East Asian Faculty Research
https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/handle/1794/4723
2024-03-29T05:28:46Z#MaskOn! #MaskOff! Digital polarization of mask-wearing in the United States during COVID-19
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#MaskOn! #MaskOff! Digital polarization of mask-wearing in the United States during COVID-19
Lang, Jun; Erickson, Wesley W.; Jing-Schmidt, Zhuo
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused an unprecedented public health crisis worldwide. Its intense politicization constantly made headlines, especially regarding the use of face masks as a safety precaution. However, the extent to which public opinion is polarized on wearing masks has remained anecdotal and the verbal representation of this polarization has not been explored. This study examined the types, themes, temporal trends, and exchange patterns of hashtags about mask wearing posted from March 1 to August 1, 2020 by Twitter users based in the United States. On the one hand, we found a stark rhetorical polarization in terms of semantic antagonism between pro- and anti-mask hashtags, exponential frequency increases of both types of hashtags during the period under study, in parallel to growing COVID-19 case counts, state mask mandates, and media coverage. On the other hand, the results showed an asymmetric participatory polarization in terms of a predominance of pro-mask hashtags along with an “echo chamber” effect in the dominant pro-mask group, which ignored the subversive rhetoric of the anti-mask minority. Notwithstanding the limitations of the research, this study provides a nuanced account of the digital polarization of public opinion on mask wearing. It draws attention to political polarization both as a rhetorical phenomenon and as a participatory process.
25 pages
2021-04-28T00:00:00ZSocial identity and self-image in Yuan Chen's poetry
https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/handle/1794/5869
Social identity and self-image in Yuan Chen's poetry
Palandri, Angela C. Y. Jung, 1926-
7 p.
1978-01-01T00:00:00ZWaiting for the unicorn : poems and lyrics of China's last dynasty, 1644-1911
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Waiting for the unicorn : poems and lyrics of China's last dynasty, 1644-1911
Palandri, Angela C. Y. Jung, 1926-
book review
6 p. A print copy of the reviewed book is available through the UO Libraries under the call number: KNIGHT PL2537.W28 1986
1988-02-01T00:00:00ZIntroduction: A Historical Perspective
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Introduction: A Historical Perspective
Palandri, Angela C. Y. Jung, 1926-
17 p. A print copy of the book in which the cited article appears is available through the UO Libraries under the call number: KNIGHT PL2278.W64 1982
1982-01-01T00:00:00Z