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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Pilot Project 2019
• VerfasserIn: Wang, Jing,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674243668; 9783110652031
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674243668
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Jing Wang.

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.