Fourth International Conference on Communication & Media Studies

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Abstract

This study employs a national survey to empirically evaluate the impact of internet utilization on subjective social justice in China. Empirical evidence supports that Internet use generates a significant negative effect on individual perceived social justice (in general, -6%). Residents that use the Internet more frequently exhibit lower level of perceived social fairness and the negative effect is stronger for rural residents. For robustness checking, multi-level estimations with aggregated measures as well as comparison tests with traditional media are applied and results consistently support our findings.