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Informationen zum Autor Guobin Yang is an associate professor in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures at Barnard College! Columbia University. He has a Ph.D. in sociology from New York University and is coeditor! with Ching Kwan Lee! of Re-envisioning the Chinese Revolution: The Politics and Poetics of Collective Memories in Reform China. Klappentext 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 contentious forms and practices linked to Chinese cyberspace! delineating a dynamic image of the Chinese Internet as an arena for creativity! community! conflict! and control. Like many contemporary protest forms! Yang argues! Chinese online activism derives its methods and vitality from multiple and intersecting forces! and state efforts to constrain it have only led to more creative acts of subversion. Yang's vivid story exemplifies this new era of informational politics! and a new afterword provides a detailed analysis of recent developments. Zusammenfassung 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 contentious forms and practices linked to Chinese cyberspace! delineating a dynamic image of the Chinese Internet as an arena for creativity! community! conflict! and control. Like many contemporary protest forms! Yang argues! Chinese online activism derives its methods and vitality from multiple and intersecting forces! and state efforts to constrain it have only led to more creative acts of subversion. Yang's vivid story exemplifies this new era of informational politics! and a new afterword provides a detailed analysis of recent developments. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Online Activism in an Age of Contention2. The Politics of Digital Contention3. The Rituals and Genres of Contention4. The Changing Style of Contention5. The Business of Digital Contention6. Civic Associations Online7. Utopian Realism in Online Communities8. Transnational Activism OnlineConclusion: China's Long RevolutionNotesBibliographyIndex ...
