McLanchlin points out that there is the side-effect of competition among media business, which might evoke extreme reactions of misled public by the sensationalisation and distortion (2003). However, as long as the appropriate and various means of broadcasting could be employed in the open process, there would be a considerable progress in the civil society. A probative example is given by the Chinese court’s practice where the Weibo, a microblog, was first time adopted as the transmedia for authority to “live blog” the hearings of a trial (Zhang, 2013). Apart from the benefit of the openness brought to the public, the justice system also gains invaluable positive influence. By granting the access to the hearing procedure, the judicial system restores the credibility of authority and contains necessary feedback for improvement from people, which also shows the confidence of the authority and the transparency of the government to the people at the same
McLanchlin points out that there is the side-effect of competition among media business, which might evoke extreme reactions of misled public by the sensationalisation and distortion (2003). However, as long as the appropriate and various means of broadcasting could be employed in the open process, there would be a considerable progress in the civil society. A probative example is given by the Chinese court’s practice where the Weibo, a microblog, was first time adopted as the transmedia for authority to “live blog” the hearings of a trial (Zhang, 2013). Apart from the benefit of the openness brought to the public, the justice system also gains invaluable positive influence. By granting the access to the hearing procedure, the judicial system restores the credibility of authority and contains necessary feedback for improvement from people, which also shows the confidence of the authority and the transparency of the government to the people at the same