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Author Jiang, Ying (Composer), 1983-

Title Cyber-nationalism in China : challenging Western media portrayals of internet censorship in China / by Ying Jiang.

Publication Info. Adelaide : University of Adelaide Press, 2012.

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 141 pages) : color illustrations, color charts
text file
Note "Zhongguo wang min" "Xi fang mei ti"--Front endsheets.
"中国网民" "西方媒体"--Front endsheets.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 124-141).
Contents PART I: Democratic Differences between China and the West. g1. Introduction. A difference of opinion -- Internet use in China -- Development of anger -- Different attitudes -- Foucault's concept of governmentality -- Method of critique -- Organization of the book -- 2. Consumer Liberalism. Individual as consumer -- Embracing of consumerism -- Case of a Chinese blogging community -- Case for political freedom in the Chinese blogosphere -- 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 -- 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 -- Concept of censorship in the West -- A Foucauldian framework of analysis -- Political interpretations of censorship -- Censorship in various regimes -- 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 -- Anti-CNN phenomenon -- Chinese Nationalism -- Consuming nationalism -- Shaping citizens as consumers -- 7. Current Political Framework in China. Consolidation and change -- Future directions.
Summary "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 the Western media's negative coverage of China. In this book, Jiang focuses upon this passion - Chinese bloggers' angry reactions to the Western media's coverage of censorship issues in current China - in order to examine China's current potential for political reform. A central focus of this book, then, is the specific issue of censorship and how to interpret the Chinese characteristics of it as a mechanism currently used to maintain state control."--Cover description.
Local Note JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access
Subject Cyberspace -- Government policy -- China.
Cyberspace -- Government policy.
China.
Cyberspace.
Internet -- China.
Internet.
Internet -- Censorship -- China.
Internet -- Censorship.
Internet -- Government policy -- China.
Internet -- Government policy.
Computers -- Access control -- China.
Computers -- Access control.
Censorship -- China.
Censorship.
Blogs -- China.
Blogs.
Nationalism -- China.
Nationalism.
Indexed Term Social aspects
China
Political aspects
Censorship
Nationalism
Western media
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Subject Censorship.
Blogs.
Added Title Cybernationalism in China
Other Form: Print version: Jiang, Ying. Cyber-nationalism in China. Adelaide : University of Adelaide Press, 2012 9780987171849 (OCoLC)798878820
ISBN 9780987171849 (electronic book)
0987171844 (electronic book)
9780987171894 (electronic book)
0987171895 (electronic book)