China's 'info-web': How Beijing governs online political communication about Japan

TitleChina's 'info-web': How Beijing governs online political communication about Japan
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2016
AuthorsJessica Gall Myrick, Bartosz W Wojdynski
JournalNew Media & Society
Volume18
Issue11
Pagination2664-2594
ISSN14614448
Abstract

Indicators of collective user behavior and opinion are increasingly common features of online news stories and may include information about how the story made users feel. An experiment (N = 298) examined the effects of the presence and valence of a "mood meter" posted alongside an online human-interest story on memory for, attitude toward, emotional response to, and intentions to share the story. The presence of a mood meter led to lower recall of story content, more negative attitudes toward the story, and less positive emotional responses. The results suggest that participating in a mood meter may attenuate positive responses to human-interest stories.

DOI10.1177/1461444815600379
Short TitleChina's 'info-web'