New media a powerful tool, says poll
<p><span word="More">More</span> <span word="than">than</span> 70 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="believe">believe</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="media">media</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="powerful">powerful</span> <span word="tools">tools</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="democratic">democratic</span> <span word="supervision">supervision</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="traditional">traditional</span> <span word="media">media</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="survey">survey</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Media">Media</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Public">Public</span> <span word="Opinion">Opinion</span> <span word="Research">Research</span> <span word="Center">Center</span>, <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Fudan">Fudan</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Shanghai">Shanghai</span>, <span word="asked">asked</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="kept">kept</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="events">events</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="annual">annual</span> <span word="National">National</span> <span word="People">People</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Congress">Congress</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="People">People</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Political">Political</span> <span word="Consultative">Consultative</span> <span word="Conference">Conference</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="ended">ended</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="center">center</span> <span word="conducted">conducted</span> <span word="random">random</span> <span word="telephone">telephone</span> <span word="interviews">interviews</span> <span word="with">with</span> 313 <span word="residents">residents</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Shanghai">Shanghai</span>'<span word="s">s</span> 17 <span word="districts">districts</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="counties">counties</span>, <span word="all">all</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="varied">varied</span> <span word="educational">educational</span> <span word="levels">levels</span>.</p><p><span word="This">This</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sixth">sixth</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="center">center</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="conducted">conducted</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="survey">survey</span>.</p><p><span word="Ninety">Ninety</span>-<span word="three">three</span> <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="respondents">respondents</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="knew">knew</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="sessions">sessions</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="one">one</span>-<span word="half">half</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="listened">listened</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="watched">watched</span> <span word="Premier">Premier</span> <span word="Wen">Wen</span> <span word="Jiabao">Jiabao</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="news">news</span> <span word="conference">conference</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="day">day</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Though">Though</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="television">television</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="medium">medium</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="choice">choice</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="residents">residents</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="stay">stay</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="touch">touch</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="goings">goings</span>-<span word="on">on</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="sessions">sessions</span>, <span word="new">new</span> <span word="media">media</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="playing">playing</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="increasingly">increasingly</span> <span word="important">important</span> <span word="role">role</span>," <span word="Li">Li</span> <span word="Shuanglong">Shuanglong</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="researcher">researcher</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="center">center</span>, <span word="told">told</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="Daily">Daily</span>.</p><p><span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="report">report</span>, 63 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="kept">kept</span> <span word="informed">informed</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="sessions">sessions</span> <span word="via">via</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="television">television</span>. <span word="Next">Next</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Internet">Internet</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="chosen">chosen</span> <span word="by">by</span> 19.6 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="residents">residents</span>. <span word="About">About</span> 10.5 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="relied">relied</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="newspapers">newspapers</span>.</p><p><span word="More">More</span> <span word="than">than</span> 30 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Internet">Internet</span> <span word="users">users</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="followed">followed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="sessions">sessions</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="micro">micro</span> <span word="blogs">blogs</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="survey">survey</span> <span word="noted">noted</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="effect">effect</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Internet">Internet</span> <span word="media">media</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="political">political</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="given">given</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="attention">attention</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="about">about</span> 71 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="residents">residents</span> <span word="agreed">agreed</span> <span word="that">that</span> "<span word="Internet">Internet</span> <span word="media">media</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="play">play</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="critical">critical</span> <span word="role">role</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="traditional">traditional</span> <span word="media">media</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="democratic">democratic</span> <span word="supervision">supervision</span>."</p>
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