2016
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There are billions of internet users in China, and this number is continually growing. This book looks at the various purposes of this internet use, and provides a study about how the entertainment-consuming users form into publics through the mediation of technologies in the era of network society. It questions how individuals, mediated by new information and communication technologies, come together to form new social categories. The book goes on to investigate how public(s) is formed in the era of network society, with particular focus on how fans become publics in a society that follows the logic of network. Using online surveys and in-depth interviews, this book provides a rich description of the process of constructing a new social formation in contemporary China.
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Weiyu Zhang
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Weiyu Zhang is an Associate Professor at the Department of Communication and New Media, National University of Singapore. She holds a PhD in Communication from the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, USA. Her research focuses on civic engagement and ICTs, with an emphasis on Asia. Her published works have appeared in the Journal of Communication, Communication Theory, Communication Research, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, and others. Her recent project is to develop and examine an online platform for citizen deliberation.
