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Networked Public

Social Media and Social Change in Contemporary China

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Authors:
  1. Wei He

    1. Beijing, China

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  • Introduces the original concepts of “networked public communication,” “networked public” and “networked user”

  • Reflects on the realities and conditions “netizens” face within the context of contemporary Chinese society

  • Embeds networked public communication in the broader framework of “power games”

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction: The Emergence of Networked Public Communication

    • Wei He
    Pages 1-43

  3. Context of Networked Public Communication

    • Wei He
    Pages 45-83

  4. Networked Public: The Subject of Networked Public Communication

    • Wei He
    Pages 85-121

  5. Social Media: Tools and Space for Networked Public Communication

    • Wei He
    Pages 123-167

  6. The Flow of Information: Features and Models of Networked Public Communication

    • Wei He
    Pages 169-212

  7. Resistance to Regulation: Group Behavior and Culture in Networked Public Communication

    • Wei He
    Pages 213-267

  8. Power Game: Networked Public Communication and Social Transition

    • Wei He
    Pages 269-298

  9. Conclusion

    • Wei He
    Pages 299-302

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 303-308
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About this book

This book coins the term “Networked Public” to describe the active social actors in new media ecology. The author argues that, in today’s network society, Networked Public Communication is different than, yet has similarities with, mass communication and interpersonal communication. As such it is the emergent paradigm for research. The book reviews the historical, technological and social context for the rising of Networked Public, analyzes its constituents and characteristics, and discusses the categories and features of social media in China. By analyzing abundant cases from recent years, the book provides answers to the key questions at micro, meso and macro-levels, including how information flows under regulation in the process of Networked Public Communication; what its features and models are; what collective action strategies  and“resistance culture”have been developed as a result of Internet regulate; the nature of power games among Networked Public, mass media, political forces and capital, and the links with the development of Chinese civil society.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Beijing, China

    Wei He

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Networked Public

  • Book Subtitle: Social Media and Social Change in Contemporary China

  • Authors: Wei He

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-47779-3

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Tsinghua University Press & Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-47778-6Published: 28 October 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-56902-3Published: 16 June 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-47779-3Published: 18 October 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 308

  • Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 29 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Media Research

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