The Communication Psychology of Network Public Opinion under the Judicial Background

Abstract

In the era of "we media", Network public opinion has become an important factor in judicial activities. Judicature and network public opinion have internal consistency, they both take social fairness and justice as the ultimate value pursuit. However, due to the mismatch between the consciousness of safeguarding rights and legal ability and quality of network supervision, cases of excessive intervention in judicial trials often occur. Based on Laswell’s 5w Communication Model, the author made a deep study of the public opinion communication mode under the judicial background, summarized the communication characteristics, and analyzed the network communication psychology and public opinion communication process of such events. Therefore, countermeasures such as publicizing and popularizing the law, raising the legal awareness of the masses and guiding public opinion are put forward to achieve the unity of social effect and legal effect.