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UNINA9910255074903321 |
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Autore |
Negro Gianluigi |
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Titolo |
The Internet in China : From Infrastructure to a Nascent Civil Society / / by Gianluigi Negro |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2017.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxvii, 247 pages) : illustrations |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Digital media |
Ethnology - Asia |
Culture |
Technology - Sociological aspects |
Communication |
Digital and New Media |
Asian Culture |
Science, Technology and Society |
Media and Communication |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. Introduction -- 2. Studying the Internet in China: Relevance of the Topic -- 3. A Historical Overview of the Media Political Economy of the Internet in China -- 4. How Chinese People Use the Internet -- 5. BBSS and Blogs: the First Participatory Online Spaces (2003-2008) -- 6. 2008-2011: From the Social Network Services Copycats' Struggle to Sina Weibo (the Most Popular Microblogging Platform) -- 7. The Development of Mobile Internet: Weixin (Wechat) a Killer Applicatin for Sina Weibo? -- 8. Conclusions.-. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book aims to identify the most important political, socio-economic, and technical determinants of Internet development in China, through a historical approach that combines political economy, cultural, and public studies. Firstly, the book looks at the most important strategies that compelled the Chinese government to invest |
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in the construction of the Internet infrastructure. Secondly, it examines the relationships between the development of the Internet in China and the emergence of a nascent civil society. Finally, attention is given to three different Chinese online platforms in three different historical periods. This three-pronged approach presents a coherent set of analyses and case studies which are committed to the investigation of the complex process of change undergone by Internet development in China. |
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