{"id":"https://openalex.org/W1991027700","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2012.0109","title":"Microblogging, Online Expression, and Political Efficacy Among Young Chinese Citizens: The Moderating Role of Information and Entertainment Needs in the Use of Weibo","display_name":"Microblogging, Online Expression, and Political Efficacy Among Young Chinese Citizens: The Moderating Role of Information and Entertainment Needs in the Use of Weibo","publication_year":2012,"publication_date":"2012-07-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W1991027700","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2012.0109","mag":"1991027700","pmid":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22780993"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1089/cyber.2012.0109","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2012.0109","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2012.0109","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S118036144","display_name":"Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking","issn_l":"2152-2715","issn":["2152-2715","2152-2723"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","dongbi-c","erih-plus","jufo-1","medline","norway-1","poland-100","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320443","host_organization_name":"Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320443","https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.","SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref","pubmed"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5076977708","display_name":"Michael Chan","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9911-593X","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9911-593X"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I168719708","display_name":"City University of Hong Kong","ror":"https://ror.org/03q8dnn23","country_code":"HK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I168719708"]}],"countries":["HK"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Michael Chan","raw_affiliation_strings":["Division of Language Studies, Community College of City University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Division of Language Studies, Community College of City University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I168719708"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5080619378","display_name":"Xuan Wu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7100-4074","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7100-4074"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I177725633","display_name":"Chinese University of Hong Kong","ror":"https://ror.org/00t33hh48","country_code":"HK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I177725633"]}],"countries":["HK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Xuan Wu","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Journalism & Communication, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Journalism & Communication, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I177725633"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5047694016","display_name":"Yinqi Hao","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I177725633","display_name":"Chinese University of Hong Kong","ror":"https://ror.org/00t33hh48","country_code":"HK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I177725633"]}],"countries":["HK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yinqi Hao","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Journalism & Communication, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Journalism & Communication, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I177725633"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5055204457","display_name":"Rui Xi","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I177725633","display_name":"Chinese University of Hong Kong","ror":"https://ror.org/00t33hh48","country_code":"HK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I177725633"]}],"countries":["HK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Rui Xi","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Journalism & Communication, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Journalism & Communication, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I177725633"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5103666855","display_name":"Tian Jin","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I177725633","display_name":"Chinese University of Hong Kong","ror":"https://ror.org/00t33hh48","country_code":"HK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I177725633"]}],"countries":["HK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Tian Jin","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Journalism & Communication, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Journalism & Communication, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I177725633"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5076977708"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I168719708"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":27.5698,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":151,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.99375019,"is_in_top_1_percent":true,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"15","issue":"7","first_page":"345","last_page":"349"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10557","display_name":"Social Media and Politics","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3315","display_name":"Communication"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10557","display_name":"Social Media and Politics","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3315","display_name":"Communication"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10953","display_name":"E-Government and Public Services","score":9.999999747378752e-05,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3320","display_name":"Political Science and International Relations"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13745","display_name":"Media and Digital Communication","score":0.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/weibo","display_name":"Weibo","score":0.9269999861717224},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/microblogging","display_name":"microblogging","score":0.9980000257492065},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/political-efficacy","display_name":"political efficacy","score":0.9580000042915344},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/online-political-expression","display_name":"online political expression","score":0.7350000143051147},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/information-needs","display_name":"information needs","score":0.5920000076293945},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/entertainment-needs","display_name":"entertainment needs","score":0.9430000185966492},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/use-intensity","display_name":"usage intensity","score":0.4180000126361847},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/government-responsiveness","display_name":"government responsiveness","score":0.5860000252723694},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/authoritarianism","display_name":"authoritarianism","score":0.47699999809265137},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/citizen-participation","display_name":"citizen participation","score":0.6669999957084656}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C143275388","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q92438","display_name":"Microblogging","level":3,"score":0.7721327543258667},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C512170562","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173799","display_name":"Entertainment","level":2,"score":0.6876449584960938},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C94625758","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7163","display_name":"Politics","level":2,"score":0.6144976615905762},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778137410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2732820","display_name":"Government (linguistics)","level":2,"score":0.6080748438835144},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C110875604","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q75","display_name":"The Internet","level":2,"score":0.593231201171875},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C518677369","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202833","display_name":"Social media","level":2,"score":0.5899164080619812},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C191935318","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q148","display_name":"China","level":2,"score":0.5586788058280945},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C26760741","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160402","display_name":"Perception","level":2,"score":0.5437082648277283},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C108827166","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q175975","display_name":"Internet privacy","level":1,"score":0.48230910301208496},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3019036681","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q75","display_name":"Internet users","level":3,"score":0.4747132360935211},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C68346564","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6229","display_name":"Authoritarianism","level":4,"score":0.4717175364494324},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2908647359","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2625603","display_name":"Population","level":2,"score":0.4638289213180542},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C122980154","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205555","display_name":"Feeling","level":2,"score":0.4513430595397949},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780378061","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25351891","display_name":"Service (business)","level":2,"score":0.43962353467941284},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39549134","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133080","display_name":"Public relations","level":1,"score":0.4322543740272522},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.38111138343811035},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C112698675","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37038","display_name":"Advertising","level":1,"score":0.3778269290924072},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.3661927580833435},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.31306055188179016},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77805123","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161272","display_name":"Social psychology","level":1,"score":0.2969211935997009},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.24201366305351257},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136764020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466","display_name":"World Wide Web","level":1,"score":0.15365654230117798},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162853370","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39809","display_name":"Marketing","level":1,"score":0.13121739029884338},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C555826173","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7174","display_name":"Democracy","level":3,"score":0.10152789950370789},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.09595158696174622},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C169760540","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207011","display_name":"Neuroscience","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C149923435","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37732","display_name":"Demography","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41895202","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8162","display_name":"Linguistics","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[{"descriptor_ui":"D000293","descriptor_name":"Adolescent","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D000328","descriptor_name":"Adult","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D001290","descriptor_name":"Attitude","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D002681","descriptor_name":"China","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D003142","descriptor_name":"Communication","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D003469","descriptor_name":"Culture","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D005260","descriptor_name":"Female","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D006801","descriptor_name":"Humans","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D008297","descriptor_name":"Male","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D011057","descriptor_name":"Politics","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D020377","descriptor_name":"Self Efficacy","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D020407","descriptor_name":"Internet","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D044466","descriptor_name":"Asian People","qualifier_ui":"Q000523","qualifier_name":"psychology","is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D057218","descriptor_name":"Blogging","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D060756","descriptor_name":"Social Networking","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true}],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1089/cyber.2012.0109","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2012.0109","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2012.0109","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S118036144","display_name":"Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking","issn_l":"2152-2715","issn":["2152-2715","2152-2723"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","dongbi-c","erih-plus","jufo-1","medline","norway-1","poland-100","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320443","host_organization_name":"Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320443","https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.","SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmid:22780993","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22780993","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306525036","display_name":"PubMed","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking","raw_type":"Journal Article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"sustainable_development_goals_aurora":[{"score":0.4699999988079071,"display_name":"Peace, justice, and strong institutions","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16"}],"study_designs":[{"display_name":"Observational Study","id":"https://openalex.org/study-designs/observational-study"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":27,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1540483997","https://openalex.org/W1894718218","https://openalex.org/W1966279084","https://openalex.org/W1977037734","https://openalex.org/W1986339133","https://openalex.org/W1992646756","https://openalex.org/W1995381477","https://openalex.org/W2000054242","https://openalex.org/W2008676006","https://openalex.org/W2028344237","https://openalex.org/W2048691944","https://openalex.org/W2057363637","https://openalex.org/W2059070848","https://openalex.org/W2067974762","https://openalex.org/W2071565322","https://openalex.org/W2078850517","https://openalex.org/W2083439948","https://openalex.org/W2086160081","https://openalex.org/W2095607490","https://openalex.org/W2099556653","https://openalex.org/W2130088132","https://openalex.org/W2159715821","https://openalex.org/W2163539920","https://openalex.org/W2164051660","https://openalex.org/W2165312870","https://openalex.org/W3036097324","https://openalex.org/W4205325953"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2885148523","https://openalex.org/W2588472823","https://openalex.org/W2522719844","https://openalex.org/W3170857720","https://openalex.org/W3003444330","https://openalex.org/W3081609867","https://openalex.org/W1144826592","https://openalex.org/W4388524553","https://openalex.org/W2207890302","https://openalex.org/W2289626360"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"In":[0],"2011,":[1],"China's":[2],"Internet":[3,38],"population":[4],"reached":[5],"over":[6],"half":[7,23],"a":[8,41],"billion":[9],"users":[10,26,70],"and":[11,52,59,86,99],"the":[12,25,34,37,45,48,88,93,102,108,113,119,129,135],"popular":[13],"Twitter-like":[14],"social":[15],"networking":[16],"service,":[17],"Weibo,":[18],"has":[19,92],"been":[20],"adopted":[21],"by":[22,118],"of":[24,36,50,62,67,74,110,121],"since":[27],"its":[28,53],"launch":[29],"in":[30,44,97],"August":[31],"2009.":[32],"Given":[33],"potential":[35],"to":[39,78,81,95,107],"facilitate":[40],"civic":[42],"culture":[43],"authoritarian":[46],"state,":[47],"use":[49,75],"Weibo":[51,69,122],"effects":[54],"on":[55],"citizens'":[56],"political":[57],"attitudes":[58],"behaviors":[60],"are":[61],"important":[63],"concern.":[64],"A":[65],"survey":[66],"499":[68],"found":[71],"that":[72,90,101,125],"intensity":[73],"was":[76],"related":[77],"increased":[79],"willingness":[80],"express":[82],"opinions":[83],"about":[84],"government":[85,103],"politics,":[87,98],"perception":[89],"one":[91],"ability":[94],"participate":[96],"feelings":[100],"is":[104],"not":[105],"responsive":[106],"demands":[109],"citizens.":[111],"Moreover,":[112],"above":[114],"relationships":[115,130],"were":[116],"moderated":[117],"motivations":[120],"use,":[123],"such":[124],"information":[126],"motives":[127,133],"strengthened":[128],"while":[131],"entertainment":[132],"weakened":[134],"relationships.":[136]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":10},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":16},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":11},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":14},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":22},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":16},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":12},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-10-31T12:09:11.096373","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}