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July 26, 2026Social Sciences & Humanities OpenOpen Access

Quantifying government guidance in online policy communication: A hypernetwork approach to China's delayed retirement reform

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RWR Wang

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Randomized trial quantifies government guidance in online policy discussions, indicating a mismatch in public sentiments.

Key Points

  • This study aims to analyze how government guidance is communicated online in the context of China's delayed retirement reform.
  • Developed an agent–content–topic hypernetwork framework to analyze Weibo posts
  • Collected data from 482 Weibo posts and 1527 comments from September 11 to November 18, 2024
  • Introduced a Guidance Capacity indicator combining actor position and topic-sentiment alignment.
  • Official accounts maintained visibility and guidance potential, but showed weaker influence compared to non-official actors
  • Public discussions focused on pension expectations and employment pressure amid various concerns
  • Detected a shift in topics from national policy interpretation to household and occupational issues.

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R Wang (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a65a962d3aea3239cd793cehttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2026.103325
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