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The Internet in China : cyberspace and civil society / Zixue Tai.

Examines the cultural and political ramifications of the Internet for Chinese society. This book asks not whether the Internet will democratize China, but rather in what ways the Internet is democratizing communication in China. How is the Internet empowering individuals by fostering new types of so...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Tai, Zixue
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, ©2006.
Series:Routledge studies in new media and cyberculture.
Subjects:
Internet > Social aspects > China.
Internet > Political aspects > China.
Civil society > China.
Information policy > China.
Civil society.
Information policy.
Internet > Political aspects.
Internet > Social aspects.
China.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The idea of civil society from early modern to contemporary social thought in the West
  • 2. The idea of civil society in the Chinese context
  • 3. Government policy and state control of the internet in China
  • 4. Historical development of the internet in China
  • 5. Communication, empowerment, and the emergence of network public opinion in Chinese cyberspace
  • 6. A school explosion, a fatal virus, and the internet factor
  • 7. Online activism, internet protest, and social movements in cyber China.

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