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Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
idw - Informationsdienst
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10/30/2024 - 10/30/2024 | Online
When Western audiences try to understand politics in the People’s Republic of China, they often turn to China specialists to help them understand a regime that appears increasingly opaque and inaccessible. But just who are those “China Watchers”? How do they arrive at their conclusions, and should we be worried about biases in this community? We establish a global list of experts on contemporary Chinese politics through a snowballing nomination process. Examining the over 2,200 China Watchers nominated so far, we find that they tend to nominate experts living in the same country and thus form local sub-communities based on geographic location, but that there are nevertheless enough connections across countries and continents that one can call this a global expert community. We also find that US-based and -educated male academics still form the core of this community, but that younger cohorts are more diverse in terms of educational background, gender, and geographic work location. Examining the China-related conversations of those experts on Twitter, we find that they influence each other’s assessments and topics of interest, but the path of influence varies.
Information on participating / attending:
Date:
10/30/2024 14:00 - 10/30/2024 15:15
Registration deadline:
10/30/2024
Event venue:
Online
Online
Hamburg
Germany
Target group:
Scientists and scholars, all interested persons
Relevance:
international
Subject areas:
Economics / business administration, Politics, Social studies
Types of events:
Seminar / workshop / discussion
Entry:
10/08/2024
Sender/author:
Verena Schweiger
Department:
Fachabteilung Kommunikation
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event77864
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