Abstract
This study is based on a telephone survey of 1080 respondents from 36 cities all over China conducted by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University Social Survey Center, with the aim of understanding the use of local online government information disclosure platforms and the public’s ratings of such platforms. We found that the respondent’s profession type, perceived level of social safety, and sense of fairness are related to the use of such platforms, while the respondent’s household registration type, income level, sense of social justice in real life, awareness of harmony, ratings of traditional media and assessment of the current state of order in China’s online space are related to their ratings of such platforms.
Principal investigator: Xie Yungeng. Authors: Liu Rui; Jing Zhe. Statistical analysis: Rong Ting, Zhang Xuyang.
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Hua (2014).
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Zhang and Yi (2013).
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Government Web Sites Rapidly Transforming Amidst Changes Aimed at Strengthening Government Services (2011). Zhaozhengfu.cn, 28 April 2011. http://blog.zhaozhengfu.cn/?action=show&id=179.
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Zhou (2008).
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Deng (2012).
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Wang (2011).
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Shao (2012).
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Liu (2011, pp. 124–125, 127).
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Bi (2011).
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Hou and Pang (2012).
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Rubin and Papacharissi (2000).
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Yao (2012).
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As the question is a multi-select question, the total of the proportions described adds up to more than 100%.
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Lin (2011).
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Liu, R., Jing, Z. (2019). A Study of Factors Related to Government Online Information Disclosure Platforms and How They are Rated. In: Xie, Y. (eds) Report on Chinese Social Opinion and Crisis Management. Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China’s Development Path. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4003-0_11
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