ISBN:
1280798882
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9789400739109
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9781280798887
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Science and Law Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
DDC:
306.43
Keywords:
Social sciences
;
Computer science
Abstract:
Pui-lam Law
Abstract:
The fast diffusion of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in China has brought forth new forms of connection among the Chinese and has changed their social lives. Virtual networks have been developed and in turn have led to the formation of networks in the actual world. This collection explores the resultant complications in the relationship between virtual, actual, and local interactions. It discusses various aspects of the implications of the new connectivities on these three types of interactions in China. The topics examined include: the possibility of the development of civil society in China, the implications for the migrant workers in the south, the challenge posed to the traditional social order, and the relationship between the new connectivities and the Chinese social context.
Description / Table of Contents:
New Connectivities in China; Acknowledgments; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; The Internet Communication and the Issue of Civil Society; Studies on Mobile Phone Uses in Beijing; The ICTs and Migrant Workers in Southern China; New Network and New Identification; New Connectivities and Chinese Social Context; Part I: The Internet Communication and the Issue of Civil Society; Chapter 1: NPOs in China: Some Issues Concerning Internet Communication; 1 NPOs and the Attributes of the Internet; 2 Internet Users and Internet Communication in China
Description / Table of Contents:
3 The NPOs and Internet Communication in China4 Concluding Comments; References; Chapter 2: Dot the "I's" and Cross the "T's": A Sociological Interpretation of Chinese Cyberspace and the Qianyuan Grace Wang Incident; 1 Introduction; 2 A Brief Description of the Grace Wang Incident; 3 The Will to the Internet; 4 Cyberspace as Chinese Family System; 5 Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: Rage and Reflection: Chinese Nationalism Online Between Emotional Venting and Measured Opinion; 1 Introduction; 2 Angry Young Nationalists; 3 'Reasonable Nationalism'
Description / Table of Contents:
4 China Is Unhappy - And the World Should Take NoticeReferences; Part II: Studies on Mobile Phone Uses in Beijing; Chapter 4: Beijing Calling… Mobile Communication in Contemporary China; 1 Modernization and the Social Effects of New Media in China; 2 Aim and Method; 3 Results; 4 Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: The "Mobile" Face of Contemporary China; 1 China's Position at the Crossroads of Industrialization, Technology, and Modernity; 2 Aim and Method; 3 Results; 4 Conclusion; References; Chapter 6: A Preliminary Study on the Mobile Phone Use of Migrant Workers in Beijing; 1 Introduction
Description / Table of Contents:
2 Alienation in Real Life3 Migrant Worker's Responses and Mobile Phone Use; 3.1 Feigned Presence; 3.2 Concern in Absence; 3.3 Mobile Phones and Jianghu Relations; 3.4 Increased Choices and Decreased Stability in Romantic Relations; 4 Conclusion; References; Part III: The ICTs and Migrant Workers in Southern China; Chapter 7: Mobile Cultures of Migrant Workers in Southern China: Informal Literacies in the Negotiation of (New) Social Relations of the New Working Women; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Rural-to-Urban Migration: An Individuating Project Driven by the Desire for an Urban Middle-Class Life
Description / Table of Contents:
1.2 Popularity of Mobile Phones and Text Messaging: Markers of Membership in Modern Communities2 The Present Study; 3 Findings; 3.1 The Creative SMS Literacies of Migrant Workers: Mobilizing Limited Linguistic Resources to Craft Out Arty Messages; 3.1.1 Emerging SMS Literacies Among Workers with Limited Formal Literacy Skills; 3.1.2 SMS Literacies in the Negotiation of (New) Gender Relations; 3.2 Seeking and Constructing Virtual Romance Through SMS Literacy Practices; 3.2.1 Acquiring Social Capital: Making Oneself Attractive in the Virtual Space
Description / Table of Contents:
3.2.2 Fantasies Woven Around Romantic and Ambivalent Relations
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
DOI:
10.1007/978-94-007-3910-9
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