Directed digital dissidence in autocracies : how China wins online / Jason Gainous, Rongbin Han, Andrew W. MacDonald, and Kevin M. Wagner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gainous, Jason, 1971- author.

Han, Rongbin, 1980- author.

MacDonald, Andrew W., author.

Wagner, Kevin M., 1971- author.

Series:

Oxford studies in digital politics.

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford studies in digital politics

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication in politics--Technological innovations--China.

Communication in politics.

Internet--Political aspects--China.

Internet.

Political participation--China--Computer network resources.

Political participation.

Social media--Political aspects--China.

Social media.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

Drawing on original survey data and rich qualitative sources, this book explores how authoritarian regimes employ the Internet in advantageous ways to direct the flow of online information. The authors argue that the central Chinese government successfully directs citizen dissent toward local government through critical information that the central government places online - a strategy that the authors call 'directed digital dissidence'. In this context, citizens engage in low-level protest toward the local government, and thereby feel empowered, while the central government avoids overthrow. With an in-depth look at the COVID-19 and Xinjiang Cotton cases, the authors demonstrate how the Chinese state employs directed digital dissidence and discuss the impact and limitations of China's information strategy.

Contents:

Cover

Series

Directed Digital Dissidence in Autocracies

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Contents

Acknowledgments

1. The China Case: Strong State, Popular Contention, and the Internet

2. The Chinese Internet: Citizen Awareness of Government Control

3. What Does Directed Digital Dissidence Look Like? Critical Information Flows, Trust, and Support for Protest

4. Social Media: The Battleground of the Information War

5. Jumping Over the Great Firewall: A Threat to the Chinese Strategy

6. The Digital Dissident Citizen: Who Are the Wall Jumpers?

7. Managing the Information War: Voices Heard from Beyond the Wall Are Lost

8. Digital Directed Dissidence in Action: Applications and Its Limits

9. Will Directed Digital Dissidence Keep Working?

Appendix A: Survey Questions

Appendix B: Normality of Residuals for All Models

Appendix C: Chinese Social Media Posts

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2024.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on August 25, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Gainous, Jason Directed Digital Dissidence in Autocracies

ISBN:

0-19-768042-9

0-19-768040-2

OCLC:

1382528920