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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Adelaide :
University of Adelaide Press,
2012.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT CONNECT |
Table of 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.
