scholarly journals Countering COVID-19-related anti-Chinese racism with translanguaged swearing on social media

Multilingua ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 607-616 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongqiang Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Media Communication ◽  
Social Media Platform ◽  
Cross Cultural Communication ◽  
Media Platform ◽  
Verbal Repetition ◽  
Social Media Communication ◽  
Chinese Social Media

AbstractThe outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has generated a spectacular rise in social media communication and an unprecedented avalanche of global conversation. This paper traces the emergence of the racist term “Chinese virus” used by the President of the United States, Donald Trump, on the Western social media platform Twitter and its reception and recontextualization on Chinese social media. Creative bilingual responses fusing English and Chinese resulted in a popular searchable meme “#用中式英语跨文化交流#” (“#Chinglish used for cross-cultural communication#”), on Weibo, a Chinese social media platform. Such linguistic creativity involves a variation of swears to mock and condemn the racist phrase. Formally, linguistic practices such as self-coinage, transliteration, verbal repetition, and acronyms can be observed. Functionally, the recontexualizations evidence a defensive ideology linked to nationalism and modernism. Ultimately, combatting the English racist term “Chinese virus” with a creative mixture of English and Chinese demonstrates how English has become ever more decentered during the COVID-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals Conspiracy and debunking narratives about COVID-19 origins on Chinese social media: How it started and who is to blame

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaiping Chen ◽  
Anfan Chen ◽  
Jingwen Zhang ◽  
Jingbo Meng ◽  
Cuihua Shen
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Media ◽  
The United States ◽  
User Participation ◽  
Intercultural Understanding ◽  
Social Media Platform ◽  
Political Orientations ◽  
Media Platform ◽  
Conspiracy Narratives ◽  
Chinese Social Media

This paper studies conspiracy and debunking narratives about the origins of COVID-19 on a major Chinese social media platform, Weibo, from January to April 2020. Popular conspiracies about COVID-19 on Weibo, including that the virus is human-synthesized or a bioweapon, differ substan-tially from those in the United States. They attribute more responsibility to the United States than to China, especially following Sino-U.S. confrontations. Compared to conspiracy posts, debunking posts are associated with lower user participation but higher mobilization. Debunking narratives can be more engaging when they come from women and influencers and cite scientists. Our find-ings suggest that conspiracy narratives can carry highly cultural and political orientations. Correc-tion efforts should consider political motives and identify important stakeholders to reconstruct international dialogues toward intercultural understanding.

scholarly journals Social Media Use Among Foot and Ankle Orthopedic Surgeons

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 247301142098192
Author(s):  
Garret Garofolo-Gonzalez ◽  
Cesar R. Iturriaga ◽  
Jordan B. Pasternack ◽  
Adam Bitterman ◽  
Gregory P. Guyton
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Media Use ◽  
The United States ◽  
Foot And Ankle ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Social Media Platform ◽  
Orthopedic Surgeons ◽  
Media Platform ◽  
Social Media Presence

Background: Digital media is an effective tool to enhance brand recognition and is currently referenced by more than 40% of orthopedic patients when selecting a physician. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of social media among foot and ankle (F&A) orthopedic surgeons, and the impact of that social media presence on scores of a physician-rated website (PRW). Methods: Randomly selected F&A orthopedic surgeons from all major geographical locations across the United States were identified using the AAOS.org website. Internet searches were then performed using the physician’s name and the respective social media platform. A comprehensive social media use index (SMI) was created for each surgeon using a scoring system based on social media platform use. The use of individual platforms and SMI was compared to the F&A surgeon’s Healthgrades scores. Descriptive statistics, unpaired Student t tests, and linear regression were used to assess the effect of social media on the PRW scores. Results: A total of 123 board-certified F&A orthopedic surgeons were included in our study demonstrating varying social media use: Facebook (48.8%), Twitter (15.4%), YouTube (23.6%), LinkedIn (47.9%), personal website (24.4%), group website (52.9%), and Instagram (0%). The mean SMI was 2.4 ± 1.6 (range 0-7). Surgeons who used a Facebook page were older, whereas those using a group website were younger ( P < .05). F&A orthopedic surgeons with a YouTube page had statistically higher Healthgrades scores compared to those without ( P < .05). Conclusion: F&A orthopedic surgeons underused social media platforms in their clinical practice. Among all the platforms studied, a YouTube page was the most impactful social media platform on Healthgrades scores for F&A orthopedic surgeons. Given these findings, we recommend that physicians closely monitor their digital identity and maintain a diverse social media presence including a YouTube page to promote their clinical practice. Level of Evidence: Level IV.

scholarly journals War Metaphors in Chinese Digital Media Coverage of COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-27
Author(s):  
Zheng Yang
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Semantic Network ◽  
Chinese People ◽  
Semantic Network Analysis ◽  
Social Media Platform ◽  
Media Platform ◽  
Chinese Social Media

War metaphors have been found to be the most frequently used metaphors for conceptualizing diseases, epidemic and medicine. During the COVID-19 epidemic, war metaphors have been found to be widely used in both online and offline coverage. This study mainly focuses on how war metaphors were used in Chinese social media coverage about the COVID-19 epidemic. Using the method of semantic network analysis and the account of The People’s Daily on the Chinese social media platform Weibo as an example, the findings show that war metaphors are widely used in the digital coverage of COVID-19. Compared with defensive metaphors and war process metaphors, offensive war metaphors are appearing much more frequently in digital coverage, and often with the use of national collective subjects. These two characteristics highlight how digital coverage uses militarized metaphors to mobilize and inspire enthusiasm among the Chinese people, and to strengthen the Chinese government’s control in dealing with the COVID-19 epidemic.

Elites and foreign actors among the alt-right: The Gab social media platform

First Monday ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuchen Zhou ◽  
Mark Dredze ◽  
David A. Broniatowski ◽  
William D. Adler
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Domestic Politics ◽  
User Behavior ◽  
The United States ◽  
Political Movement ◽  
Far Right ◽  
Social Media Platform ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Media Platform ◽  
Foreign Governments

Content regulation and censorship of social media platforms is increasingly discussed by governments and the platforms themselves. To date, there has been little data-driven analysis of the effects of regulated content deemed inappropriate on online user behavior. We therefore compared Twitter — a popular social media platform that occasionally removes content in violation of its Terms of Service — to Gab — a platform that markets itself as completely unregulated. Launched in mid-2016, Gab is, in practice, dominated by individuals who associate with the “alt-right” political movement in the United States. Despite its billing as “The Free Speech Social Network,” Gab users display more extreme social hierarchy and elitism when compared to Twitter. Although the framing of the site welcomes all people, Gab users’ content is more homogeneous, preferentially sharing material from sites traditionally associated with the extremes of American political discourse, especially the far right. Furthermore, many of these sites are associated with state-sponsored propaganda from foreign governments. Finally, we discovered a significant presence of German language posts on Gab, with several topics focusing on German domestic politics, yet sharing significant amounts of content from U.S. and Russian sources. These results indicate possible emergent linkages between domestic politics in European and American far right political movements. Implications for regulation of social media platforms are discussed.

scholarly journals Citizen Coproduction and Social Media Communication: Delivering a Municipal Government’s Urban Services through Digital Participation

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 59
Author(s):  
Wonhyuk Cho ◽  
Winda Dwi Melisa
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Municipal Government ◽  
Media Content ◽  
Media Content Analysis ◽  
Dominant Form ◽  
Media Communication ◽  
Twitter Account ◽  
Media Platform ◽  
Media Communications ◽  
Social Media Communication

This study investigated how social media is used by a municipal government agency for communication of citizen coproduction initiatives, through social media content analysis of the government’s official Twitter account. This article identified that the dominant form of social media coproduction in the Bandung municipal government in Indonesia is government-to-citizen (G2C) interaction, focused primarily on informing and nudging (86.62%) citizens, as well as some limited elements of citizen-to-government (C2G) communication, such as citizen sourcing and citizen reporting (8.96%). The municipal government uses various visual tools on Twitter to disseminate G2C information and convey its messages. Regarding the phase of the service cycle, this study found that the majority of social media communications are related to co-assessment (52.26%) and co-designing (42.24%), with a limited number of tweets about co-delivery (3.25%). Based on these findings, this article discusses the shifting relationship between government and citizens brought on by the adoption of this social media platform in its service delivery arrangement.

An emergent algorithmic culture: The data-ization of online fandom in China

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 475-492 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yiyi Yin
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Object Relations ◽  
Fan Culture ◽  
Traffic Data ◽  
Social Media Platform ◽  
Fan Performance ◽  
Media Platform ◽  
Chinese Social Media

The digitalization of fandom and fan culture has become significant topic in recent studies, yet there is a lack of examination of the nuance between specific fan performance and the affordance, infrastructure and architecture that constitute it as it is today. In this article, I examine how digital fandom involves the platform algorithm and the logic of data contribution, affectively engaging fans to participate in increased data labour. Depicting online fandom on Weibo, a massive Chinese social media platform, I portray the data-ization of online fandom in China, arguing that the traffic data has been dematerialized as new affective object in fan–object relations, while digital fan culture has been constructed into a type of algorithmic culture.

scholarly journals Utilization and Impact of Social Media in Hand Surgeon Practices

Hand ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Garret Garofolo ◽  
Sheriff D. Akinleye ◽  
Elan J. Golan ◽  
Jack Choueka
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Media Platform ◽  
Hand Surgeon ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Physician Rating ◽  
Media Platform ◽  
Physician Rating Website ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Impact

Background: Social media is an effective tool to enhance reputation and brand recognition and is being used by more than 40% of patients when selecting a physician. This study aimed to evaluate the use of social media in hand surgeon practices, and to assess the impact that one’s social media presence has on physician-rating website scores (PRWs). Methods: Randomly selected hand surgeons from across the United States were identified. Sequential searches were performed using the physicians name + the respective social media platform (Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, personal website, group website). A comprehensive social media utilization index (SMI) was created for each surgeon. Utilizing descriptive statistics, we assessed the effect of social media on the PRW. Results: A total of 116 board-certified hand surgeons were included in our study. The sample identified 10.3% of the population used Facebook, 1.7% used Twitter, 25.8% used YouTube, 22.4% used LinkedIn, 27.5% used a personal website, and 36.2% used a group website, 0% used Instagram. The average SMI was 1.53 ± 1.42 (0-6). Physicians with a personal website received higher Healthgrades scores than those without one ( P < .05). Analysis of SMI demonstrated that hand surgeons with an index less than 3 received lower Healthgrades scores compared to those with an SMI above 3 ( P < .001). Conclusion: Hand surgeons underutilize social media platforms in their practice. A personal website is single most important social media platform to improve HealthGrades score in hand surgeons.

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