The Use of Social Media and Risk Perception of Old-age Care Among Urban Youth in the Context of a Mediatized Society
In the societal context where the young generation is immersed in old-age care anxiety,social media breaks the identity gap between the urban youth group inside and outside the system.The ″anxious generation″has become their common identity label,strengthened amid opposition to other social groups.For young people,social media acts as a catalyst and massager for their perception of old-age care risks.Trust in social media moderates the impact of egalitarian values on the perception of old-age care risks.On the one hand,young people believe in the views on old-age care issues on social media.On the other hand,they completely trust the government's ability to solve these problems,though respon-sibility is often attributed to the expert system.In a society where topics such as class,urban-rural di-vide,wealth disparity,and gender constitute new risk themes,the focus on the old-age risks expands the scope of risk topics,which in a sense provides richer empirical materials and theoretical insights for media-based governance of China's risk society.
mediatized societyurban youthsocial mediarisk perception of old-age care
万方数据
