Cyber-nationalism in China : challenging Western media portrayals of internet censorship in China /
"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 t...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Adelaide :
University of Adelaide Press,
2012.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT CONNECT |
| 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 |
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| Item Description: | "Zhongguo wang min" "Xi fang mei ti"--Front endsheets Books at JSTOR Open Access KU Open Research Library OAPEN Library |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 141 pages) : color illustrations, color charts |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 124-141). |
| ISBN: | 9780987171849 0987171844 9780987171894 0987171895 |
