The internet in China : from infrastructure to a nascent civil society /: from infrastructure to a nascent civil society. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Gianluigi Negro.
• Authors: Negro, Gianluigi
• Contents: 1. Introduction.- 2. Studying the Internet in China: Relevance of the Topic.- 3. A Historical Overview of the Media Political Economy of the Internet in China.- 4. How Chinese People Use the Internet.- 5. BBSS and Blogs: the First Participatory Online Spaces (2003-2008).- 6. 2008-2011: From the Social Network Services Copycats' Struggle to Sina Weibo (the Most Popular Microblogging Platform).- 7. The Development of Mobile Internet: Weixin (Wechat) a Killer Applicatin for Sina Weibo?.- 8. Conclusions.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 302.2310951; Internet -- China; Internet -- Social aspects -- China; Internet -- Economic aspects -- China
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319604053
• Related ISBNs: 9783319604046
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