Abstract: Problems and Solutions for Public Participation in the"We Media"Era
——A Case Study of 2012 (Rural Development Institute, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing 100732)Abstract： 〖WTBZ] In the "We Media" era, social mobilization works in a way that facilitates wider social participation in group events, however, due to its features of communication, "We Media" also presents new problems for public participation, which include abstract anger and collective revelry, the "unstructured" state under populism, and the irrational disruption in social discourse and activities. To reshape orderly political participation from the citizens, the government should not only have wisdom in governance, but also adopt the new mindset that is responsive to the social development. To cope with the problems of public participation in the age of "We Media", the only possible choice is to establish and perfect institutionalized rights protection mechanism, facilitate the smooth operation of the mechanism that ensures free expression and protection of the citizen' s interests, and to enhance the negotiation capacity of the vulnerable groups in interests synthesizing and policymaking.

Key words: the"We Media"Era, Major Group Events , Public Participation , Problems and Solutions