Proceedings of the 2022 8th International Conference on Humanities and Social Science Research (ICHSSR 2022)

Does Sina Weibo Promote Regional Discrimination Against Henan China?

Authors
Suqi Chenlisac337@163.com
The Affiliated High School of Peking University, Beijing, China 100089
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Available Online 1 June 2022.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220504.397How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Sina Weibo; social media; stereotype; regional discrimination; Henan China
Abstract

Regional discrimination is a disturbing factor that contributes to the disharmony of society. With the rise of the internet, more people can get to look at and discuss news. However, though the internet allows people to connect more conveniently, it also enables people to form negative reactions or stereotypes toward a specific region through reading others’ responses or the negative news of a specific region, such as Henan. Thus, this study aims to examine whether Sina Weibo promotes regional discrimination against Henan China, using questionnaires, data collection, and analysis through perspectives of media, time, and audiences. The paper concludes that there is a negative relationship between Sina Weibo and regional discrimination since, the People’s Daily, did not promote regional discrimination in both 2014 to 2015 and 2018 to 2019. And for the Sina News, even though it promoted regional discrimination from 2014 to 2015, it failed to promote it from 2018 to 2019.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2022 8th International Conference on Humanities and Social Science Research (ICHSSR 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
1 June 2022
ISBN
978-94-6239-580-0
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220504.397How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

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