The Power of the Internet in China: Citizen Activism Online

(Part of the Contemporary Asia in the World Series)

by Guobin Yang

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Since the mid-1990s, the Internet has revolutionized popular expression in China, enabling users to organize, protest, and influence public opinion in unprecedented ways. Guobin Yang's pioneering study maps an innovative range of contentious forms and practices linked to Chinese cyberspace, delineating a nuanced and dynamic image of the Chinese Internet as an arena for creativity, community, conflict, and control. Like many other contemporary protest...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0231144202

ISBN13:9780231144209

Release Date:June 2009

Publisher:Columbia University Press

Length:320 Pages

Weight:1.25 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Asia Censorship China Communication & Journalism Communication & Media Studies Computers Computers & Technology Education & Reference Elections & Political Process History

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