|
|
books
| book details |
Internet Policy in China: A Field Study of Internet Cafés
By (author) Helen Sun
|
| on special |
normal price: R 2 620.95
Price: R 2 489.95
|
| book description |
The new Internet bar phenomenon in China reveals a contradictory time and a vital tug of war between the state and civil society. Small, private net bar operators are caught in the double roles of regulator and the regulated, struggling to survive; many Internet café visitors largely enjoy emailing and online entertainment, showing little interest in political or policy issues. And both bar operators and visitors skillfully play a cat-mouse game with the state. Internet Policy in China: A Field Study of Internet Cafés reports the results of a multi-layered study of this phenomenon. Helen Sun investigates how the Internet has been used by the state and individuals, as well as the implications of Chinese Internet policies and regulations. She conceptualizes media technology as a ""dependent variable"" that can be affected by other factors such as its availability, the user's uses and expectations, media policy, the market, and the nations-state. Internet Policy in China focuses on the Chinese telecommunications policy-making system, regulatory activities, and the governmental means of control over Internet access and use at both the macro and micro levels. Sun also discusses users' perceptions and uses of the Internet in net cafés, the dual role café owners play in the frantic digital arena, the mismatch between Internet regulations and net café owners and goers, their interaction with governmental policy and regulation, and the social implications of their interactions during China's transitional time.
| product details |
Normally shipped |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published date | 3 Aug 2011
Language |
Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 332
Dimensions | 231 x 156 x 25mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 503g
ISBN | 978-0-7391-1922-8
Readership Age |
BISAC | social science / sociology / general
| other options |
Normally shipped |
Readership Age |
Normal Price | R 3 296.95
Price | R 3 131.95
| on special |
|
|
To view the items in your trolley please sign in.
| sign in |
|
|
|
| specials |
|
This is indeed a story of mercy and the redemption it offers.
|
An epic love story with the pulse of a thriller that asks: what would you risk for a second chance at first love?
|
Emil Coetzee, a civil servant in his fifties, is washing blood off his hands when the ceasefire is announced.
|
|
|
|
