Chinese Journal of Communication, Volume 15, Issue 2 (2022)

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Confronting Covid-19: Constructing and contesting legitimacy through the media in Chinese contexts; Guest Editor: Jingrong Tong

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Confronting COVID-19: constructing and contesting legitimacy through the media in Chinese contexts
Jingrong Tong
Pages: 145-155
Published online: 11 Apr 2022
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Managing government legitimacy during the COVID-19 pandemic in China: a semantic network analysis of state-run media Sina Weibo posts
Cui Zhang Meadows, Lu Tang & Wenxue Zou
Pages: 156-181
Published online: 24 Dec 2021
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Contesting legitimacy in China’s crisis communication: a framing analysis of reported social actors engaging in SARS and COVID-19
Zhan Zhang
Pages: 182-204
Published online: 16 Mar 2022
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Framing China’s mask diplomacy in Europe during the early covid-19 pandemic: seeking and contesting legitimacy through foreign medical aid amidst soft power promotion
Jingwen Qi, Stijn Joye & Sarah Van Leuven
Pages: 205-226
Published online: 31 Dec 2021
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When scientific literacy meets nationalism: Exploring the underlying factors in the Chinese public’s belief in COVID-19 conspiracy theories
Xi Luo & Hepeng Jia
Pages: 227-249
Published online: 29 Jul 2021
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Establishing legitimacy through the media and combating fake news on COVID-19: a case study of Taiwan
Yi-Chieh Jessica Lin
Pages: 250-270
Published online: 17 Jan 2022
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Special Commentaries

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COVID-19, the Chinese communist party, and the search for legitimacy in the international arena
Daniel Lemus-Delgado
Pages: 271-283
Published online: 18 Mar 2022
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Pandemic control and public evaluation of government performance in Hong Kong
Francis L. F. Lee
Pages: 284-302
Published online: 11 Apr 2022
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Functioning, failing, and fixing: logistical media and legitimacy in Macao during the pandemic
Gehao Zhang
Pages: 303-316
Published online: 11 Apr 2022
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Book Reviews

Book Review
The web of meaning: the Internet in a changing Chinese society
by Elaine J. Yuan, Canada: University of Toronto Press, 2021, US $45 (hardcover), 200 pp
Hong Shen
Pages: 317-319
Published online: 28 Mar 2022
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The politics of dating apps: gender, sexuality, and emergent publics in urban China
by Lik Sam Chan, Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2021, US$30 (paperback), 190 pp
Mengmeng Liu
Pages: 319-322
Published online: 11 Apr 2022
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