Cyberbully and Cyber Populism in China’s Social Media

A Case Study on Zhang Zhehan’s Visit to the Yasukuni Shrine

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.220131.125How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Cyber Populism; Social Media; Cyberbully; patriotism

Abstract

Some scholars believe that populism takes the form of cyber populism in China because of the different social environment from the Western culture. The rise of social media has led to the development of cyber populism, along with cyberbully which has raised the social risks of individuals. By analyzing the visit of Chinese star Zhang Zhehan to the Japanese Yasukuni Shrine, it is argued that Chinese cyber populism is going to extremes, the neutral voices and evaluations are not allowed on the Internet. This article attempts to prove that the cyberbully brought by cyber populism is threatening everyone, cyber populism has become a tool for propaganda and a threat to free speech.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yiyang Lyu
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/02/01
TI  - Cyberbully and Cyber Populism in China’s Social Media
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Education, Language and Art (ICELA 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 683
EP  - 688
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220131.125
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220131.125
ID  - Lyu2022
ER  -