When Health Meets Politics: Selective Gatekeeping of Health Experts in Chinese Media during COVID-19

Kaiping Zhang

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118916

When Health Meets Politics: Selective Gatekeeping of Health Experts in Chinese Media during COVID-19

2025-12-29

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张开平 (Kaiping Zhang)

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Bingyan Wang *

DOI：10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118916

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• Selective gatekeeping as co-production of science, media, and government • Amplification of aligned experts as a health communication strategy during crises • Strategic citation of Party-affiliated experts to legitimize China’s COVID policy • Coordinated gatekeeping intensifies as domestic policy diverges from global norms • Trade-offs among political objectives, scientific autonomy, and public deliberation

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