The internet in China : from infrastructure to a nascent civil society / Gianluigi Negro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Negro, Gianluigi, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet--China.

Internet.

Internet--Social aspects.

Internet--Political aspects.

China.

Internet--Political aspects--China.

Internet--Social aspects--China.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 247 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]

Summary:

This book aims to identify the most important political, socio-economic, and technical determinants of Internet development in China, through a historical approach that combines political economy, cultural, and public studies. Firstly, the book looks at the most important strategies that compelled the Chinese government to invest in the construction of the Internet infrastructure. Secondly, it examines the relationships between the development of the Internet in China and the emergence of a nascent civil society. Finally, attention is given to three different Chinese online platforms in three different historical periods. This three-pronged approach presents a coherent set of analyses and case studies which are committed to the investigation of the complex process of change undergone by Internet development in China.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-247) and index.

ISBN:

9783319604046

331960404X

OCLC:

987282570