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The Other Digital China : Nonconfrontational Activism on the Social Web / Jing Wang.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674243668
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 302.23/1 23
LOC classification:
  • HM851 .W357 2019eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources:
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Walking Around the Obstacles -- 1. Nonconfrontational Activism and the Chinese “Social” -- 2. NGO2.0 and Social Media Activism: Activist as Researcher -- 3. WeChat versus Weibo: Microblogging and Peer-to- Peer Philanthropy -- 4. Millennials as Change Agents on the Social Web -- 5. Makers and Tech4Good Culture -- 6. Participatory Action Research and the Chinese Challenge -- Conclusion: Between Star Trek and Brave New World? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Summary: Westerners tend to equate political action with revolution and open criticism, leading to concerns that the less outspoken citizens of nonliberal societies are brainwashed, complicit, or paralyzed by fear. Jing Wang shatters this myth, showing how online activists in China are quietly building powerful coalitions for incremental social change.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780674243668

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Walking Around the Obstacles -- 1. Nonconfrontational Activism and the Chinese “Social” -- 2. NGO2.0 and Social Media Activism: Activist as Researcher -- 3. WeChat versus Weibo: Microblogging and Peer-to- Peer Philanthropy -- 4. Millennials as Change Agents on the Social Web -- 5. Makers and Tech4Good Culture -- 6. Participatory Action Research and the Chinese Challenge -- Conclusion: Between Star Trek and Brave New World? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index

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Westerners tend to equate political action with revolution and open criticism, leading to concerns that the less outspoken citizens of nonliberal societies are brainwashed, complicit, or paralyzed by fear. Jing Wang shatters this myth, showing how online activists in China are quietly building powerful coalitions for incremental social change.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mai 2021)