The functioning of political communication in the PRC and the United States in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

Authors

  • Nikita A. ARGYLOV Far Eastern Federal University (Vladivostok, Russia)
  • Petr V. MENSHIKOV Moscow State Institute (University) of International Relations (Moscow, Russia)
  • Анастасия Владимировна ШОБОТЕНКО Moscow State Institute (University) of International Relations (Moscow, Russia)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24866/2542-1611/2022-1/144-155

Keywords:

political communication, digitalization, civil society, media, political institutions.

Abstract

This article examines the functioning of the model of political communication in the People's Republic of China and the United States of America using the example of a situation caused by the rapid spread of
coronavirus infection, when the authorities of both states were forced to introduce a quarantine regime in the most epidemiologically disadvantaged areas – in Wuhan and New York respectively. Also considered are the actions in crisis conditions of the three main elements of political communication – power structures, the media and civil
society. The time frame is set depending on when the restrictive measures were introduced in a particular state. Thus, for the situation in the People's Republic of China, January was taken as a period of one month, and March was taken for the situation in the United States of America.

Author Biographies

  • Nikita A. ARGYLOV, Far Eastern Federal University (Vladivostok, Russia)

    Candidate of Political Sciences, Research Fellow, Department of Communications and Media, School of Arts and Humanities.

  • Petr V. MENSHIKOV, Moscow State Institute (University) of International Relations (Moscow, Russia)

    Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Media Policy and Public Relations Department.

  • Анастасия Владимировна ШОБОТЕНКО, Moscow State Institute (University) of International Relations (Moscow, Russia)

    PhD Candidate, Department of Media Policy and Public Relations.

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Published

22-03-2022

Issue

No. 1 (2022): Oriental Institute Journal

Section

POLITICS

How to Cite

“The functioning of political communication in the PRC and the United States in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic” (2022) Oriental Institute Journal, (1), pp. 144–155. doi:10.24866/2542-1611/2022-1/144-155.