Online Society in China: Creating, celebrating, and instrumentalising the online carnival

by David Kurt Herold

Book Overview

This book discusses the rich and varied culture of China's online society, and its impact on offline China. It argues that the internet in China is a separate 'space' in which individuals and institutions emerge and interact. While offline and online spaces are connected and influence each other, the Chinese internet is more than merely a technological or media extension of offline Chinese society. Instead of following existing studies by locating...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415838223
• ISBN13: 9780415838221
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"