Chinese New Media Cultures in Transition - Weibo and the Carnivalesque (Hardcover, New edition)

Chinese New Media Cultures in Transition: Weibo and the Carnivalesque is an important contribution to international scholarship on Chinese social media and its role in empowering ordinary Chinese netizens to challenge and influence government and mainstream media policies and practices in ways not possible prior to the widespread availability of digital media. This book develops a new model for understanding Chinese netizens' model of participation in online discussions-Carnivalesque Participatory Discourse-that integrates Bakhtin's concept of Carnivalesque discourse with concepts drawn from the Chinese cultural context, Weiguan and Meizhi. The model is then applied to case studies of three different major social media events in China, illustrating the usefulness of the model and illuminating scholarly understanding of the features and social-political significance of Chinese online discourse. Chinese New Media Cultures in Transition demonstrates that participating in online discourse and communities in China that are not explicitly political but are playful and humorous can lead to citizen empowerment.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2019
Authors:	Minghua Wu
Dimensions:	225 x 150 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	204
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-4331-5229-0
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Computing & IT > Social & legal aspects of computing > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > Popular culture
LSN:	1-4331-5229-0
Barcode:	9781433152290

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