Xudong Xing
Leshan Normal University, Leshan, 614000, China

MLA 8
Xing, Xudong. "From Information to Emotion: The Structural Reversal of Online News and Video Consumption in China (2008–2025)." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 11, no. 7, July 2026, pp. 2932-2951, doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2026.v11i07.005. Accessed July 2026.
APA 6
Xing, X. (2026, July). From Information to Emotion: The Structural Reversal of Online News and Video Consumption in China (2008–2025). Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 11(7), 2932-2951. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2026.v11i07.005
Chicago
Xing, Xudong. "From Information to Emotion: The Structural Reversal of Online News and Video Consumption in China (2008–2025)." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 11, no. 7 (July 2026), 2932-2951. Accessed July, 2026. https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2026.v11i07.005.

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