Pandemic}},
	shorttitle = {Government-led or {Public}-led?},
	url = {https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=3756660},
	doi = {https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3756660},
	abstract = {This paper explores Chinese agenda setting during the COVID-19 pandemic to investigatewhether or not the pandemic enhances the government’s role in agenda setting, and to clarify therelationship between government-led and public-led agendas. Combining big data analysis and acase study, this paper finds an overall public-led agenda pattern in China, and a mixture ofgovernment-led and public-led agenda setting during the pandemic. In addition, it is also foundthat Chinese government bodies pay attention to, and are responsive to citizens’ emotionsexpressed through social media.},
	language = {en},
	urldate = {2020-12-30},
	journal = {21st Century China Center Research Paper Series},
	author = {Dai, Yixin and Li, Yuejiang and Cheng, Chao-Yo and Zhao, Hong and Meng, Tianguang},
	month = dec,
	year = {2020},
	keywords = {Domestic Politics, Pandemic Response},
}

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