Online Society in China

This book discusses the rich and varied culture of China's online society, and its impact on offline China. It argues that the internet in China is a separate 'space' in which individuals and institutions emerge and interact. While offline and online spaces are connected and influence each other, the Chinese internet is more than merely a technological or media extension of of...

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This book discusses the rich and varied culture of China's online society, and its impact on offline China. It argues that the internet in China is a separate 'space' in which individuals and institutions emerge and interact. While offline and online spaces are connected and influence each other, the Chinese internet is more than merely a technological or media extension of offline Chinese society. Instead of following existing studies by locating online China in offline society, the contributors in this book discuss the carnival of the Chinese internet on its own terms.

Examining the complex relationship between government officials and the people using the Internet in China, this book demonstrates that culture is highly influential in how technology is used. Discussing a wide range of different activities, the contributors examine what Chinese people actually do on the internet, and how their actions can be interpreted within the online society they are creating.

Introduction: Noise, Spectacle, Politics – Carnival in Chinese Cyberspace, David Herold Part I – Creating the Carnival – Netizens and the State 1. China's Internet and the Dynamic Manipulation of Online Discourse, Peter Marolt 2. The Internet Police in China: Regulation, Scope and Myth, Peng Hwa Ang and Xiaoyan Chen 3. China's Censorship 2.0: How companies censor bloggers, Rebecca Mackinnon Part II – Celebrating the Carnival – Fun, Freak-shows, and Masquerades 4. The Chinese Internet as Paradoxical Space, Hongmei Li 5. Egao: Visual Carnival and Iconoclasm in Chinese Cyberspace, Yongmin Zhao 6. Beyond virtual carnival and masquerade: Gaming in Chinese Cyberspace, Weihua Wu PART III – Instrumentalising the Carnival – Rioting as Activism 7. Human Flesh Search Engines: From Carnivalesque Riots to Online Democracy, David Herold and Rodney Chu 8. One voice emerging from the noise: Open Source Computing in China, Matteo Tarantino 9. Chinese internet users and global privacy advocacy, Kenneth Farrall 10. Taking Urban Conservation Online: Chinese Civic Action Groups and the Internet, Nicolai Volland Conclusion – Netizens and Citizens, Cyberspace and Modern China, Peter Marolt and David Herold

Introduction: Noise, Spectacle, Politics – Carnival in Chinese Cyberspace, David Herold Part I – Creating the Carnival – Netizens and the State 1. China's Internet and the Dynamic Manipulation of Online Discourse, Peter Marolt 2. The Internet Police in China: Regulation, Scope and Myth, Peng Hwa Ang and Xiaoyan Chen 3. China's Censorship 2.0: How companies censor bloggers, Rebecca Mackinnon Part II – Celebrating the Carnival – Fun, Freak-shows, and Masquerades 4. The Chinese Internet as Paradoxical Space, Hongmei Li 5. Egao: Visual Carnival and Iconoclasm in Chinese Cyberspace, Yongmin Zhao 6. Beyond virtual carnival and masquerade: Gaming in Chinese Cyberspace, Weihua Wu PART III – Instrumentalising the Carnival – Rioting as Activism 7. Human Flesh Search Engines: From Carnivalesque Riots to Online Democracy, David Herold and Rodney Chu 8. One voice emerging from the noise: Open Source Computing in China, Matteo Tarantino 9. Chinese internet users and global privacy advocacy, Kenneth Farrall 10. Taking Urban Conservation Online: Chinese Civic Action Groups and the Internet, Nicolai Volland Conclusion – Netizens and Citizens, Cyberspace and Modern China, Peter Marolt and David Herold
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