Blocked on weibo : what gets suppressed on China's version of Twitter (and why) / Jason Q. Ng.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ng, Jason Q., 1984-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Censorship--China.

Censorship.

Freedom of information--China.

Freedom of information.

Internet searching--China.

Internet searching.

Internet--Censorship--China.

Internet.

Internet--Political aspects--China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : The New Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<div><B>Jason Q. Ng</B> is a research consultant for <I> China Digital Times</I> and a 2013 Google Policy Fellow at the Citizen Lab. His work has been featured in <I>Le Monde</I>, the <I>Huffington Post</I>, the <I>Next Web</I>, <I>Asia Pacific Forum</I>, and <I>Shanghaiist</I>. He writes regularly on China for <I>Waging Nonviolence</I>. He lives in New Jersey.<BR></div>

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Author�s Note""; ""Chapter 1: #government# #CCP# #politics# #nationalism#""; ""Chapter 2: #dissent# #censorship# #justice#""; ""Chapter 3: #sex# #drugs# #immorality#""; ""Chapter 4: #people#""; ""Chapter 5: #scandals# #disasters# #rumors#""; ""Chapter 6: #information# #media#""; ""Chapter 7: #security# #violence# #suppression#""; ""Chapter 8: #misc# #why?#""; ""Chinese Words Used, English Translation, and Weibo Block Status""; ""Acknowledgments""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 11, 2013).

ISBN:

9781595588852

159558885X

OCLC:

853359777