Becoming Digital Citizens: Disability, ICTs, and Citizenship in Contemporary China

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Yuanyuan Qu (Lecturer, Lecturer, Minzu University of China)

Becoming Digital Citizens

Disability, ICTs, and Citizenship in Contemporary China

Yuanyuan Qu (Lecturer, Lecturer, Minzu University of China)

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Oxford University Press Inc
18 October 2025

Communication studies; Disability: social aspects; Social research & statistics; Impact of science & technology on society

Becoming Digital Citizens explores the relationship between disability, citizenship, and information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the Chinese context. Based on rich empirical evidence, this book examines the citizenship status of disabled people in a rapidly changing, digital China and the ICTs-related, multi-dimensional practices of disabled people in claiming rights and appealing for a better social position. It explores the process by which disabled people become individual and collective subjects with agency through their use of ICTs, the forms and patterns of their acts in the digital sphere, and their interactions with wider structures and existing citizenship discourse and institutions. From this, Yuanyuan Qu identifies a distinct digital disability citizenship that has its own specific features and scenarios.

The culmination of ten years of research, Becoming Digital Citizens uses a grounded theory approach and a combination of methods, including digital ethnography, content analysis, and in-depth interviews, to present a nuanced portrayal of the digital life of Chinese disabled people. In doing so, it offers new insights into the norms and practices of digital, Chinese, and disabled citizenship that widen the scope of disability and citizenship studies.

By focusing on China, a newcomer to digitalization but a fast-developing one, and the perspective of disabled people, Qu highlights the potential and challenges of using ICTs to improve inclusion and promote social justice.

By: Yuanyuan Qu (Lecturer Lecturer Minzu University of China)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 226mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 499g
ISBN: 9780197774823
ISBN 10: 0197774822
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 18 October 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Yuanyuan Qu is Lecturer in the School of Ethnology and Sociology at Minzu University of China. She received her PhD in Sociology from the University of Glasgow, where her research focused on disability and internet use in China (2013â2017). Qu then worked as a Research Officer in the Department of International Development at the London School of Economics and Political Science (2018â2021). Qu's research interests lie in the areas of disability studies, science and technology studies, social welfare and care, and civil society, with a particular focus on China.