Contesting cyberspace in China : online expression and authoritarian resilience

Contesting cyberspace in China : online expression and authoritarian resilience /

The Internet was supposed to be an antidote to authoritarianism. It can enable citizens to express themselves freely and organize outside state control. Yet while online activity has helped challenge authoritarian rule in some cases, other regimes have endured: no movement comparable to the Arab Spr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Han, Rongbin, 1980- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Internet > Government policy > China.
Internet > Political aspects > China.
Freedom of speech > China.
Censorship > China.
Authoritarianism > China.
PSYCHOLOGY > Social Psychology.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > World > Asian.
Authoritarianism
Censorship
Freedom of speech
Internet > Government policy
Internet > Political aspects
Cyberspace
Zensur
Meinungsäußerung
China
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Harmonizing the Internet
  • To comply or to resist
  • Pop activism
  • Trolling for the party
  • Manufacturing distrust
  • Defending the regime
  • Authoritarian resilience online.

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