 | China Online: Locating Society in Online Spaces Subjects: Area Studies; Communication Studies; Humanities; Politics & International Relations; Social Sciences; Development Communication; Asian Studies; Media & Film Studies; Asian Politics; Sociology & Social Policy; Chinese Politics; Sociology of Media; Asian Studies (General); Chinese Studies; Media & Communications; Journalism & Professional Media; Race & Ethnic Studies; The Chinese internet is driving change across all facets of social life, and scholars have grown mindful that online and offline spaces have become interdependent and inseparable dimensions of social, political, economic, and cultural activity. This book showcases the richness and diversity of Chinese cyberspaces, conceptualizing online and offline China as separate but inter-connected spaces in which a wide array of people and groups act and interact under the gaze of a seemingly monolithic authoritarian state. The cyberspaces comprising "online China" are understood as spaces for interaction and negotiation that influence "offline China". The book argues that these spaces allow their users greater "freedoms" despite ubiquitous control and surveillance by the state authorities. The book is a sequel to the editors' earlier work, Online Society in China: Creating, Celebrating and Instrumentalising the Online Carnival (Routledge, 2011). Peter Marolt is a Research Fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore David Kurt Herold is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
