Nationalism as Public Imagination

This study investigates latent and manifest dimensions of nationalism and their theoretical and empirical relationships with patterns of media use in the everyday life context of metropolitan China. Data from a face-to-face survey conducted with a random sample of 600 Shanghai residents show that th...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:The international communication gazette 2007-10, Vol.69 (5), p.467-480
Main Authors: Guo, Zhongshi, Cheong, Weng Hin, Chen, Huailin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Everyday Life
Imagination
Information Processing
Interpersonal Communication
Nationalism
Shanghai, Peoples Republic of China
Citations: Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:This study investigates latent and manifest dimensions of nationalism and their theoretical and empirical relationships with patterns of media use in the everyday life context of metropolitan China. Data from a face-to-face survey conducted with a random sample of 600 Shanghai residents show that the mass media's appeal to the public perception of nationalism acts effectively and differentially on both event-triggered and banal everyday forms of nationalism. It is also found that attention to news has a direct effect on manifest nationalism, but a largely indirect effect on latent nationalism through specific knowledge, mental complexity, patterns of information processing and interpersonal communication. [Reprinted by permission of Sage Publications Ltd., copyright 2007.]
ISSN:1748-0485
DOI:10.1177/1748048507080873