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Digital nationalism versus gender politics in post-reform China: Gender-issue debates on Zhihu

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Altman PengORCiD

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Abstract

This article aims to determine how digital nationalism influences gender politics in the context of gender-issue debates on Chinese social media platforms. To this end, I present an original case study, collecting empirical data from the most popular Chinese community question-answering (CQA) site – Zhihu. By using a mixed-method research design, consisting of content analysis (CA) and critical discourse analysis (CDA), I explored gender-issue debates between Chinese Internet users. The analysis reveals how such debates inform divided opinions between women and men Internet users, and how misogynistic men invoke a nationalist discourse to distort the debates. The findings shed new light on the dynamic interplay between digital nationalism and gender politics.

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Author(s): Peng A

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Global Media and Communication

Year: 2022

Volume: 18

Issue: 3

Pages: 281-299

Print publication date: 01/12/2022

Online publication date: 21/10/2022

Acceptance date: 02/04/2018

Date deposited: 12/11/2020

ISSN (print): 1742-7665

ISSN (electronic): 1742-7673

Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd

URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/17427665221125537

DOI: 10.1177/17427665221125537

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