后殖民主义批判视角下的美国涉华事实核查机构议题选择
中图分类号:G212;D822 文献标识码:A 文章编号:2095-6916(2026)05-0169-04
A Postcolonial Critique of Agenda Selection in U.S. Fact-Checking Institutions’ Coverage of China
Xia Xinyao1Huang Gelin² (1.School of Humanities;2.Research Center for Public Opinion and Network Information Security, Wenzhou University,Wenzhou 325000)
Abstract:Basedonpostcolonalcrticaltheory,thisstudyconductsacontentanalysisof2O9China-relatedfact-checkingreports publishedbetween2Oand025bytomajorU.S.fact-checkingistitutios,namelySnopesandPolitiFact,torevealstructuralbiases intheiragendaselectio.FistChaelateddisiforationisategorzedites“hinTeatTory,“ChiaClasTh ry”,“OrientalistDiscourse”,“NewLandscapesofChina’sDevelopment”,“ChinesePolicalRumors”,and“China’sEthnicIssues”. Statistical analysis shows that the proportions of checks on“China Threat Theory”bythetwo institutions reach 53.5%, 81.2% ,and 39. 3% respectively,whilecheckson“ChinaCollpseTheory”,“PoliticalRumors”,and“EthnicIsues”arescarce,presentingaparadoxof “highatento-lwoverageTisselectivebiasisdrivenbothbypiticalconicfactors(e.g,theInteatioalFactCcking Network'srelianceonfundingfromtheU.S.DeparmntofState)andytheinterplayofinerentpostcoloial“othering”inWestediscourse and platform trafic algorithms.
Keywords:postcolonial critique; fact-checking;selective bias; China-related disinformation;agenda seting
随着数字技术的不断发展,虚假信息制作愈发简单,传播量剧增,事实核查作为遏制虚假信息的重要手段,渐受中西方重视。(剩余5592字)