Networked frame contestation from authoritarian to Western democracy – A case of China's (failed) Twiplomacy in contesting coronavirus narrative in the UK

• Published in: European journal of communication (London) Vol. 38; no. 6; pp. 591 - 607
• Main Author: Zeng, Yuan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.12.2023; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Authoritarianism; Case studies; Coronaviruses; Democracy; Digital media; Discourse analysis; Empirical analysis; Frame analysis; International relations; Mass media; Mixed methods research; Narratives; Network analysis; Political communication; Political elites; Political power; Social media; Social network analysis; Social networks; State power; Telecommunications; Transnationalism; United Kingdom > UK; China; COVID-19; networked recontextualisation; networked transnational frame contestation; Emotional Twiplomacy; transnational political communication

Transnational political communication today is being reconfigured by digital technologies and global power transition. Authoritarian state actors such as China are increasingly active on global social media platforms such as Twitter to directly advance their preferred frames with foreign publics in...