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Nationalism as Public Imagination: The Media's Routine Contribution to Latent and Manifest Nationalism in China

/ 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...

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Published in:The international communication gazette 2007-10, Vol.69 (5), p.467-480
Main Authors: Guo, Zhongshi, Cheong, Weng Hin, Chen, Huailin
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Language:English
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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.
ISSN:1748-0485
1748-0493
DOI:10.1177/1748048507080873