全球秩序深受大国政治实力与话语权博弈的影响, 国际政治传播格局在当前国际关系中扮演着关键角色。然而, 现有研究较少从大规模文献与长时间跨度的视角, 系统探讨国际政治传播的宏观演化逻辑及其微观主题的动态变迁。本文运用网络挖掘方法, 对WoS引文数据库中时间跨度长达28年的国际政治传播研究文献展开追踪分析, 围绕研究热点归纳出公众舆论、政治参与、媒介报道、虚假信息等主题。研究显示自1995年起, 随着互联网的扩张, “纯真时代”的政治传播研究的优质成果比较丰富, 整体学术版图整体呈扩张趋势。随着信息社会的发展成熟, “民主的弥赛亚”逐渐破灭, 第二时代也称之为“幻灭时代”。随后步入社交网络黄金时代, 网络舆情与社交媒体 开始成为政治传播研究的主要研究对象。当下所处以“高影响力政治人物节点”为中心的征服数字网络阶段, 大量新鲜议题涌现, 经典理论及概念的普适性研究相对放缓。四个时代的演进中, 持续的辩证与对话仍然存在, 政治传播领域依然在持续向前发展。

The global order is shaped by the power dynamics and discourse competition among major nations. Within this context, international political communication is pivotal in shaping modern international relations. However, few studies have examined the evolution and themes of international political communication through large-scale literature and long-term temporal analysis. This study employs network mining methods to conduct a longitudinal analysis of political communication research spanning 28 years in the Web of Science database. It identifies 11 key themes, including public opinion, political participation, media coverage, and disinformation. The findings reveal that since 1995, with the expansion of the internet, political communication entered an “Age of Innocence, ” characterized by an abundance of high-quality studies and an expanding academic landscape. As the information society matured, the initial optimism about “the Messiah of Democracy” began to wane, marking the transition to a second phase, often referred to as the “Age of Disillusionment. ” The third Age is claimed as “the golden age of social networks”, online public opinion and social media emerged as primary focuses of political communication. As to the “Conquest of the Digital Network Era”, a surge of novel topics has emerged, although research on the universality of classical theories and concepts has comparatively slowed. Across these four eras, persistent dialectics and dialogues highlight the ongoing development of political communication.