Associations between Social Media Use and Sleep Quality in China:Exploring the Mediating Role of Social Media Addiction

Sleep quality is closely linked to people’s health,and during the COVID-19 pandemic,the sleep patterns of residents in China were notably poor.The lockdown in China led to an increase in social media use,prompting questions about its impact on sleep.Therefore,this study investigates the association between social media use and sleep quality among Chinese residents during the COVID-19 outbreak,highlighting the potential mediating role of social media addiction.Data were collected via questionnaires through a cross-sectional survey with 779 valid responses.Variance analysis was used to test for differences in social media use among different demographic variables.Bivariate correlation analysis was employed to explore the relationships between variables,while regression analysis investigated the correlations between various media factors and sleep quality.Additionally,Bootstrap sampling was utilized to analyze the potential mediating influence of social media addiction in the relationship between social media use and sleep.The study's findings reveal a significant correlation between social media use,particularly before bedtime,and sleep quality(p<0.01),with pre-sleep activity notably linked to poorer overall sleep scores(β=0.141,p=0.004).Although the daily use of social media did not directly impact most individuals’sleep quality,specific platforms like news apps,short video apps,dating apps,and content community platforms were associated with higher levels of social media addiction,subsequently negatively affecting sleep quality.Specifically,the use of news apps(B=0.068,95%CI[0.000,0.019]),short video apps(B=0.112,95%CI[0.001,0.031]),dating apps(B=0.147,95%CI[0.000,0.028]),and content community platforms(B=0.106,95%CI[0.001,0.028])was found to increase the risk of social media addiction,subsequently leading to adverse effects on sleep quality.The study underscores a notable link between social media use and sleep quality,suggesting that mindful social media habits,particularly before bedtime,and reducing addiction-associated apps could enhance sleep quality.

Evolution and Characteristics of "Carbon Neutrality Movies"

"Carbon neutrality movies"are movies that focus on carbon neutrality as the object of expression and dissemination.Using carbon neutrality as an element,it influences the development of the plot,reflects environmental changes,and focuses on climate change caused by carbon emissions.At the same time,it focuses on offsetting carbon emissions through carbon neutrality behavior,showcasing the impact of carbon neutrality.From the perspective of ecological movies,the evolution of carbon neutrality movies at three stages can be explored.The first stage is high-carbon movies that reflect the high conflict between humans and the natural environment.The second stage is low-carbon movies,reflecting humanity s pursuit of a harmonious coexistence between humans and nature,thus adopting green and low-carbon behaviors.The third stage is carbon neutrality movies,which awaken or guide the public to pay attention to carbon emissions,promote low-carbon living,guide life practice in a carbon neutrality way,and create a better life.There are three characteristics of"carbon neutrality movies",including scientific reflection on global warming,advocating energy conservation and emission reduction in daily life,and promoting clean energy in policies.

Research on the Evolution of Media Practices of Leading Cadres’ New Media and the Communication Characteristics

Purpose/Significance: This study aims to define the concept of leading cadres new media usage in China specifically, and to describe and analyze the forms and typical cases and characteristics of leading cadres new media in different stages. Method/Process: Based on the themes and contents of a few media accounts of leading cadres at different ranks, we summarizes leading cadres new media usage in a systematic perspective and content analysize method. Result/Conclusion: The study defines the concept of Leading Cadres’ new media from the perspective of media practice, determine its position as a media communication platform in the government affairs new media communication system and its relationship with the other elements, and then systematically review the evolution of its media practice from personal website, blog, microblog and microblog to WeChat, live show. On this basis, with the Harold Lasswell communication model, this article summarizes leading cadres new media communication characteristics from five aspects: content producer, content, channel, audience, and effect. Future studies may also enhance the empirical research from the effect perspective.

Promote the All-round Development of China's Human Right Cause in the New Era——Summary of the Symposium on “Deeply Studying and Implementing the Spirit of the 20th CPC National Congress and Adhering to the Chinese Path of Human Rights Development”

On November 8, 2022, the symposium on “Deeply Studying and Implementing the Spirit of the 20thCPC National Congress and Adhering to the Chinese Path of Human Rights Development” was held by the China Society for Human Rights Studies in Beijing. Focusing on “the leadership of the CPC and human rights development”, “adapting Marxism to the Chinese context and the needs of our times and human rights theories in contemporary China”, “the Chinese path to modernization and the new form of human rights civilization”, “Chinese human rights solutions and global human rights governance”, “making a better China’s story of advancing human rights and constructing human rights discourse system”, and other topics, the participants reached broad consensus after discussion, and the symposium achieved fruitful results.

Ecological Concept and Green Communication:Path Innovation of Xi Jinping's Ecological Civilization Thought in External Communication

Xi Jinping's ecological civilization is an important part of socialist ideology with Chinese characteristics in the new era,and it is also a highlight of foreign dissemination of Xi Jinping's socialism with Chinese characteristics.The green,balanced and sustainable concept contained in it also brings a lot of enlightenment to the innovation of external communication methods.It can be said that ecological civilization is a red line.The thought of ecological civilization affects the national governance ability,the modernization of national governance and the cross-cultural construction of national image.In a sense,the modernization of national governance should also be reflected in the cultivation of national ecological civilization quality,the overall ecological civilization of the country and the external green(ecological)communication,guidance,influence and credibility of socialist ecological civilization.Under the guidance of green(ecological)concept,the idea of ecological civilization of General Secretary Xi Jinping,including the whole socialist ideology with Chinese characteristics,will be in a great situation of"letting a hundred of flowers bloom and a hundred of schools of thought contend"in external communication of the new era.

Communication of Intelligent Meteorology: Concept, Path and Prospect

With the advent of the era of wisdom,intelligent meteorology emerged as the times require.If there is no communication,there will be no meteorology,and communication of intelligent meteorology is an important part of intelligent meteorology.In this paper,generation mechanism of intelligent meteorology communication is analyzed,and characteristics and reform path of intelligent meteorology communication are explored.Some opinions are put forward:core of intelligent meteorology communication is construction of intelligent platform;path of intelligent meteorology communication is integrating media and needs;the future of intelligent meteorology communication will connect everything.It shows and outlines reality and future ecological picture of intelligent meteorology communication with the vigorous development.

New Practice of International Communication of Chinese Films under the Sight of “The Belt and Road”—— Taking the Film “Xuan Zang” as an Example

At present,“The Belt and Road” initiative has risen from the China initiative to an international consensus and has become a popular international public product and a high-profile international cooperation platform. As the soul of the “Belt and Road”, culture’s leading advantages can promote the all-round and multi-field exchanges and cooperation between China and various countries along “The Belt and Road”. As an important carrier for spreading Chinese culture, domestic films play an important role in further expanding the international communication practice of Chinese cultural influence. This paper takes the film “Xuan Zang” as an example, explores the new international communication practices of domestic films under the framework of “The Belt and Road”, sums up the new path of domestic film international communication, and looks forward to the new opportunities and bright prospects of cooperation in the field of film and television art under the framework of “The Belt and Road”.

Analysis of the interactive meaning of journalistic images of the human papillomavirus vaccine and the perceptions of female undergraduate students

Objectives:This paper focuses on the underlying mechanisms of women's perceptions of persuasive visual health information.Methods:In the image viewing process,a separation between the image producer and the image viewer occurs,and the connection between the two is fractured.This mixed method research included modal discourse analysis(coding based on visual grammar theory),an eye tracking experiment,a questionnaire survey,and in-depth semi-structured interviews.The interactive meanings of journalistic images related to the human papillomavirus(HPV)vaccine were identified through four sets of codes.In addition,the perceptions of female viewers were analyzed.Results:In the first set of stimuli,i.e.,the infographic,the female participants focused most of their attention on information about the nine-valent HPV vaccine.An analysis of the interactive meaning of two sets of journalistic pictures,i.e.,fictional pictures and nonfictional pictures,indicated that the image producers did not implement useful viewer involvement strategies to persuade viewers.Furthermore,female viewers focused their attention on the"similar other"during the viewing process,gazing at the patient the longest as the primary area of interest(AOI).Conclusions:The study indicates that the current persuasive visual information about the HPV vaccine needs further improvement due to the high demand for information about HPV from the Chinese female audience.

What leads to readers' satisfaction with the mobile news apps service? An investigation into the roles of content originality and user experience

Purpose: This study aims to explore whether content originality and user experience have positive effects on online news readers’ satisfaction with the mobile apps service.Design/methodology/approach: Data was collected via a Web-based survey. Data analysis of this study can be divided into two stages. In the first stage, a descriptive statistical analysis was conducted based on a sample of 612 respondents. In the second stage, the correlation among content originality, user experience and satisfaction was analyzed based on a sample of 377 mobile news apps users. Findings: Results of the first stage showed that social media and mobile news apps were the most important tools for users to access news, and different types of media were playing complementary roles in information transmission. Users held a positive attitude toward their mobile news reading experience and they described news they read on mobile apps with such words as "interesting", "instant", "positive", "profound", and "ironic". Results of the second stage confirmed our hypothesis that content originality and user experience both had positive impacts on user satisfaction.Research limitations: The questionnaires were distributed entirely online, so the sample may not be representative of the general population being studied and thus undermine the reliability and generalization of the findings to some extent. Moreover, this study adopted only one method(survey) and more methods such as interviews can be used to improve the accuracy of the results.Practical implications: The findings of this study can not only provide insights into a better understanding of users’ mobile reading behavior, but also help mobile information service providers attract more users.Originality/value: This is one of the first studies to explore the effects of content originality and user experience on online news readers’ satisfaction with the mobile apps service.

Tell health stories comprehensively and accurately: A case study of health edition of People's Daily

Objectives:People increasingly search for health information through the media and make decisions about their health based on these health stories.The mainstream media,including newspapers,are often the first source for the public to obtain health information.This study aims to assess the health stories reported in the health edition of People's Daily in 2019 with four tools of the Media Doctor Toolkit(MDT),which can be an effective tool to evaluate the quality of public health stories.Based on the results,we attempt to address the gap in media coverage in terms of reporting on public health issues,and promote media to display the image of medical staff objectively,both of which can improve relationship of doctors,nurses and patients.Methods:A prospective quantitative analysis of the quality of health stories reported in the health edition of People's Daily from 1 February to September 31,2019 was conducted.Forty-eight articles were collected and divided into four groups according to the MDT standards.Four rating tools were adapted from the MDT to assess the quality of the groups with corresponding criteria.Results:Forty-eight unique health stories were assessed with four MDT rating tools.The mean total satisfactory score was 80%.Health advice had the highest average satisfactory score,84%,compared with health policy group and public health problems and their solutions,at 80%and 77%,respectively.Health news group had the lowest score at 73%.Conclusion:This study provides a description of the quality of health stories on People's Daily.The overall quality of People's Daily was fairly good,although there was a wide range of quality between groups.The health edition of People's Daily covers a wide range of health topics such as new medical methods,doctorpatient relationship,advanced nursing practice,lifestyle change of health promotion etc.which promote excellence in providing the latest health information,representing medical staff image,resolve the disharmonious factors in the relationship between doctors and patients,and creating a good medical environment for the public.The findings of this study also provide insight into problems in health reporting of People's Daily.

Review and Outlook:the Research on Internet Communication in 2009

2009 is a fruitful year for the research on internet communication in China.This article will review and comment on papers from 20 different CSSCI journals which specialize in the field of internet communication. 1.Basic theory of internet communication Some researchers believe that the new media is a chaotic system.The spread of information based on new media is kind of circulation from order to disorder,then back to a new order.The results are unpredictable.Some researchers turn their attention to new media and empowerment theory.Others apply sociological theory to the applications and impacts of the emerging internet communities which consist of SNS,instant messaging,blog,etc.Some researchers take 2011 families from 10 major Chinese cities for examples and analyze the city dwellers' preference in internet using.Some researchers think Neil Possman,the representative figure of media ecology theories tend to focus on whether the new media and technological developments are harmful to the culture.Possman's theories can significantly aid our understanding of the essence and drawbacks of network media.2.The research of public opinions and network events Some researchers are convinced that public opinions expressed on the internet reflect the deep structural revolution compared to public opinions expressed in traditional means.Some researchers predict about the topics of public opinions supervision in the future.Some point out that highly-developed public opinions system can help introduce the bottom-up public opinions supervision into the highly centralized political patterns,which is a kind of complementary to public management mechanisms.Some researchers conclud the spreading features of the hottest internet events in 2009.According to some researchers,the lack of space for public opinions and post-modern cultural representation labeled with 'post-modernity' are the main causes of the new popular sayings on the internet.

Medicine together with humanities and media: An MHM model to move forward for health communication studies

When Wilbur Schramm attempted to connect the established departments of journalism and speech into a new discipline called"communication studies",his invitation was criticized as being without a core set of theories and methodologies and the field of"communication studies"was viewed as too undefined,all-inclusive,and even chaotic to justify its standing as a discipline at all[1].Today,most of these doubts and critics disappeared when we witness the 80-year fruitful development of the"communication studies".Schramm titled his seminal book"Men&Women,Messages and Media"to summarize and highlight the necessity of including multiple disciplines to participate the"communication studies"[2].

Analysis of Communication Model of Chinese Traditional Culture in the New Media Era

Nowadays,the communication of traditional culture is facing various challenges,including limitations of traditional culture itself,decrease of inheritors,poor construction of structure,and heterization of connotation,as well as conflicts between Chinese and foreign cultures in the context of globalization.New media has provided more opportunities for the communication of outstanding Chinese traditional culture.This paper analyzed the role of new media in completing the structure and expanding the scope of communication of outstanding Chinese traditional culture,and proposed strategy for optimizing the communication route from the perspective of improving environment,changing content,and adjusting strategy.The contributions of new media to the communication of Chinese traditional culture should be highly appreciated.

Film Art:the Form of Audiovisual Aesthetics of Meteorological Communication

Meteorological phenomenon widely exists in the film art as a subject,rhetoric,and culture.In theme creation,meteorological phenomenon is represented as fables of destiny and reality.In the broad view of rhetoric theory,meteorological phenomenon exists in the films as linguistic and formative rhetoric.Finally,the meteorological culture provides a wide range of contexts for film typing and stylization.

Background and Prospect of Meteorological Comment Writing

Meteorological comment is a kind of rational,thoughtful and knowledgeable argumentation form that communicators use mass media tools or carriers to directly express their own wishes on the newly occurred or discovered meteorological news facts,problems and phenomena.At present,the writing of meteorological comment has received special attention.Its deep background includes not only the international background of global attention to climate change,but also the domestic background of China’s proposed carbon peak and carbon neutralization targets,and more importantly,the scientific and technological background of the frequent occurrence of extreme meteorological disasters caused by climate change and its early warning and disaster reduction.The prospect of great importance attached to the writing of meteorological comments is that a new subject,namely the grammatology of meteorological comment,is bound to emerge,and the construction of the grammatology of meteorological comment has its own unique requirements.

Some Characteristics and Innovative Development Countermeasures of Short Weather Video:A Case Study of the First Award-winning Excellent Short Weather Video in Hubei Province

With the advent of the era of short video,people can receive more information easy to be read and understood in a short time.Meteorological communicators should seize this opportunity,dig out characteristics and make innovations.In this paper,the first award-winning excellent short weather video in Hubei Province is taken as an example,to analyze some characteristics of short weather video,and some innovative development strategies are proposed.

Study on the History, Current Situation and Countermeasures of Meteorological Theme Parks

From the establishment of first meteorological theme park-Xiamen Huwei Mountain Meteorological Theme Park in 2009 to the end of September,2019,11 meteorological theme parks have been built in China.There are 12 meteorological parks under construction and 10 shelved projects.China put forward the concept of meteorological theme park earlier in the world,and the construction of meteorological theme parks in China started from Xiamen Huwei Mountain Meteorological Park.The construction of meteorological theme parks in China has experienced the germination stage,initial stage,development stage and normative stage.Main construction experience contains:paying attention to top level design and overall planning,emphasizing leaders'attention and experts'participation,concerning multi-party linkage and coordination,and strengthening media momentum and extensive publicity.The main deficiencies are the lack of brand awareness,the diversity of names and weak folk identity.But seen from the perspective of development,the future prospect of meteorological theme park construction is very broad.In the future,the following countermeasures should be taken for the construction of meteorological theme parks in China:overall planning for approval,highlighting personality and characteristics,strengthening propaganda and grasping popularization of science,enhancing connotation and bringing benefits into play.It should combine meteorological science popularization with regional culture,use new media and other channels and ways to establish brand and expand influence,and build regional meteorological science popularization base.

Comparison of Mythological Motifs between Chinese and Western Meteorological Films

Meteorological films generally refer to those that suffer from the influence of natural disasters including meteorological factors,resulting in great violence and casualties.Meteorological disaster films contain a large number of traditional mythological motifs.The meteorological mythology composed of Chinese and Western meteorological mythological motifs is the"meta story"model of modern meteorological films,which establishes the logical starting point of its dissemination.Meanwhile,as a cultural resource,meteorological mythology has also completed the creative transformation in modern times.If the differences between Chinese and Western meteorological films on the motif from the perspective of mythology is compared,it can explore the collective memory and cultural genes of different nations from the original civilization.The motif of punishment in Western meteorological films comes from the collective unconsciousness of human fear of disaster and the collective values of deep deity worship;the motif of disaster management in Chinese meteorological films comes from the realistic tradition of resisting nature and the moralization of myth,which will be a good perspective for comparative study of Chinese and Western meteorological films bearing Chinese and Western cultures.