Frenemy: How Chinese Journalists Perceive the Internet
Jonathan Hassid, University of Technology, Sydney, and Maria Repnikova, University of Oxford Jonathan Hassid is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Technology, Sydney #39;s China Research Centre. He received a Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Berkeley and wrote his dissertation on journalists #39; political resistance to China #39;s censorship apparatus. In addition to recent work in the China Quarterly and the Journal of Communication, and a forthcoming article in Comparative Political Studies, he has also published on the Chinese media in Asian Survey and elsewhere. Maria Repnikova is Research Officer for the ESRC Project "UK-China-Africa Media Research Network". Maria is currently a doctoral student (Rhodes scholar) at Oxford #39;s Department of Politics and International Relations, focusing on the issues of the press in China and Russia. She has received her Masters in Comparative Government from Oxford and holds a Bachelor #39;s degree in Foreign Service from Georgetown University. Her current research interests are: China-Russia comparative media politics; comparative media regulation and protections of the press; China #39;s media assistance to Africa; theoretical research on non-democratic regimes. -- Ten years ago, when China #39;s Internet population totaled 22.5 million and Facebook and Twitter had not even been conceived, a group of researchers came together to organize a conference to study the Internet in China. By all indications even then ...From:USChinaInstituteViews:2 0ratingsTime:15:53More inEducation
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Defending Authoritarian Regime Online: Rise of Voluntary Fifty Centers in Chinese Cyberspace
Rongbin Han, University of California, Berkeley Rongbin Han is a Ph.D. candidate at Political Science Department at University of California, Berkeley. His primary interests are contentious politics, social movements and comparative democratization. His dissertation focuses on internet governance in China, particularly how state and non-state actors interact on online forums and bulletin board systems (BBSes), not only on censorship, but also on mass opinion engineering and discourse competition. -- Ten years ago, when China #39;s Internet population totaled 22.5 million and Facebook and Twitter had not even been conceived, a group of researchers came together to organize a conference to study the Internet in China. By all indications even then, it was clear that China would have a major impact on the global digital economy. Ten years on, that foresight has been vindicated. China today has the largest Internet population of any country and it has made its presence felt in the Internet space. In all aspects of the Internet -- online gaming, micro blogging, search engines, ecommerce, content regulation, Internet governance, international domain names -- China is both changing and being changed by the Internet. The annual Chinese Internet Research Conference (CIRC) investigates these phenomena, asking probing questions into what, how, to what extent, and why these changes are taking and have taken place. This interdisciplinary conference brings together scholars, analysts ...From:USChinaInstituteViews:2 0ratingsTime:11:58More inEducation
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HIGHLIGHTS - Leveson #39;s legacy and the future for the British press
Lord Justice Leveson #39;s 2000 page report into the culture, practices and ethics of the press has been met with mixed reactions from the press, politicians and the public. The most divisive suggestion, that the press should have an independent self-regulatory body underpinned by statute has spilt the government. Join us for a reactive debate to discuss the findings and examine what action may be taken, and what implications it would have on the future of the British press. Chaired by Torin Douglas, BBC media correspondent. With: Martin Moore, director of the Media Standards Trust and a founder of the Hacked Off campaign. Rich Peppiatt, writer, broadcaster and former journalist at the Daily Star. His One Rogue Reporter has just shown at the Soho Theatre. Mick Hume, editor-at-large of the online magazine Spiked and author of There Is No Such Thing As A Free Press ...and we need one more than ever. Kirsty Hughes, the Chief Executive of Index on Censorship -- an international freedom of expression non-governmental organisation. In association with Index on CensorshipFrom:FrontlineClubLondonViews:0 0ratingsTime:11:20More inNews Politics
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December 4: Internet Censorship
The Internet might soon be censored.From:animaniacs20anniversViews:1 0ratingsTime:01:05More inPeople Blogs
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