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

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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2019]
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Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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505 0 0 |t Frontmatter --   |t Contents --   |t Introduction: Walking Around the Obstacles --   |t 1. Nonconfrontational Activism and the Chinese “Social” --   |t 2. NGO2.0 and Social Media Activism: Activist as Researcher --   |t 3. WeChat versus Weibo: Microblogging and Peer-to- Peer Philanthropy --   |t 4. Millennials as Change Agents on the Social Web --   |t 5. Makers and Tech4Good Culture --   |t 6. Participatory Action Research and the Chinese Challenge --   |t Conclusion: Between Star Trek and Brave New World? --   |t Notes --   |t Bibliography --   |t Acknowledgments --   |t Index 
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