Expanding civic engagement in China:<i>Super Girl</i>and entertainment-based online community

Wu, Jingsi Christina

doi:10.1080/1369118x.2013.833276

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“…The first one is focused on establishing a shared framework that enables comparative studies on online discussions in different contexts, in a cumulative fashion. Modelling public deliberation with a set of agreed indicators will support the empirical testing of the many existing hints there are on the unique characteristics of the Chinese online public sphere, such as fragmentation (Leibold, 2011), the presence of constant negotiation between resistance and control (Rauchfleisch & Schäfer, 2015), and online carnivalism and playfulness (Herold & Marolt, 2011;Wu, 2014). Providing an informed analysis of online discussions in China against the framework of public deliberation enables making sense of such hypothesised unique features, and to move beyond impressionistic accounts.…”

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“…A number of contributions have started to provide overviews on the impacts of the diffusion of digital tools on the characteristics of the Chinese public sphere in wide brushstrokes. These studies highlight the speed of the emergence of a Chinese digital public sphere (Zheng & Wu, 2005); its fragmented nature (Leibold, 2011); or suggest the presence of unique traits of arguing and confrontation in the Chinese cyberspace (S. Li, 2010), such as carnivalism and playfulness (Herold & Marolt, 2011;Wu, 2014).…”

Section: The Development Of the Chinese Digital Public Spherementioning

confidence: 99%

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Online public deliberation in China: evolution of interaction patterns and network homophily in the Tianya discussion forum

Medaglia

Yang

2016

Information, Communication & Society

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Internet discussion platforms in China provide a hugely interesting and relevant source for understanding dynamics of online discussions in a unique context. Adopting the theoretical lens of public deliberation, this paper investigates the evolution of patterns of similar-minded and different-minded interactions over time on a Chinese online discussion forum. We analyse the content and reply networks of 18,000+ messages on four highly debated topics on the Bulletin Board System (BBS) platform Tianya. Findings provide nuanced evidence to the phenomenon of increased network homophily over time, mitigated in discussions where the difference between opinion sides is smaller, and participants have positive opinions. Providing empirical foundation for testing and refining the tenets of public deliberation in the unique socio-cultural and institutional environment of China, this study lays ground for future investigation on independent variables for understanding dynamics of online discussions, and for studies comparing cases across different contexts.

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Section: The Development Of the Chinese Digital Public Spherementioning

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Online public deliberation in China: evolution of interaction patterns and network homophily in the Tianya discussion forum

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Yang

2016

Information, Communication & Society

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“…The blogs generated diverse opinions about the event, as opposed to the unanimous voice expressed across traditional media. Wu analyzed discussions in an entertainment-based online community (Wu, 2014). She found that after community members became familiarly acquainted, entertainment conversations might develop into serious societal discussions.…”

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Rethinking civic computing in China

Kou

Nardi

2016

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Civic computing research is concerned with the relationship of digital technologies to civic participation. We discuss Foucault’s work on the care of the self which considers how a person seeks a certain mode of being such as happiness, perfection, or wisdom. We describe our qualitative study of Chinese mainland citizens who used technologies to understand and participate in political events, in particular the Hong Kong Umbrella Movement. We examine how care of the self offers an alternative, critical perspective for rethinking civic participation and civic computing.

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“…In the cases of a popular TV talent show-Super Girl, a tragic high-speed rail accident in Wenzhou, and a government-backed proposal to build a coal power plant in Haimen, scholars documented that Chinese netizens were able to move beyond entertainment, gossip, and simple blaming of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and engage in serious exchanges of technical problems, policy obstacles, and different political opinions (Bondes and Schucher 2014;Tong and Zuo 2014;Wu 2014).…”

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Web 2.0 and Political Engagement in China

Yang

2015

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This article examines civic and political engagement in contemporary China by three recent cases where activists and citizens take full advantage of interactive information technologies and Web 2.0 tools to overcome obstacles and mobilize for public goods. The cases show how activists act strategically to mobilize mass-based support and use various technologies to ensure monetary transaction, resource allocation, public monitoring, and large-scale inter-organizational coordination. In addition, they also demonstrate how ordinary Chinese citizens take part in innovative civic initiatives, act upon their own decisions, and eventually contribute to the change of a failed policy and the solution to a public problem. Different forms of online mass political engagement have introduced new dynamism to public affairs in China, enhanced social autonomy, and thus can have accumulative impact on the asymmetric power relationship between the authoritarian state and society.Résumé Cet article étudie l'engagement civique et politique dans la Chine contemporaine par trois cas récents où des militants et des citoyens tirent pleinement parti des technologies de l'information interactives et des outils du web 2.0 pour surmonter les obstacles et se mobiliser pour les biens publics. Ces cas montrent comment les militants agissent de façon stratégique pour mobiliser un soutien de masse et utiliser différentes technologies pour assurer la transaction monétaire, l'affectation des ressources, le contrôle public et une coordination interorganisationnelle à grande échelle. Ils montrent, de plus, comment de simples citoyens chinois prennent part à des initiatives citoyennes innovantes, agissent selon leurs propres décisions et contribuent finalement à modifier l'échec de la politique et la solution à un problème public. Différentes formes de participation politique de masse en ligne ont introduit une nouvelle dynamique aux affaires publiques en Chine, une plus grande autonomie sociale et peuvent donc avoir des répercussions cumulatives sur le rapport de force asymétrique entre l'É tat autoritaire et la société.Zusammenfassung Dieser Beitrag untersucht das bürgerliche und politische Engagement im heutigen China anhand von drei jüngsten Beispielen, bei denen Aktivisten und Bürger interaktive Informationstechnologien und Web-2.0-Tools zu ihrem Vorteil nutzen, um Hindernisse zu überkommen und sich für öffentliche Güter zu mobilisieren. Die Beispiele zeigen, wie Aktivisten strategisch vorgehen, um die Unterstützung der Massen zu mobilisieren, und wie sie verschiedene Technologien nutzen, um finanzielle Transaktionen, die Ressourcenverteilung, die öffentliche Ü berwachung und eine umfangreiche Koordinierung zwischen Organisationen zu gewährleisten. Darüber hinaus zeigen die Beispiele, wie gewöhnliche chinesische Bürger an innovativen Bürgerinitiativen teilnehmen, eigenständig handeln und schließlich zur Ä nderung einer fehlgeschlagenen Politik und zur Lösung eines öffentlichen Problems beitragen. Verschiedene Formen des politischen Engagements d...

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Expanding civic engagement in China:Super Girland entertainment-based online community

Cited by 52 publications

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Online public deliberation in China: evolution of interaction patterns and network homophily in the Tianya discussion forum

Online public deliberation in China: evolution of interaction patterns and network homophily in the Tianya discussion forum

Rethinking civic computing in China

Web 2.0 and Political Engagement in China

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