The Revolution Will Be Digitized

Citizen Activism Online, Barnard College sociologist Guobin Yang sketches the scope of online activism in China and limns the ways in which Chinese internet users express their goals. Weaving together personal observation and accounts of key events from the Chinese internet's past decade, Yang...

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Published inCurrent History Vol. 108; no. 719; pp. 291 - 292
Main Author Merkel-Hess, Kate
Format Book Review Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oakland Current History, Inc 01.09.2009
University of California Press, Journals & Digital Publishing Division
Subjects
Activism
Chemical plants
Citizen Participation
Citizens
Communication
Corruption
Intellectuals
Internet
Nonfiction
Peoples Republic of China
Political Change
Social activism
Web sites
China
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Summary:Citizen Activism Online, Barnard College sociologist Guobin Yang sketches the scope of online activism in China and limns the ways in which Chinese internet users express their goals. Weaving together personal observation and accounts of key events from the Chinese internet's past decade, Yang tells the tale of the medium's growth in China and joins it with another recent news trope: an increase in popular protests.
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ISSN:0011-3530
1944-785X
DOI:10.1525/curh.2009.108.719.291