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The internet and new social formation in China: fandom publics in the making

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In her Preface, Weiyu Zhang attunes her readers to four themes: the question of why, after twenty years of exposure of the Chinese public to Internet technologies, democratisation is still… Click to show full abstract

In her Preface, Weiyu Zhang attunes her readers to four themes: the question of why, after twenty years of exposure of the Chinese public to Internet technologies, democratisation is still beyond reach; her rejection of “the myth of Chinese exceptionalism”; the concept of “fandom publics”; and her reliance on her 15-year empirical data collection. The strength of the book lies above all in its informative collection of hard data...

Keywords: fandom publics; internet new; fandom; new social; formation china; social formation

Journal Title: Asian Studies Review
Year Published: 2017

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