Internet Activism & the Party-State in China

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ID9685010
AutoresGuobin Yang (0000-0003-0404-9664, GUOBIN YANG is Associate Professor of Sociology and Communication in the Annenberg School for Communication and the Department of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. His publications include The Power of the Internet in China: Citizen Activism Online (2009), Re-Envisioning the Chinese Revolution: The Politics and Poetics of Collective Memories in Reform China (edited with Ching Kwan Lee, 2007), and China's Red Guard Generation: Loyalty, Dissent, and Nostalgia, 1966–1999 (forthcoming, Columbia)
Año2014
Volumen143
Número2
Páginas110-123
Fecha de publicación2014-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDaedalus (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0011-5266 • E-ISSN: 1548-6192
EditorialMIT Press - Journals (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1162/daed_a_00276
OpenAlexW2059542472
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas41
Referencias citadas8

The history of Internet activism and Internet control in China is one of mutual adaptation between citizen activists and party authorities. The party-state initially reacted to Internet activism with alarm, but has since built a comprehensive approach combining repressive policing with gentler methods of social management. This approach has evolved in response to the diverse forms of and participants in Internet activism. But the adaptability of the Chinese Internet control regime does not mean that it will root out Internet activism. On the contrary, Internet activism will continue to grow and will itself adapt to the changing forms of control. Comparisons with Russia and the United States highlight how political economy, history, and everyday practice shape the forms of Internet activism and control

Adaptation (eye · China · Control (management · Economics · Management · Political activism · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · State (computer science · The Internet · World Wide Web · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Computer Science · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Law · Psychology