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Analysis of the phenomenon of "anti-silence spiral" in the spread of online public opinion--Taking the example of "the beating of a female driver in Chengdu"

Internet technology, the weakening of the traditional media and the improvement of the quality of Internet users*** all play a role in the spread of online public opinion, thus generating a communication mode different from the "spiral of silence" hypothesis. Internet technology, the weakening of traditional media and the improvement of netizens' quality*** all play a role in the dissemination of online public opinion, and thus a communication mode different from the hypothesis of the "spiral of silence" has been created. This article uses it to analyze the twists and turns in the incident of "the beating of the female driver in Chengdu".

(1) Stage of public opinion generation

In the afternoon of May 3, 2015, a video shot by a third-party car recorder went viral on the Internet: a male driver, Zhang Mou, dragged a female driver, Lu Mou, out of the car, and brutally kicked and beat her. Tencent video "A male driver in Chengdu pulled a female driver out of his car and beat her up after a suspected scratch" had more than 10 million views on the same day, and NetEase news "A male driver in Chengdu pulled a female driver out of his car and beat her up after a scratch" had more than 70,000 comments. Most netizens expressed their anger and began to denounce the male driver "Is this considered a man?" "Men who beat women are the most useless" "This man is also too horrible." Many celebrities also joined the "crusade army", microblogging V economist Ma Guangyuan commented that "the man who hit the woman, directly touched the death!" Famous commentator Han Qiaosheng wrote, "This kind of person should be banned for life."

At the same time, in the network public opinion, we also see the rational skeptics, Hefei cell phone users commented on Netease News, "I want to know why". Xi'an netizens commented "please tell the truth, sit and wait for the truth". When online public opinion is collectively skewed, a few "stalwarts" use logical thinking to look through the surface to find the reasons for the incident and question the irrationality of the incident. Although their power is weak, they have not turned to compromise and silence for fear of being alone.

(II) Internet public opinion fermentation stage

In the afternoon of May 4, Chengdu Chenglong Road police station released a video of male driver Zhang's driving. In the video, Zhang was twice stopped by a female driver Lu Mou, and nearly caused a traffic accident. The media once again followed up the report, Netease News, "Car recorder captured Chengdu female drivers were brutally beaten before: continuous lane change", netizen comments are no longer heatedly abusive male drivers, more netizens began to objectively analyze the problem, the general view that the female driver don't have the car wrong, but also think that the male driver Zhangmou is not under such a cruel hand. Tianya Forum, "a few views on the beating of the female driver in Chengdu," also believes that "if she did wrong, there should be traffic police to punish her. The points should be deducted, the fine should be fined."

With the release of the details of the incident, the first turn in online public opinion occurred at this time, netizens began to turn neutral, the majority of the previous abuse gradually reduced, calm thinking minority camp began to grow, questioning the behavior of the female driver Lu Mou netizens began to appear, gathered. The female driver's previous behavior of lying and concealing the truth in interviews has strengthened the minority's self-belief, and they have begun to search for information unfavorable to the female driver Lu, which will also prompt the next turn in online public opinion.

(3) Network public opinion explosion stage

On May 5, a post titled "Suspected female driver involved in the incident 4 years ago uncivilized driving behavior exposure" began to circulate frantically, which mentioned that the female driver who drove and threw things around was the same person who was involved in the incident, Lu Mou. Immediately after, WeChat public number "news mosaic" exposed the female driver LuMou repeated violations. At this point, the netizens' emotions are furious, they think they have been deceived by Lu Mou, launched a human flesh search, exposed the female driver's room record. The incident occurred to this moment, the network public opinion was completely detonated, female driver Lu Mou constantly suffered from social moral condemnation, "hit lightly" "hit to her can not drive" "after being hit hope she behaved "and other angry and vicious words filled the network, public opinion to complete the transfer of strength and weakness.

Reviewing the whole incident, initially when the cause and details of the incident have not been investigated clearly, the online media and opinion leaders preconceived to build a fact of public opinion. But the "vulnerable" minority did not follow blindly, but thought rationally, and when they questioned, other netizens with similar views joined in. In the face of strong "group pressure", they are not afraid to hold open confrontations with the "strong" viewpoints. Through the efforts of netizens, the Internet exposes more information. The spontaneous efforts of the "stalwarts" drove the development of the incident and shaped the direction of public opinion, i.e., the shift from minority to majority opinion.