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Junhao Hong is professor in the Department of Communication at State University of New York and distinguished guest professor of Shanghai University, China. Junhao Hong is professor in the Department of Communication at State University of New York and distinguished guest professor of Shanghai University, China.

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China in the Era of Social Media examines the unique characteristics of Chinese social media and the impact of social media on the country’s unprecedented social transformation, political change, ruling communist ideology, and public discourse and public opinions.

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Table of Contents

Introduction: An Unprecedented Force for an Unprecedented Social Change
Junhao Hong

Ch. 1: The Emergence, Development and Evolution of Chinese Social Media
Juan Wang, Yang Shen, Junhao Hong

Ch. 2: Social Media and the Changing Political Culture in China
Pei-ren Shao, Yun Wang

Ch. 3: Social Media, Public Discourse and Civic Engagement in China
Yinjiao Ye, Ping Xu, Mingxin Zhang

Ch. 4: Political Trust and Political Efficacy of Chinese Netizens
Naipeng Chao, Guangfeng Yuan, Yonggang Li, Qian Yao, Jiaqi Qin

Ch. 5: Discourse Power Shifting in Chinese Social Media
Minghua Wu

Ch. 6: Social Media and Internet Public Events in China
Tiance Dong, Chenxi Liang, Xu He

Ch. 7: Social Media and Online Opinion Leaders in China
Jie Feng, Yang Shen, Junhao Hong

Ch. 8: Public Relations, Social Media, and Public Opinion in China
Yang Cheng, Yihui Huang, Chingma