In the media era,the rise and decline of traffic in internet-famous cities have become a norm.Using the concept of"communicability"within the context of traffic,this study explores the relationship between cities and media.By analyzing Baidu search indices and case studies of 20 Internet-famous cities from 2018 to 2023,it finds that the centrality and spectacle of traffic trends are,to some extent,directly proportional to the strength of a city's communicability.The empirical research is framed within three dimensions of system,emotion,and information,supporting the theoretical framework of"communicability."The effective mechanisms of those Internet-famous cities help stabilize the centrality of urban traffic flow towards the center,among which emotional communication enhances the"spectacle"traffic of ordinary cities and effective information communication dissolves the negative traffic flow for the cities.
Internet famous citiescommunicabilityBaidu search indextraffic flow
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