Review of China&rsquo;s Micro-blog Communication Studies in 2013

Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication ›› 2014, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (1) : 45-56.

Review of China’s Micro-blog Communication Studies in 2013

Liu Yanjing is a lecturer at the School of Literature and Journalism, Inner Mongolia University of China. Email: liuyanjing0427@126.com.
This paper is supported by National Social Science Fund Project “the Communication of Inner Mogolia’s National Culture under the New Media’s Circumstances” (Project Number: 12XXW005).

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This article reviews China’s microblog communication studies in 2013. It ?nds that the scope of the studies has been expanded, including topics of communication patterns, social function, media convergence and media management. It also ?nds the research method is mainly based on qualitative research, while case study method and content analysis method get attention. It is worth to mention that the interdisciplinary research has appeared in 2013.

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micro-blog / wechat / media convergence / new media

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LIU Yanjing. Review of China’s Micro-blog Communication Studies in 2013[J]. Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication. 2014, 36(1): 45-56

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This paper is supported by National Social Science Fund Project “the Communication of Inner Mogolia’s National Culture under the New Media’s Circumstances” (Project Number: 12XXW005).