[Air-L] ICS special issue on the Internet, Social Networks and Civic Engagement in Chinese Societies

wenhong chen wenchen2006 at gmail.com
Mon Jan 27 08:11:36 PST 2014


Apologies for any cross-posting.

We’d like to bring to your attention to the special issue on the Internet, Social Networks and Civic Engagement in Chinese Societies, in Information, Communication and Society,  Volume 17, Number 1, February 2014. http://bit.ly/1n7iWs6

The special issue includes seven articles that draw on a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches to advance a balanced and context-rich understanding of the implications of digital media and technologies in China, Taiwan, and the global Chinese diaspora. Contributors include scholars from North America, Europe, and Asia. 

And Happy Chinese New Year!

Guest Editorial 
Taking Stock, Moving Forward: The Internet, Social Networks and Civic Engagement in Chinese Societies 
Wenhong Chen http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2013.857425#.UuaArrXnZw0

Transnational immanence: The autopoietic co-constitution of a Chinese spiritual organization through mediated communication Pauline Cheong, Jennie Hwang and Boris Brummans http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2013.833277#.UuaAxbXnZw0

Online political participation, civic talk, and media multiplexity: How Taiwanese citizens express political opinions on the web Yuli Hsieh and Meng-Hao Li http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2013.833278#.UuaA7bXnZw0

Derailed emotions: The transformation of claims and targets during the wenzhou online incident Maria Bondes and Günter Schucher http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2013.853819#.UuaBOrXnZw0

Weibo communication and government legitimacy in China: A computer-assisted analysis of Weibo messages on two “mass incidents” Jingrong Tong and Landong Zuo http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2013.839730#.UuaBWLXnZw0

 Weibo network, information diffusion and implications for collective action in China Ronggui Huang and Xiaoyi Sun http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2013.853817#.UuaBHbXnZw0

Expanding civic engagement in China: Super Girl and entertainment-based online community Jingsi Wu http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2013.833276#.UuaBn7XnZw0

Regional variation in Chinese internet filtering  Joss Wright 
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2013.853818#.UuaBs7XnZw0


Wenhong 文泓

Wenhong Chen
Assistant Professor
Department of Radio-TV-Film, College of Communication
1 University Station A0800, CMA 5.142
University of Texas at Austin 
2504 Whitis Ave Stop A0800
Austin, TX  78712-1067
T: 512-471-4952
F: 512-471-4077
wenhong.chen at austin.utexas.edu
http://utexas.academia.edu/wenhongchen







More information about the Air-L mailing list