Beschreibung:
This edited collection provides an overview of the recent developments in computational social science related to China studies and presents interdisciplinary empirical work from diverse scholars on culture, public opinion, and education using advanced computational methods and big data.
Introduction 1. Between reality and perception: the mediating effects of mass media on public opinion toward China 2. "Just a virus" or politicized virus? Global media reporting of China on COVID-19 3. Authoritarian responsiveness and political attitudes during COVID-19: evidence from Weibo and a survey experiment 4. Does the crying baby always get the milk? An analysis of government responses for online requests 5. Bowing to five pecks of rice: how online monetization programs shape artistic novelty 6. Leveraging machine learning methods to estimate heterogeneous effects: father absence in China as an example