Political Science

Leaving messages as coproduction: impact of government COVID-19 non-pharmaceutical interventions on citizens' online participation in China

P. Zhang and Z. Bai

This study by Pan Zhang and Zhouling Bai investigates how COVID-19 non-pharmaceutical interventions affected online citizen participation in China, revealing a significant increase in messages to local leaders, especially in economically developed areas.

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Abstract

This article examines the impact of COVID-19 non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) on citizens' online participation in China. Using a difference-in-differences method and a dataset of daily messages to City Party Secretaries on the Local Leadership Message Board (LLMB), the study finds that NPIs led to a 0.217 increase in daily messages. The effects were larger in cities with better economic conditions, telecommunication infrastructure, and education levels. Mechanism analyses suggest the increase resulted from citizens' increased demand for help and active coproduction activities to address the crisis.

Publisher

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications

Published On

Jul 04, 2024

Authors

Pan Zhang, Zhouling Bai

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