Internet-mediated Political Communication Of China: Theory And Reality

Internet has got rapid development recent years in China, not only the number of net users is growing fast, but also the technical form of internet is changing quickly. The shockwave of internet has beyond the technology area and covers every corner of our life. Internet has changed the way and efficiency of people getting information, and the process of China's political communication.Election, conference, mass media, letters and visits are the traditional ways of China's political communication, their shortcomings are very clear:loss and overload of information, noise in information transfer, and informal communication. The rise of internet gives opportunity to improve this situation, feather such as high load of information, searchable, low lag and good interaction means that internet is a very good channel for political communication.Blockage of traditional communication way, using internet to protect rights, change of government function and demand of scientific decision are the main reasons of why internet-mediated political communication rise. As a new form, internet-mediated political communication mainly contains e-government, internet use of civil servant, BBS posting, blog writing, web statistic and signature. The appearance of internet-mediated political communication is good for China's political rule and government image, and can realize democracy and people's rights, providing platform for public participation in state management.But the negative influences of internet are also obvious:take threat to political stabilization and policy making, do harm to government management and state security. How to perfect the internet-mediated political communication is very important, in macro perspective, we should optimize economy foundation, political and legal environment, education and internet technology, and in micro perspective, we must optimize communication element, process and effect to improve internet-mediated political communication.Development of technology is the driving force of history, so we should be optimistic to see the bright future of internet-mediated political communication.