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Author Jiang, Ying.

Title Cyber-nationalism in China : challenging Western media portrayals of internet censorship in China / by Ying Jiang.

Imprint Adelaide : University of Adelaide Press, 2012.

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 141 pages) : color illustrations, color charts
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Note "Zhongguo wang min" "Xi fang mei ti"--Front endsheets
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 124-141).
Contents PART I: Democratic Differences between China and the West. g1. Introduction. A difference of opinion -- Internet use in China -- The development of anger -- Different attitudes -- Foucault's concept of governmentality -- The method of critique -- Organization of the book -- 2. Consumer Liberalism. The individual as consumer -- The embracing of consumerism -- The case of a Chinese blogging community -- The case for political freedom in the Chinese blogosphere -- The blogosphere as a means of producing "self-managing consumers" -- PART II: Analyzing Chinese Anger. 3. Anger as a Display of Nationalism. Promotion of consumerism -- Changing Chinese attitudes to nationalism -- Strategic use of government power -- A new nationalist perspective -- The interpretation of Chinese nationalism -- Governing at a distance -- 4. Chinese Anger at the Label of Censorship. A difference of understanding -- Understanding the Chinese tradition of censorship -- The concept of censorship in the West -- A Foucauldian framework of analysis -- Political interpretations of censorship -- Censorship in various regimes -- The potential for structural change in China -- 5. Chinese Anger with Western Media's Assumptions of Political Change. Political participation in China -- Western media interest in Internet censorship in China -- Internet censorship mechanisms -- China's Internet censorship mechanisms -- Chinese cyberspace usage: Its political implications -- Political stability -- PART III: Stabilizing China's Polity. 6. Nationalism as a Consumer-Oriented Product. A rational approach to nationalism -- The Anti-CNN phenomenon -- Chinese Nationalism -- Consuming nationalism -- Shaping citizens as consumers -- 7. The Current Political Framework in China. Consolidation and change -- Future directions.
Summary "The prevailing consumerism in Chinese cyberspace is a growing element of Chinese culture and an important aspect of this book. Chinese bloggers, who have strongly embraced consumerism and tend to be apathetic about politics, have nonetheless demonstrated political passion over issues such as the Western media's negative coverage of China. In this book, Jiang focuses upon this passion - Chinese bloggers' angry reactions to the Western media's coverage of censorship issues in current China - in order to examine China's current potential for political reform. A central focus of this book, then, is the specific issue of censorship and how to interpret the Chinese characteristics of it as a mechanism currently used to maintain state control."--Cover description
Note Print version record.
Subject Cyberspace -- Government policy -- China.
Internet -- China.
Internet -- Censorship -- China.
Internet -- Government policy -- China.
Computers -- Access control -- China.
Censorship -- China.
Blogs -- China.
Nationalism -- China.
Social Change.
Sociology & Social History.
Social Sciences.
Cyberespace -- Politique gouvernementale -- Chine.
Internet -- Chine.
Internet -- Censure -- Chine.
Internet -- Politique gouvernementale -- Chine.
Ordinateurs -- Accès -- Contrôle -- Chine.
Blogues -- Chine.
Nationalisme -- Chine.
Communication studies.
Interdisciplinary studies.
Reference, information and interdisciplinary subjects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies.
Blogs
Censorship
Computers -- Access control
Cyberspace -- Government policy
Internet
Internet -- Censorship
Internet -- Government policy
Nationalism
China https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJcrd4RjtCBk4wfMhTwwG3
Indexed Term Social aspects
China
Political aspects
Censorship
Nationalism
Western media
Added Title Cybernationalism in China
Other Form: Print version: Jiang, Ying. Cyber-nationalism in China. Adelaide : University of Adelaide Press, 2012 9780987171849 (OCoLC)798878820
ISBN 9780987171849 (electronic bk.)
0987171844 (electronic bk.)
9780987171894 (electronic bk.)
0987171895 (electronic bk.)
Standard No. GBVCP 1008657492
GBVCP 76621155X

 
    
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