The Internet In China: From Infrastructure To A Nascent Civil Society
by Gianluigi Negro /
2017 / English / PDF
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This book aims to identify the most important political,
socio-economic, and technical determinants of Internet development
in China, through a historical approach that combines political
economy, cultural, and public studies. Firstly, the book
looks at the most important strategies that compelled the Chinese
government to invest in the construction of the Internet
infrastructure. Secondly, it examines the relationships between the
development of the Internet in China and the emergence of a nascent
civil society. Finally, attention is given to three different
Chinese online platforms in three different historical periods.
This three-pronged approach presents a coherent set of
analyses and case studies which are committed to the investigation
of the complex process of change undergone by Internet development
in China.
This book aims to identify the most important political,
socio-economic, and technical determinants of Internet development
in China, through a historical approach that combines political
economy, cultural, and public studies. Firstly, the book
looks at the most important strategies that compelled the Chinese
government to invest in the construction of the Internet
infrastructure. Secondly, it examines the relationships between the
development of the Internet in China and the emergence of a nascent
civil society. Finally, attention is given to three different
Chinese online platforms in three different historical periods.
This three-pronged approach presents a coherent set of
analyses and case studies which are committed to the investigation
of the complex process of change undergone by Internet development
in China.
