The Network Public Opinion Analysis In Mainland And Taiwan Network Forum

Because of different media environment and social system between Taiwan and Mainland, people on both sides are using the Internet for social affairs and political participation very differently. In Taiwan people who belong to different ideology discuss the party policy and even fierce rejection through the Internet. The Mainland produced ideological distinction in the process of how to modernize, which generates conflict views due to the existing values, and people also criticize the relatively strict Internet policy. Therefore, this article is intended to explore:if completely open network platform can bring democracy, or it needs some regulators? What differences exist people on their network behavior in terms of specific issues, and how the difference is associated with the ideology.Although some scholars in mainland research the Taiwan media, but empirical studies about Taiwan public opinions are relatively rare. In spite of making grate achievement on Mainland network opinion analysis, but they did not contrast the both at the same time. This study analyzes public network behavior in different social systems and researches how to be affected by systems and ideologies.This article has compared online discussions about Chen’s Taiwan Donation on two Taiwan’s platforms and two mainland platforms. Through content analysis and discourse analysis, I found that systems and political ideology indeed affect the internet behaviors to a certain extent, including of the use extent of the network and rational expression of opinion. Compared to the open network environment in Taiwan, online forums in Mainland present a more healthy and orderly environment, and less irrational expression such as language violence. But the mainland netizens are less enthusiastic to participate in the discussion than Taiwan’s Internet users.