Historicizing online politics : telegraphy, the Internet, and political participation in China / Zhou Yongming.

By:

Zhou, Yongming, 1963-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Stanford : Stanford University Press, 2006.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 290 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

1429415959
9781429415958

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Historicizing online politics.DDC classification:

320.951/01/4 22

LOC classification:

JQ1516 .Z457 2006eb

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Contents:

Introduction -- Telegraphy, culture, and policymaking -- Telegraphy, newspapers, and public opinion -- Telegraphy, political participation, and state control -- Public telegrams and nationalist mobilizations -- Telegraph power : textual and historical contexts -- China and the Internet : proactive development and control -- Negotiating power online : the party state, intellectuals, and the Internet -- Living on the cyber border : Minjian online political writers in China -- Informed nationalism : military web sites in Chinese cyberspace.

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Summary: It is widely recognized that internet technology has had a profound effect on political participation in China, but this new use of technology is not unprecedented in Chinese history. This is a pioneering work that systematically describes and analyzes the manner in which the Chinese used telegraphy during the late Qing, and the internet in the contemporary period, to participate in politics. Drawing upon insights from the fields of anthropology, history, political science, and media studies, this book historicizes the internet in China and may change the direction of the emergent field of Chinese internet studies. In contrast to previous works, this book is unprecedented in its perspective, in the depth of information and understanding, in the conclusions it reaches, and in its methodology. Written in a clear and engaging style, this book is accessible to a broad audience.

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It is widely recognized that internet technology has had a profound effect on political participation in China, but this new use of technology is not unprecedented in Chinese history. This is a pioneering work that systematically describes and analyzes the manner in which the Chinese used telegraphy during the late Qing, and the internet in the contemporary period, to participate in politics. Drawing upon insights from the fields of anthropology, history, political science, and media studies, this book historicizes the internet in China and may change the direction of the emergent field of Chinese internet studies. In contrast to previous works, this book is unprecedented in its perspective, in the depth of information and understanding, in the conclusions it reaches, and in its methodology. Written in a clear and engaging style, this book is accessible to a broad audience.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-281) and index.

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