International social media communication: information control and public opinion in?uence based on usage rate

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Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication ›› 2019, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (12) : 154-172.

International social media communication: information control and public opinion in?uence based on usage rate

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By investigating the usage of social networking sites in 180 countries and regions, the social media APP in 98 countries and regions, it was found that in the international social media information dissemination pattern there are only fve countries that the highest usage rate social networking sites belongs to their own, more than 150 countries and regions that the top three highest using social networking sites belong to the United States, more than 86 countries and regions that the top three highest weekly downloading social media APP belong to the United States. Through the social media platforms, the United States controls the information dissemination of international social media and intervenes the public opinion of other countries in various ways. The cyber hegemony of the United States is even more than the period of the “new international information order”. China should advocate establishing a new international social media communication order in the international scope and establish a corresponding social media information communication governance system in domestic.

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Social Media / Platform / Control Right / Public Opinion / Governance

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. International social media communication: information control and public opinion in?uence based on usage rate. Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication. 2019, 41(12): 154-172

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