1st Edition

Cyberdualism in China The Political Implications of Internet Exposure of Educated Youth

By Shiru Wang Copyright 2017
100 Pages
by Routledge

112 Pages
by Routledge

112 Pages
by Routledge

Internet usage in China has recently grown exponentially, rising from 59 million users in 2002 to 710 million by mid-2016. One in every two Chinese has currently been exposed to the Internet. This upsurge has made political communication among citizens and between the government and citizens less costly and almost instantaneous in China. Despite these advances, scholars are only beginning to... Read more

List of Figures

List of Tables

  1. Understanding the Internet
  2. Internet Exposure of Chinese University Students
  3. Internet Exposure and Political Beliefs
  4. Internet Exposure and Political Resistance
  5. Internet Exposure and Nationalism
  6. Conclusions and New Challenges

Appendix

Biography

Shiru Wang is Research Associate at Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong