Urban youth in China : modernity, the internet and the self /: modernity, the internet and the self. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Fengshu Liu.
• Other Names: Liu, Fengshu
• Contents: Social transformation in China (1979-2010) -- The internet with Chinese characteristics -- Paradoxes as lived experiences of modernization : urban youth with Chinese characteristics -- The internet in the everyday lifeworld : "I-and-the-internet" narratives from members of China's "net-generation" -- The internet anxiety, the norm of the "good" netizen and the construction of the "proper" wired self -- Between demonization and celebration : Chinese urban youth and the net café -- The Balinghou's collective narrative in an online forum -- From political indifference to vehement nationalism : Chinese young people negotiating the political self in the internet age -- Conclusion: modernity, the internet and the self.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (238 pages)
• Subjects: 305.2350951/091732; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General; Internet -- China; Youth -- China; Social change -- China; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781136840494; 1136840494
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.