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Technical objects constrain what users do with them. They are not neutral entities but embody information, choices, values, assumptions, or even mistakes embedded by designers. What happens when a technology is designed in one culture and used in another? What happens, for example, when a Chinese user is confronted by Roman-alphabet-embedded interfaces? In this book, Basile Zimmermann examines the relationship between technical objects and culture in contemporary China, drawing on concepts from science and technology studies (STS). He presents a new theoretical framework for "culture" based on the notions of waves and forms, which provides a powerful descriptive toolkit for technology and culture. The materials Zimmermann uses to develop and illustrate his theoretical arguments come from three groups of case studies about the use of technical devices in today's China. The first and most extensive group consists of observations of electronic music devices in Beijing; the second is a study of a Chinese networking site, "Happy Network"; and the third is a collection of personal, small-scale observations on the way Chinese characters behave when located in alphabet-encoded devices such as mobile phones, web pages, or printed documents. Zimmermann discusses well-known frameworks from STS and combines them with propositions and topics from Chinese studies. Each of the case studies advances his theoretical argument. Zimmermann's account shows how cultural differences can be integrated into STS research, and how sinologists can turn their attention from ancient texts and traditional art to everyday things in present-day China.

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'Chinese Cyberspaces' provides a multi-disciplinary study on the recent development and consequences of internet expansion in China taken from a social, political, cultural and economic perspective. The book provides critical analysis of the effects of Internet technology on China's information policy and overall political stability as well as the political implications. Original fieldwork from a leading group of international scholars carried out over the last two years suggests that although the digital divide has developed along typical lines of gender, urban versus rural, and income, it has also been greatly influenced by the Communist Party's attempts to exert efficient control. This compelling over view of the current situation regarding Internet development in China and its potential future trends, will appeal to social science academics and decision makers in politics, business and international organizations.

Digital divide --- Information policy --- Internet in public administration --- Internet --- Political aspects --- Social aspects --- S19/1200 --- S10/0835 --- China: Natural sciences--Computer science --- China: Economics, industry and commerce--Postal service and telecommunications: since 1949 (including E-commerce) --- DARPA Internet --- Internet (Computer network) --- Wide area networks (Computer networks) --- World Wide Web --- Digital government --- E-government --- Electronic government --- Online government --- Public administration --- Information science --- Information services and state --- Communication policy --- Divide, Digital --- GDD (Global digital divide) --- Global digital divide --- Information society --- Government policy --- INTERNET --- CYBERSPACE --- CHINE

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Information technology --- Internet --- Technologie de l'information --- Economic aspects --- Congresses --- Political aspects --- Aspect économique --- Congrès --- Aspect politique --- S19/1200 --- S10/0835 --- S10/0523 --- -Information technology --- -Internet --- DARPA Internet --- Internet (Computer network) --- Wide area networks (Computer networks) --- World Wide Web --- IT (Information technology) --- Technology --- Telematics --- Information superhighway --- Knowledge management --- China: Natural sciences--Computer science --- China: Economics, industry and commerce--Postal service and telecommunications: since 1949 (including E-commerce) --- China: Economics, industry and commerce--Power supply (electricity, mining, oil) and computing industry --- -Political aspects --- -Economic aspects --- -S19/1200 --- Aspect économique --- Congrès --- Congresses.