The power of the internet in China
Subtitle: citizen activism online
By: Guobin Yang.
Series: Contemporary Asia in the world
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780231144209; 9780231513142
Subjects: Political participation -- Technological innovations -- China; Internet -- Political aspects -- China; Internet -- Social aspects -- China; Internet -- China
Description: "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". -- Book Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.