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Governing Digital China / Daniela Stcokmann, Ting Luo.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stockmann, Daniela, author.
- Luo, Ting, author.
- Series:
- Communication, society, and politics
- Communication, society and politics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Internet--Government policy--China.
- Internet.
- Technology and state--China.
- Technology and state.
- Digital media--Political aspects--China.
- Digital media.
- Digital media--Economic aspects--China.
- Internet industry--Political aspects--China.
- Internet industry.
- Internet industry--Economic aspects--China.
- China.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- "China's approach to digital governance has gained global influence, often evoking Orwellian 'Big Brother' comparisons. Governing Digital China challenges this perception, arguing that China's approach is radically different in practice. This book explores the logic of popular corporatism, highlighting the bottom-up influences of China's largest platform firms and its citizens. Drawing on extensive fieldwork and nationally representative surveys, the authors track governance of social media and commercial social credit ratings during both the Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping eras. Their findings reveal how Chinese tech companies such as Tencent, Sina, Baidu, and Alibaba, have become consultants and insiders to the state, thus forming a state-company partnership. Meanwhile, citizens voluntarily produce data, incentivizing platform firms to cater to their needs and motivating resistance by platforms. Daniela Stockmann and Ting Luo unveil the intricate mechanisms linking the state, platform firms, and citizens in the digital governance of authoritarian states."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The digital dilemma
- Popular corporatism
- Social media platforms
- The role of companies in social media governance
- Citizens and social media platforms
- Implications for political trust
- The social credit system
- The role of companies in the social credit system
- Citizens and the social credit system
- Implications for trust in the state–company partnership
- Brave new world?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 05, 2025).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Daniela Stockmann. Governing Digital China.
- ISBN:
- 9781009360692
- 1009360698
- OCLC:
- 1515118504
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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