近年来,中国公民的政治参与成为一个热点话题和研究重点,本研究分析互联网使 用,包括互联网使用时间,互联网使用方式是如何影响现实政治参与的,根据对广州 市网民的随机电话抽样调查获得518个网民的分析,发现互联网使用时间对网民的现实 政治参与没有影响,不过互联网使用方式的一种在网上发表个人对各种公众事物的看法 和意见对现实政治参与有影响,本研究还发现中国公民的互联网使用对现实政治参与的 影响是提供了一个公共领域,而不是提供一个政治信息的来源,本研究还发现当互联网 使用作为沟通交流工具和娱乐使用时候,都未能对现实政治参与产生影响,本研究还指 出,中国互联网会促使原有对政治感兴趣的网民参与政治,同时还给予他们一个公共领 域用以表达政治意见。

In recent years, political participation of Chinese citizens has gradually become a widespread concern and topic of studies for all scholars. This study examined the impact of Internet use, including time spent online and different types of internet use, on offline political participation. Based on an analysis of random digit dialing telephone survey of Internet users in Guangzhou (N = 518), it is found that time spent online has no effects on Internet users’ offline political participation. However, one of the types of internet use that express views on a variety of public things online is found to be a positive predictor on offline political participation even after controlled other variables. The result of this study showed that the effect of Internet use on political participation depended on a public sphere for political expression rather than a source of political information in China. This study also argued that when the internet is used as a communication medium and as one of entertainment tools, it had no relation with offline political participation. This study pointed out that the Internet would serve to activate those citizens who are already predisposed or interested in politics, but also give these citizens a public sphere for political expression in China.