Failure of Opinion Leaders: the Broken Chain of Political Communication in Contemporary China

SU Ying

Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication ›› 2016, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (4) : 94-108.

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Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication ›› 2016, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (4) : 94-108.

Failure of Opinion Leaders: the Broken Chain of Political Communication in Contemporary China

  • Su Ying, lecturer of Political Communication Institute, Communication University of China. She studies in the field of political communication, communication between the state and society. This paper is the initial results of “Research on China’s Political Communication Theory and Strategy System”, the Major Tender of National Social Science Fund Project of 2011 (Approval Number: 11&ZD075). E-mail: Suying_cuc@163.com.
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Traditional Chinese Society used culture oriented "state - civil ruling elite - the mass" two-step communication model to realize governance and rule of the vast territory under the limited material and technical conditions. After the founding of New China, the Chinese Communist Party, relying on party organizations and party members, fully integrate the formal and informal power structure to form a “party state - party - the masses” two-step communication model. Under the path of political development of contemporary China, spontaneous social power is growing, however political communication system is facing the plight of failure of opinion leaders.

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political communication / opinion leader / contemporary China / the relation of state and society / political development

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SU Ying. Failure of Opinion Leaders: the Broken Chain of Political Communication in Contemporary China[J]. Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication. 2016, 38(4): 94-108

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This paper is the initial results of “Research on China’s Political Communication Theory and Strategy System”, the Major Tender of National Social Science Fund Project of 2011 (Approval Number: 11&ZD075). E-mail: Suying_cuc@163.com.
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