Abstract:  

With visualization analysis tool,CiteSpace, this research dose the literature measurement analysis for 2639 papers of CNKI. We generated keywords timezone view, strategic coordinates and dash forward show through co-occurrence analysis and cluster analysis, which can complement and validation qualitative research conclusion, and quantitively show the evolution path, research field, and research trends of network public opinion in China since 2013. After more than a decade of development, the research on network public opinion of Chine has accumulated fruitful results and entered a stage of steady development and adjustment,but existing some limitations and shortcomings as well. In the future,it can be predicted that the research on network public opinion in China will continue to reflect the interdisciplinary characteristic under the guidance of Big Data and technological innovation and with new media as the core platform. At the same time, public management will grow to be one of the core disciplines of network public opinion research. New social phenomena and governance models, including internet governance and network group events, etc., combined with the explore of digital technical means and practical tools,will become the hotspots in this field.

Key words: network public opinion research, knowledge map, CiteSpace, visual analysis