Name: Networked Public
ISBN: 978-3-662-47779-3

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Wei He ⁰

Wei He
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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)

Front Matter

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Introduction: The Emergence of Networked Public Communication
- Wei He
Pages 1-43
Context of Networked Public Communication
- Wei He
Pages 45-83
Networked Public: The Subject of Networked Public Communication
- Wei He
Pages 85-121
Social Media: Tools and Space for Networked Public Communication
- Wei He
Pages 123-167
The Flow of Information: Features and Models of Networked Public Communication
- Wei He
Pages 169-212
Resistance to Regulation: Group Behavior and Culture in Networked Public Communication
- Wei He
Pages 213-267
Power Game: Networked Public Communication and Social Transition
- Wei He
Pages 269-298
Conclusion
- Wei He
Pages 299-302
Back Matter

Pages 303-308

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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.

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Beijing, China

Wei He

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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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