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spir-13448	Lin, Hui	CIVIC PARTICIPATION IN CHINA: A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN WECHAT AND DOUYIN AS A DEMOCRATIC ARENA	2023.0	3	.pdf	application/pdf	1351	84	46	As social media platforms in China are highly censored by the government and have followed the state’s internet regulations (Chen et al., 2021), how does democratic civic participation develop in the Chinese media landscape? To answer this question, this study examines how citizens express democratic opinions against dominant interpretations, what role social media platforms play as an arena for activists’ participation, and what social media factors facilitate active online civic participation and influence it to be translated into offline activities.	cache/spir-13448.pdf	txt/spir-13448.txt