The Chinese Internet
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The Chinese Internet

The Online Public Sphere, Power Relations and Political Communication

  1. 218 pages
  2. English
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The Chinese Internet

The Online Public Sphere, Power Relations and Political Communication

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About This Book

This book discusses the use of the internet in China, the complicated power relations in online political communications, and the interactions and struggles between the government and the public over the use of the internet. It argues that there is a "semi-structured" online public sphere, in which there is a certain amount of equal and liberal political communication, but that the online political debates are also limited by government control and censorship, as well as by inequality and exclusions, and moreover that the government rarely engages in the political debates. Based on extensive original research, and considering specific debates around particular issues, the book analyses how Chinese net-users debate about political issues, how they problematize the government's actions and policies, what language they use, what online discourses are produced, and how the debates and online discourses are limited. Overall, the book provides a rich picture of the current state of online political communication in China.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2020
ISBN
9781000203714
Edition
1
Topic
Sciences sociales
Subtopic
Études relatives au genre

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Dedication
  7. Table of Contents
  8. List of charts
  9. Preface
  10. Introduction
  11. 1 Political communication and the online public sphere in China: theory, debates and unanswered questions
  12. 2 Political contention in China’s online spaces
  13. 3 Equality and inclusiveness in China’s online space
  14. 4 Expressing political concerns online in China
  15. 5 Online political communication in China: government censorship, engagement and reaction
  16. 6 Conclusions
  17. Index