Mobile Communication and Greater China

Rodney Wai-chi Chu, Leopoldina Fortunati (University of Udine, Italy), Pui-Lam Law , Shanhua Yang (Peking University, China)

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Routledge
23 April 2012

Mobile phone technology

Series: Routledge Research on Social Work, Social Policy and Social Development in Greater China

This edited volume is the first book-length study focusing entirely on mobile phone use in China. Drawing on examples from a wide range of contemporary situations in China and beyond, the contributors argue that the mobile phone is in fact an important means by which one can understand a rapidly changing China, and the developing culture of mobile phone usage reflects both the cultural norms and struggle of the people.

Through a theoretical comparison of usage in the West and in China, the editors assert the uniqueness of China’s experience, highlighting that Chinese society is being exposed simultaneously to a rapid process of industrialization and cyberization. The contributors maintain that such density of experience under a compressed period combined with a thick cultural heritage and a country still under a dictating rule provides a unique situation and offers deep insights into Chinese culture in general.

This work will be of great interest to all students and scholars of Asian communication studies, ICT and Chinese culture and society.

Edited by: Rodney Wai-chi Chu, Leopoldina Fortunati (University of Udine, Italy), Pui-Lam Law, Shanhua Yang (Peking University, China)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 544g
ISBN: 9780415678711
ISBN 10: 0415678714
Series: Routledge Research on Social Work, Social Policy and Social Development in Greater China
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 23 April 2012
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Rodney Wai-chi Chu is currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. His research interest is focusing on China's modernization, with particular reference to the socio-cultural dimension of ICTs on contemporary Chinese. Leopoldina Fortunati is Professor of Sociology of Communication and Sociology of Cultural Processes in the Faculty of Educational Sciences at the University of Udine. She has conducted several researches in the field of gender studies, cultural processes and communication technologies. Pui-lam Law is currently assistant professor in the Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and visiting research fellow at the Centre for Creative Industries Studies of Peking University. His research interest is on modernity and social development in China. Shanhua Yang is Professor in the Department of Sociology at Peking University. He conducts field research in various areas of China, including Shanxi, Zhejiang, Hebei, Sichuan, Guangdong, and Shanghai, and has published extensively on rural Chinese society and the lives of rural Chinese, including migrant workers.