Chinese Celebrity Nationalism: 2,211 Survey Responses and 55 Interviews

2,211 national survey responses and 55 in-depth interviews regarding celebrity-mediated nationalism in China. Created by Lingxiao Chen and updated in 2026, it examines how audiences interpret and adapt to official messages embedded in entertainment culture.

Use Cases

• Comparing 'public evaluations' of 'nationalist transgressions' versus 'non-political celebrity transgressions' to identify norm salience.
• Analyzing how 'primary information repertoire' correlates with 'interpretive pathways' of nationalist messages.
• Mapping 'symbolic boundary-making' based on 'lived experiences of exclusion' from the national community.

Strengths

• N=2,211 national survey sample
• 55 in-depth qualitative interviews
• Mixed-methods design for data triangulation

Limitations

• Geographic bias limited to the Chinese context
• Potential social desirability bias in survey responses regarding political topics
• Small qualitative sample size for broad generalization

Provenance

Source

Harvard Dataverse

Collection Method

National survey and in-depth interviews

Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

China