TY - BOOK ID - 30938026 TI - Online society in China : creating, celebrating, and instrumentalising the online carnival. AU - Herold, David Kurt. AU - Marolt, Peter. PY - 2011 SN - 9780415838221 9780415565394 0415565391 9780203828519 0203828518 0415838223 1283103826 9786613103826 1136808868 9781136808814 9781136808852 9781136808869 PB - London Routledge DB - UniCat KW - S06/0438 KW - China: Politics and government--Policy towards press KW - Sozialer Wandel. KW - Internet KW - S10/0835 KW - S11/1600 KW - DARPA Internet KW - Internet (Computer network) KW - Wide area networks (Computer networks) KW - World Wide Web KW - Social aspects KW - China: Economics, industry and commerce--Postal service and telecommunications: since 1949 (including E-commerce) KW - China: Social sciences--Internet KW - Social change KW - Online social networks KW - Changement social KW - ReĢseautage personnel (Informatique) KW - Aspect social KW - China KW - Chine KW - Social conditions KW - Conditions sociales UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:30938026 AB - 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 online China in offline society, the contributors in this book discuss the carnival of the Chinese internet on its own terms. Examining the complex relationship between government officials and the people using the Internet in China, this book demonstrates that culture is highly influential in how technology is used. Discussing a wide range of different activities, the contributors examine what Chinese people actually do on the internet, and how their actions can be interpreted within the online society they are creating.--Publisher's description. ER -