The Power of the Internet in China: Citizen Activism Online

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Guobin Yang (University of Pennsylvania) Guobin Yang (University of Pennsylvania)

The Power of the Internet in China

Citizen Activism Online

Guobin Yang (University of Pennsylvania), Guobin Yang (University of Pennsylvania)

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Columbia University Press
05 January 2011

Cultural studies; Media studies; Civil rights & citizenship; Political activism

Series: Contemporary Asia in the World

Since the mid-1990s, the Internet has revolutionized popular expression in China, enabling users to organize, protest, and influence public opinion in unprecedented ways. Guobin Yang's pioneering study maps an innovative range of contentious forms and practices linked to Chinese cyberspace, delineating a nuanced and dynamic image of the Chinese Internet as an arena for creativity, community, conflict, and control. Like many other contemporary protest forms in China and the world, Yang argues, Chinese online activism derives its methods and vitality from multiple and intersecting forces, and state efforts to constrain it have only led to more creative acts of subversion. Transnationalism and the tradition of protest in China's incipient civil society provide cultural and social resources to online activism. Even Internet businesses have encouraged contentious activities, generating an unusual synergy between commerce and activism. Yang's book weaves these strands together to create a vivid story of immense social change, indicating a new era of informational politics.

By: Guobin Yang (University of Pennsylvania)
Afterword by: Guobin Yang (University of Pennsylvania)
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9780231144216
ISBN 10: 0231144210
Series: Contemporary Asia in the World
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 05 January 2011
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Online Activism in an Age of Contention 2. The Politics of Digital Contention 3. The Rituals and Genres of Contention 4. The Changing Style of Contention 5. The Business of Digital Contention 6. Civic Associations Online 7. Utopian Realism in Online Communities 8. Transnational Activism Online Conclusion: China's Long Revolution Notes Bibliography Index

Guobin Yang is an associate professor in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures at Barnard College, Columbia University. He is coeditor, with Ching Kwan Lee, of Re-envisioning the Chinese Revolution: The Politics and Poetics of Collective Memories in Reform China.

Reviews for The Power of the Internet in China: Citizen Activism Online

A boundary-breaking book... it is a snap review of some of the hottest issues in front of the Chinese public today. -- Daniel Little, Understanding Society Mr. Yang's work is essential reading. -- Rebecca MacKinnon, Far Easter Economic Review This work represents a major advancement in scholarly research... unquestionably, it should be on reading lists for courses related to social and political development in China... it is highly recommended to all. -- Jonathan Sullivan, The China Quarterly, March 2010 Of interest to sociologists and students of mass communications... Recommended. -- Choice