The Status Quo, Problems and Enlightenment of Social Media in Contemporary Social Movements

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10.2991/978-2-38476-092-3_115How to use a DOI?

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social media; social movement; virtual society

Abstract

The role of social media in social movements and political change around the world has attracted considerable attention. This paper takes the social movements at home and abroad in recent years as cases, and from the perspective of combining sociology and communication studies, points out that social media has many kinds, wide application and great influence in contemporary social movements. This paper analyzes the problems such as manipulation of public opinion, aggravation of social unrest and unstable communication effect when social media participates in social movements, and proposes the enlightenment of social media participation in social movements on China’s social governance from the perspectives of diplomacy, virtual social governance and public political participation.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Lu Li
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/09/09
TI  - The Status Quo, Problems and Enlightenment of Social Media in Contemporary Social Movements
BT  - Proceedings of the 2023 9th International Conference on Humanities and Social Science Research (ICHSSR 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 947
EP  - 952
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-092-3_115
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-092-3_115
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