Research On The International Public Opinion Field Differentiation Pattern Of Major Events In China From The Perspective Of Field Theory

Chinese international public opinion space is in a period of fierce change,and the differentiation of traditional media and social media in the space of public opinion is obvious.Especially during the major events,the international public opinion in China has increased rapidly.This research tries to answer three questions: 1.What is the overall characteristics of Chinese major events in the international public opinion space? 2.Are there any sub-fields exist in the international public opinion space of Chinese major events? 3.Why the international public opinion space of Chinese major events are divided into different sub-fields? Under the theory of Bourdieu,the famous French sociologist,this paper tries to analyze the differentiation of the international public opinion space of Chinese major events,taking CIIE as a research case,to explore the strategy of accurately guiding the multi-subject international public opinion field.This research finds that the international public opinion space of Chinese major events has divided from the medium dimension to the public opinion fields of traditional and social media;the traditional media field has divided from the regional dimension to public opinion fields of western and non-Western media,from the media type dimension to public opinion fields of “economic,trading” media and “non-economic,non-trading” media.This research finds that the main topics of different sub-fields have their own preferences by studying indicators in the semantic network of each sub-field like high-frequency words,relative degree centrality,modular cluster issues,etc.,with the support of the attitude tendency analysis and text analysis.For example,the public opinion field of traditional media mainly focuses on more comprehensive and macroscopic issues from the national perspective.However,the public opinion field of social media mainly focuses on more fragmented and microscopic issues from the perspective of daily life.The public opinion field of Western media mainly focuses on fundamental and long-term issues behind the event CIIE,such as eliminating trade barriers and strengthening intellectual property protection;the public opinion field of non-Western media pays more attention to the immediate interests of their national economic development,reporting more about the benefits China may bring to their countries.The public opinion field of economic,trading media field tends to report the specific field of a certain industry,the orders,business cooperation and other more detailed and professional issues;the public opinion field of non-economic and non-trading media is more concerned about political issues,especially national leaders,such as Xi Jinping's speech in the opening ceremony of CIIE,Pakistani Prime Minister's visit to China,etc..