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  • China's Internet in the 2000s

    Challenges, Dilemmas, and Battles

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    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book studies China’s Internet in the 2000s, with a focus on the challenges and dilemmas of the authorities and the battles between the authorities and the newly networked society in the cyber space, which has been a critical centerpiece in the Chinese authorities' struggle for political stability. The book also examines the distinct technological means and political/legal regulations ... Read more

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  • Alternative Media and Taiwan’s Socio-Political Transformation, 1970s–1990s

    Series series History (R0)
    This book systematically and comprehensively studies on alternative media in Taiwan, using a historical approach and primary data and first hand collected materials to examine how political openness and social movement in the 1980s through the 1990s in Taiwan enabled the rapid growth and wide development of Taiwan’s alternative media, what impact the alternative media in Taiwan had on its socio ... Read more

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  • China in the Era of Social Media

    An Unprecedented Force for An Unprecedented Social Change

    Series series Communication, Globalization, and Cultural Identity
    China in the Era of Social Media discusses how social media is changing the world in an unprecedented way through speed, scope, and depth. In the last decade or so, social media in China has witnessed the most explosive growth in the world. Being the most populous nation in the world, it has the most social media users in the world as well. This book examines the current situation and unique ... Read more

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