Who Are Twittering China:Research On The Twitter Users Of China's Image

Supported by the theory of opinion leaders,this thesis studies the users who are twittering China in 2017 with quantitative analysis.The research variables include categories of Twitter users,the content of China's image,the mode that Twitter users are Twittering,and further analysis of comparing the relationship between these variables.The research result found that the people,who are twittering China,include individual user and Non-individual user,they are mainly from United States,Britain and other developed countries and the number of individual users is more than non-individual users;The news about China's images in Twitter involves five topics,existing problems,the prosperity and development,potential advantages,the China's image and diplomatic relations,among them,compared to the female,the male are inclined to spread the news about " existing problems","the prosperity and development" and "diplomatic relations";In the mode,the majority of people use "text" to twitter China,compared to the female,the male prefer to use the "text",the female are more tend to use "hyperlink + image" than male.