Chinese social media, "publicness" and one-party rule

Gloria Davies

doi:10.4324/9781315774626-23

Chinese social media, "publicness" and one-party rule

Gloria Davies

Chinese Studies

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Abstract

How should we understand the changes brought to China by digital technology and online communications? In what ways does the spectacle of Chinese “netizens” speaking back to “the Party” on social media distract us from seeing the Party’s increasing mastery and command of the mainland cybersphere? Can public culture flourish under one-party rule? These are questions that have and continue to frame a significant debate in the media and scholarship (e.g., Davies 2012; Sullivan 2014; Xiao 2011; Yang 2013).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Routledge Handbook of New Media in Asia
Editors	Larissa Hjorth, Olivia Khoo
Place of Publication	Abingdon Oxon UK
Publisher	Routledge
Chapter	14
Pages	167-178
Number of pages	12
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9781317684985
ISBN (Print)	9781138026001
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315774626-23
Publication status	Published - 2016

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