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UNINA9910813463403321 |
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Autore |
Liu Fengshu (Educational researcher) |
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Titolo |
Urban youth in China : modernity, the Internet and the self / / Fengshu Liu |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-84049-4 |
1-136-84050-8 |
1-283-04131-6 |
9786613041319 |
0-203-83304-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (239 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge research in information technology and society ; ; 10 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Internet - China |
Youth - China |
Social change - China |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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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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Social transformation in China (1979-2010) -- The internet with Chinese characteristics -- Paradoxes as lived experiences of modernization : urban youth with Chinese characteristics -- The internet in the everyday lifeworld : "I-and-the-internet" narratives from members of China's "net-generation" -- The internet anxiety, the norm of the "good" netizen and the construction of the "proper" wired self -- Between demonization and celebration : Chinese urban youth and the net cafeĢ -- The Balinghou's collective narrative in an online forum -- From political indifference to vehement nationalism : Chinese young people negotiating the political self in the internet age -- Conclusion: modernity, the internet and the self. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Fengshu Liu situates the lives of Chinese youth and the growth of the Internet against the backdrop of rapid and profound social transformation in China. In 2008, the total of Internet users in China had reached 253 million (in comparison with 22.5 million in 2001). Yet, despite rapid growth, the Internet in China is so far a predominantly urban-youth phenomenon, with young people under thirty (especially |
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