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Chapter 6. The Xiamen PX plant event
6.4 The changing relationship between the government and
media under the context of public participation
This section focuses on the government-media interaction in the triangular sys-
tem. It combines the questionnaire, semi-structured interview and documentary data to
explore the changing relationship between the government and media companies after
the Xiamen PX plant incident. It begins with a discussion of the survey results and then
analyses the case from the perspective of media practitioners with the data collected
from interviews. It then addresses the interaction between the government and the me-
dia to develop a dynamic framework of the relationship of the two parties.
6.4.1 Data analysis of questionnaire – public opinion towards Xiamen
PX plant event
There were 109 responses to the questionnaire. Four of the respondents indicated
that they had no idea about the incident, and their data was excluded from the research.
More than half (58) knew about the incident and 47 had participated in the discussions
of the incident.
6.4.4.1 Dynamics and forms of netizen participation during the Xiamen PX plant in-
cident
The survey contained a question exploring the information source of the PX incident:
Figure 27. In what ways do you get to know about the ‘Xiamen PX plant case’?
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