Resistance in Digital China

By investigating the <i>Southern Weekly</i>Incident in which censorship of the prominent Chinese newspaper <i>Southern Weekly</i> triggered mass online contention in Chinese society <i>Resistance in Digital China</i> examines how Chinese people engage in resistance on digital networks whilst cautiously safeguarding their life under authoritarian rule. <br/><br/>Chen's in-depth analysis of the <i>Southern Weekly</i>Incident ties together overlapping debates in internet studies Chinese studies social movement studies political communication and cultural studies to discuss issues of civic connectivity emotions embodiment and the construction of a public sphere in digital China. Resistance in Digital China demonstrates a valuable methodology for conducting in-depth empirical examination of an act of resistance in order to explore political cultural and sociological meanings of Chinese people's resistance within party limits. <br/><br/>Fruitfully combining 45 interviews with key players in the <i>Southern Weekly</i> Incident with largely Western-based communications theory Chen develops an understanding of the ongoing formation of the Chinese public sphere as elite-led and emotional at once invoked and rejected by Chinese citizens.