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Outsourcing surveillance : online opinion management in China / Lynette H.Ong, Huihua Nie, Jesslene Lee
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ong, Lynette H., author.
- Nie, Huihua, 1978- author.
- Lee, Jesslene, author.
- Series:
- Cambridge elements. Elements in political economy
- Cambridge elements. Elements in political economy, 2398-4031
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Intelligence service--Contracting out--China.
- Intelligence service.
- Electronic surveillance--China.
- Electronic surveillance.
- Public opinion--China.
- Public opinion.
- Intelligence service--Contracting out.
- China.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026
- Summary:
- "The digital age has afforded the governments new technologies of control, allowing them to co-opt, pre-empt and repress dissent. But, what if they lack the technical capacity to access digital tools of control? In what ways have digital technologies altered the way governments conduct statecraft? Based on an analysis of more than 3,000 public procurement documents, and a dozen elite interviews with various stakeholders, we found that the Chinese state has outsourced various functions of online surveillance to private and for-profit arms of state-owned corporations. We found that outsourcing surveillance is intended to augment state technical capacity to moderate and fine-tune the conduct of digital repression. Outsourcing digital repression opens a Pandora's box of state-business collaborations. This Element contributes to the literature on outsourcing repression, state‒business relations, and conduct of digital statecraft"-- Cambridge Core
- Contents:
- Public opinion management in China
- Theoretical framework
- Data source, methodology, and descriptive statistics
- Empirical analysis
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed June 1, 2026)
- Other Format:
- Print version: Ong, Lynette H. Outsourcing surveillance
- ISBN:
- 9781009631983
- 1009631985
- 9781009631969
- 1009631969
- OCLC:
- 1579846634
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000355762
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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