1st Edition
China at a Threshold Exploring Social Change in Techno-Social Systems
By James B. Cuffe
Copyright 2020
126 Pages
by
Routledge
126 Pages
by
Routledge
126 Pages
by
Routledge
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Once the world’s most technologically advanced civilisation, China is poised to yet again take this mantle, having made incredible technological strides over recent decades; but what does this in fact mean? What will this mean for Chinese society, and what ramifications might it have for the future? This book offers an account of social change under the growing influence of communications... Read more
Introduction
1. China Calling
2. China at a Threshold
3. Approaching Technology
4. Media in China
5. The Social Manifold
6. Incongruent Dreams
Conclusion
Biography
James B. Cuffe is an anthropologist lecturing with the School of Society, Politics and Ethics at University College Cork, Ireland. His research focuses on technology in everyday life through cross-cultural comparisons.
