TY - CHAP
T1 - Conclusion
T2 - netizens and citizens, cyberspace and modern China
AU - Herold, David Kurt
PY - 2011/3/24
Y1 - 2011/3/24
N2 - The Chinese Internet is a wild place, enabling Chinese Internet users to engage in an endless variety of activities, including a number that are not permissible in offline China. It can be interpreted as an online form of the Bakhtinian carnival that serves as a pressure valve for the people, but also as an arena in which to laugh at and challenge government authority, while interacting freely with many similar-minded netizens in the familiarity and anonymity of the Internet.
AB - The Chinese Internet is a wild place, enabling Chinese Internet users to engage in an endless variety of activities, including a number that are not permissible in offline China. It can be interpreted as an online form of the Bakhtinian carnival that serves as a pressure valve for the people, but also as an arena in which to laugh at and challenge government authority, while interacting freely with many similar-minded netizens in the familiarity and anonymity of the Internet.
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M3 - Foreword/preface/postscript
SN - 9780415565394
SN - 9780415838221
T3 - Media, culture, and social change in Asia
SP - 200
EP - 208
BT - Online Society in China
A2 - Herold, David Kurt
A2 - Marolt, Peter
PB - Routledge
CY - London
ER -