Exploring network content ecosystem evaluation model based on Chinese judicial discourse of digital platform

Le Cheng; Ming Xu; Chien-Yi Chang

doi:10.1515/ijld-2023-2010

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Exploring network content ecosystem evaluation model based on Chinese judicial discourse of digital platform

Le Cheng
Le Cheng is Chair Professor of Law, Professor of Cyber Studies and Professor of Legal Discourse and Translation at Zhejiang University. He serves as the Executive Vice Dean of Zhejiang University’s Academy of International Strategy and Law, Acting Head of International Institute of Cyberspace Governance, Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Legal Discourse, Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Digital Law and Governance, Co-Editor of Comparative Legilinguistics (International Journal for Legal Communication), former Co-Editor of Social Semiotics, and editorial member of Semiotica, Pragmatics & Society, and International Journal for the Semiotics of Law. As a highly-cited scholar, he has published widely in the areas of international law, digital law and governance, cyber law, semiotics, discourse studies, terminology, and legal discourse and translation.
, Ming Xu
Ming Xu is Research Fellow in the Institute of Cross-cultural and Regional Studies, School of International Studies, Zhejiang University. Her research fields include judicial discourse, forensic linguistics, (socio-)semiotics, and corpus linguistics.
and Chien-Yi Chang
Chien-Yi Chang holds a PhD from Stanford University and a BS from the California Institute of Technology. Her research interests are at the intersection of human-centered artificial intelligence and its legal implications. Her past work has focused on developing neuro-symbolic models to better understand human behaviors, with a strong emphasis on clinical applications in neurodegenerative disease research. She has published in, and served as a reviewer for, top-tier artificial intelligence venues. She has received multiple research grants from various institutions, including the Wu-Tsai Neuroscience Institute, the Brown Institute for Media Innovation, and the Toyota Research Institute.

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Abstract

Constructing a green and harmonious cyberspace in a network content ecosystem is a beautiful vision for millions of netizens. This study, by establishing a self-compiled corpus of judicial discourse from digital platform typical cases in China and using a combination of corpus-based approach and case analysis method, represents the development status of the Chinese network content ecosystem in order to develop a model for understanding and evaluating a network content ecosystem. Based on the analysis results of Chinese judicial discourse, an evaluation model, namely the People, Object, Technology, Organization, Government, Environment Framework (POTOGE), is derived after examining and evaluating four conceptual frameworks of the People, Process and Technology Framework (PPT), the Technology, Organization and Environment Framework (TOE), the Real Access/Real Impact Framework (RA/RI) and the People, Technology, Organization and Environment Framework (PTOE). To some extent, the POTOGE evaluation model presents a holistic and comprehensive perspective for understanding and evaluating a network content ecosystem and its key components, which can provide a reference for testing standards to ensure the sustainable development of current and future network content ecosystems. Meanwhile, the insights obtained from this study may help deepen our understanding of the judicial discourse and its thinking in the network content ecosystem. The analysis results of typical cases on digital platform can provide a reference for the formulation of future relevant laws and regulations and improve the legal protection and prevention awareness of society.

Keywords: network content ecosystem; evaluation model; the POTOGE; judicial discourse; digital platform

Corresponding author: Ming Xu, School of International Studies, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, E-mail: xuming0833@foxmail.com

Funding source: National Social Science Foundation

Award Identifier / Grant number: 20ZDA062

About the authors

Le Cheng

Le Cheng is Chair Professor of Law, Professor of Cyber Studies and Professor of Legal Discourse and Translation at Zhejiang University. He serves as the Executive Vice Dean of Zhejiang University’s Academy of International Strategy and Law, Acting Head of International Institute of Cyberspace Governance, Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Legal Discourse, Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Digital Law and Governance, Co-Editor of Comparative Legilinguistics (International Journal for Legal Communication), former Co-Editor of Social Semiotics, and editorial member of Semiotica, Pragmatics & Society, and International Journal for the Semiotics of Law. As a highly-cited scholar, he has published widely in the areas of international law, digital law and governance, cyber law, semiotics, discourse studies, terminology, and legal discourse and translation.

Ming Xu

Ming Xu is Research Fellow in the Institute of Cross-cultural and Regional Studies, School of International Studies, Zhejiang University. Her research fields include judicial discourse, forensic linguistics, (socio-)semiotics, and corpus linguistics.

Chien-Yi Chang

Chien-Yi Chang holds a PhD from Stanford University and a BS from the California Institute of Technology. Her research interests are at the intersection of human-centered artificial intelligence and its legal implications. Her past work has focused on developing neuro-symbolic models to better understand human behaviors, with a strong emphasis on clinical applications in neurodegenerative disease research. She has published in, and served as a reviewer for, top-tier artificial intelligence venues. She has received multiple research grants from various institutions, including the Wu-Tsai Neuroscience Institute, the Brown Institute for Media Innovation, and the Toyota Research Institute.

Acknowledgment

This work was supported by the major project of the National Social Science Foundation under Grant 20ZDA062.

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