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"Technological Empowerment is a great contribution to the study of information technology in China. Zheng provides not only a thorough analysis of the origin of the nation-building framework, but also case studies of interactions between the state and society that are facilitated through information technology." —Technology in Culture
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Will new information technologies, especially the Internet, bring freedom and democracy to authoritarian China? This study argues that the Internet has brought about new dynamics of socio-political changes in China, and that state power and social forces are transforming in Internet-mediated public space.
Its findings are fourfold. First, the Internet empowers both the state and society. The Internet has played an important role in facilitating political liberalization, and made government more open, transparent, and accountable. Second, the Internet produces enormous effects which are highly decentralized and beyond the reach of state power. Third, the Internet has created a new infrastructure for the state and society in their engagement with (and disengagement from) each other. Fourth, the Internet produces a recursive relationship between state and society. The interactions between the state and society over the Internet end up reshaping both the state and society.
Its findings are fourfold. First, the Internet empowers both the state and society. The Internet has played an important role in facilitating political liberalization, and made government more open, transparent, and accountable. Second, the Internet produces enormous effects which are highly decentralized and beyond the reach of state power. Third, the Internet has created a new infrastructure for the state and society in their engagement with (and disengagement from) each other. Fourth, the Internet produces a recursive relationship between state and society. The interactions between the state and society over the Internet end up reshaping both the state and society.
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sixteenth party congress, digitally mediated public sphere, facilitating political changes, international wiring, unexpected political consequences, given collective action, voice option, interaction strategies, political liberalization, political democratization, reformist leaders, political transparency, tight political control Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Falun Gong, Jiang Zemin, Survey Report, State Council, United States, China's Internet Development, Sun Zhigang, Hong Kong, Political Bureau, Chinese Internet, Male Mar, Student Posted, Mao Zedong, Liu Yong, May Fourth Movement, China's Elite, Zhou Zhengyi, Zhu Rongji, Ministry of Culture, Distributing Sep, Far Eastern Economic Review, Zhao Ziyang, China Democracy Party, People's Daily, Soviet Union Browse Sample Pages:
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sixteenth party congress, digitally mediated public sphere, facilitating political changes, international wiring, unexpected political consequences, given collective action, voice option, interaction strategies, political liberalization, political democratization, reformist leaders, political transparency, tight political control Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Falun Gong, Jiang Zemin, Survey Report, State Council, United States, China's Internet Development, Sun Zhigang, Hong Kong, Political Bureau, Chinese Internet, Male Mar, Student Posted, Mao Zedong, Liu Yong, May Fourth Movement, China's Elite, Zhou Zhengyi, Zhu Rongji, Ministry of Culture, Distributing Sep, Far Eastern Economic Review, Zhao Ziyang, China Democracy Party, People's Daily, Soviet Union Browse Sample Pages:
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