Social media interactions between government and the public: A Chinese case study of government WeChat official accounts on information related to COVID-19.

ABSTRACT: The concept of a public energy field is central to public administration discourse theory. Its main idea is the facilitation of dialog between government and the public, on the basis of equality, to construct a public policy consensus. In contemporary society, social media provides new and distinctive channels for such interactions. Social media can, therefore, be conceived as a novel type of public energy field. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, interactions between the Chinese government and the Chinese public (whether located in China or abroad) have been acutely reflected through WeChat official accounts. This article focuses on the COVID-19 pandemic and, through social media text mining and processing, analyzes the text topics and emotions covered. Basic princ

SUBMITTER: Shao C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9485838 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature