Deyong Ma
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Deyong MaProfessor Graduate institution:Seoul National University E-mail:madeyong@sjtu.edu.cn |
Research area
political communication, political psychology, public diplomacy, city governance
Biography
Currently serving as a tenured professor at the School of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He completed his Bachelor's and Master's degrees at Nankai University and earned a Ph.D. in Political Science from Seoul National University. He has engaged in teaching and research at Nankai University, Renmin University of China, Shenzhen University, and the University of Nottingham. His research primarily focuses on political communication, political psychology, public diplomacy, as well as grassroots democracy and governance in China. Currently, he is concentrating on interdisciplinary research spanning political science, international relations, psychology, and communication. Since 2012, Professor Ma has annually conducted the "Chinese Netizens’ Social Consciousness" series of online surveys and made the data freely accessible. The survey data has been widely utilized in research across fields such as political communication, political psychology, and public opinion studies. Data from the Chinese and cross-national netizens surveys conducted since 2013 are available for free download on the "Chinese National Social Survey Data Archive" website (www.cnsda.org) and the WeChat public account "Public Opinion Analysis (舆论分析)."
Selected courses
Political Psychology, Research and Methods of Political Science, Political Communication, Historical Institutionalism
Selected publications
Articles(since 2015)
In English
1.Deyong Ma, Nicholas Ross Smith, and Chengxi Yang, 2025,“Cuttlefish and Yellow Geese: Gauging the Drivers of Chinese Netizen Opinions of the Russia-Ukraine War”, The China Review (SSCI), Vol. 25, No. 4, pp.111–142.
2.Deyong Ma and Ming Lu, 2024,“Media Exposure, Political Predispositions, and Conspiracy Theories: Explaining Chinese Beliefs in COVID Origins”, International Journal of Public Opinion Research (SSCI), Vol. 36, Issue 1, edae006, https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/edae006
3.Yu You, Deyong Ma, and Chao Chen,“Public Trust During a Public Health Crisis: Evaluating the Immediate Effects of the Pandemic on Institutional Trust”, Journal of Chinese Political Science, 2024, Vol.29, No.1, pp.1-29. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11366-023-09874-y
4.Deyong Ma and Orion Lewis, 2020,“Personality, Media Choice and Political Ideology: Explaining Ideological Pluralism in China”, Democratization (SSCI), Vol.27, No.4, pp.527-546.
5.Deyong Ma and Szu-chien Hsu, 2018,“The Political Consequences of Deliberative Democracy and Electoral Democracy in China: An Empirical Comparative Analysis from Four Counties”, The China Review (SSCI), Vol.18, No.2, pp.1-31.
6.Deyong Ma & M. Rosemary Pang,“The Rise and Fall of Electoral Democracy: A Social Evolutionary Approach to Direct Election Experiments in Local China”, Journal of Chinese Political Science (SSCI), Vol.22, No.4, 2017, pp.601-624.
7.Zhengxu Wang and Deyong Ma,“Participation and Competition: innovations in cadre election and selection in China's townships”, Journal of Contemporary China (SSCI), Vol.24, No.92, No.92, 2015, pp.298-314.
In Chinese
1.Deyong Ma & Yue Song,“Liberal Arts Education and Civic Political Literacy: A Comparative Analysis of Political Views of Chinese College Students”, New Liberal Arts Education Research, 2025, No.2, pp.89-107.
2.Deyong Ma,“Public Perceptions, Meta-perception, Misperception, and Perception Gap of Sino-U.S. Relations: An Online Survey of Five Countries”, Journal of Contemporary Asia-Pacific Studies, 2024, No.2, pp.131-156.
3.Deyong Ma,“The Psychological Mechanism of Rumors and Rebuttals in Chinese Social Media: Evidence From Two Survey Experiments”, Journalism Research, 2023, No.8, pp.59-74.
4.Deyong Ma and Ming Lu,“The Psychological Origins of Foreign Policy Orientation: A Comparative Study on Foreign Policy Belief System of Chinese and American Netizens”, World Economy and Politics, 2023, No.9, pp.144-166.
5.Deyong Ma and Minxuan Huang,“Attitudes Polarization and False Consensus in Online Public Opinion”, Chinese Journal of Journalism and Communication (Guoji Xinwen Jie), Vol.45, No.7, 2023, pp.47-73.
6.Deyong Ma and Weigang Hou, Political Interest, Media Trust, or Need for Cognition? A Psychological Analysis of Netizens’Media Exposure, Journal of Central China Normal University (Humanities and Social Sciences version), Vol.61, No.5, 2022, pp.65-78.
7.Deyong Ma and Yizhou Lu, Psychological Analysis of National Image Formation: A Comparative Studies Based on Chinese and American Netizens Survey, Quarterly Journal of International Politics, 2022, No.1, pp.114-148.
8.Deyong Ma, The Origins of Authoritarian Personality: A Social Evolutionary Approach, Journal of Tsinghua University (Philosophy and Social Sciences version), Vol.37, No.2, 2022, pp.14-24.
9.Deyong Ma and Yizhou Lu, Psychological Approaches to Ideology Studies: A Research Review, Social Sciences Abroad, 2022, No.2, pp.152-165.
10.Deyong Ma and Minxuan Huang, Cognitive Availability and Cognitive Consistency: Chinese Democratic Values System Revisited, Exploration and Free Views, 2021, No.10, pp.108-119.
11.Deyong Ma, Rationality or Political Stance? Chinese Netizens' Information Cognitive Ability and Public Opinion, 21 Century, Vol.182, No.6, pp.51-67.
12.Yizhou Lu and Deyong Ma, Media Framing Effects and Their Durability in Contemporary China：An Experimental Study on the Issue of China-US. Trade War, Journalism Research (Xinwen Daxue), No.11, 2020.
13.Deyong Ma and Yizhou Lu, Media Framing Effects in Foreign Policy Issues: An Experimental Study on China-U.S. Trade War, Chinese Journal of Journalism and Communication (Guoji Xinwen Jie), Vol.42, No.5, 2020, pp.99-120.
14.Deyong Ma and Yizhou Lu, Information Exposure, Authoritarian Personality, Ideology, and Nationalism: The Analysis of the Causal Mechanism of Chinese Mass Political Attitudes, Journal of Tsinghua University (Philosophy and Social Sciences version), Vol.34, No.3, 2019, pp.180-192.
15.Deyong Ma,“Matching Effects: The Psychological and Ideological Origins of Political Rumors”, CASS Journal of Political Science, No.5, 2018, pp.54-66.
16.Deyong Ma,“The Theory of Gradual Institutional Change in Histoical Institutionalism: Debating Its Implications for China”, Comparative Economic and Social Systems, 2018, No.5, pp.158-170.
17.Deyong Ma and Hua Zhang,“Election, Deliberation, and Polling: an Empirical Analysis of Three Grassroots Institutional Innovations in China”, Probe (Tan Suo), No.1, 2018, pp.38-51.
18.Deyong Ma and Zhihao Wang,“’Critical Citizens’in China and their Political Attitudes”, in Fang Ning and Zhou Qingzhi eds. Annual Report on Chinese Political Participation 2017(Zhongguo Zhengzhi Canyu Baogao), Social Science Academic Press, 2017, pp.174-197.
19.Deyong Ma and Lina Wang,“Ideology, Information Exposure, and Public Opinion Formation in China: The Case of Political Support”, Probe, No. 6, 2016, pp.33-44.
20.Deyong Ma and Zhiyuan Zhang,“The Homogeneity of Public Opinion and Its Psychological Source: An Empirical Analysis Based on A Survey of Chinese Netizens”, Journal of Tsinghua University (Philosophy and Social Sciences version), Vol.32, No.4, 2017, pp.174-190.
21.Deyong Ma,“Framing Effects in Political Communication: A Review of Overseas Research and their Implications for China, CASS Journal of Political Science, No.4, 2016, pp.57-69.
22.Deyong Ma and Xiaohang Lan,“Does Elite Framing Influence Mass Opinion? A Survey Experiment Based on Chinese College Students”, Journal of Tsinghua University (Philosophy and Social Sciences version), Vol.31, No.3, 2016, pp.160-171.
23.Lina Wang and Deyong Ma,“The Determinants of Media Credibility in a New Media Age: An Empirical Analysis of Chinese Netizens”, Wuhan University Journal (Humanity science), Vol.69, No.1, 2016, pp.88-99.
24.Deyong Ma and Zhiyuan Zhang,“A Social Evolutionary Approach to China’s Political Institutional Reform: the Case of Ministry of Railways”, CASS Journal of Political Science(Zhengzhixue Yanjiu), No.5, 2015.
25.Deyong Ma and Lina Wang,“Chinese Netizens’Ideological Placement and Their Sources：An Empirical Analysis”, Chinese Journal of Sociology (She Hui), Vol.35, No.5, 2015.
26.Deyong Ma and Guoya Zhang,“Deliberative or Electoral: A Comparative Analysis of Two Models of Township Democratic Experiments”, Foreign Theoretical Trends(Guowai Lilun Dongtai), No.6, 2015.
27.Deyong Ma,“How Does Institutional Innovation Emerge and Evolve? An Evolutionary Approach to Direct Election Experiments at the Township Level in China”, Academia Bimestris (Xue Hai), No.1, 2015, pp.74-84.
Books
Deyong Ma, A Comparative Study on Social Capital in Confucian East-Asia, Tianjin People Press (Tianjin Renmin Chubanshe), 2009.
Deyong Ma, Governance Innovations in China's Townships: A Comparative Study of 24 Townships in Ten Provinces, Nankai University Press, 2014.