Cyber-Nationalism in China Challenging Western media portrayals of internet censorship in China

While Cyber-Nationalism in China examines fundamental questions surrounding the political implications of the Internet in China, it avoids simply predicting that the Internet does or does not lead to democratization. Applying a theoretical approach based on the Foucauldian notion of governmentality,...

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Main Author Jiang, Ying
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published University of Adelaide Press 01.06.2012
Subjects
April Media
Arts & Humanities
Blog
censorship
china
Communication studies
Computers
Consumerism
Cyberspace
Democracy
Interdisciplinary studies
Internet
Jiang, Ying
Media & Internet
nationalism
political aspects
Political Process
Political Science
Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects
social aspects
Sociology
western media
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ISBN9780987171849
0987171844
9780987171894
0987171895
DOI10.1017/9780987171894

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Summary:While Cyber-Nationalism in China examines fundamental questions surrounding the political implications of the Internet in China, it avoids simply predicting that the Internet does or does not lead to democratization. Applying a theoretical approach based on the Foucauldian notion of governmentality, the book builds on current scholarship that has attempted to move beyond examining the dynamics of the socio-cultural and -political use of new media technologies.
Bibliography:Relevant Wikipedia pages: April Media - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Media; Blog - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog; Censorship - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship; China - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China; Consumerism - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumerism; Cyberspace - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberspace; Democracy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy; Internet - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet; Nationalism - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationalism
MODID-9b43090defb:University of Adelaide Press
ISBN:9780987171849
0987171844
9780987171894
0987171895
DOI:10.1017/9780987171894