Directed digital dissidence in autocracies : how China wins online /
Gainous, Jason, 1971-
Directed digital dissidence in autocracies : how China wins online / Jason Gainous, Rongbin Han, Andrew W. MacDonald, and Kevin M. Wagner. - 1 online resource : illustrations. - Oxford studies in digital politics Oxford scholarship online . - Oxford studies in digital politics. Oxford scholarship online. .
Also issued in print: 2024.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Drawing on original survey data and rich qualitative sources, this book explores how authoritarian regimes employ the Internet in advantageous ways to direct the flow of online information. The authors argue that the central Chinese government successfully directs citizen dissent toward local government through critical information that the central government places online - a strategy that the authors call 'directed digital dissidence'. In this context, citizens engage in low-level protest toward the local government, and thereby feel empowered, while the central government avoids overthrow. With an in-depth look at the COVID-19 and Xinjiang Cotton cases, the authors demonstrate how the Chinese state employs directed digital dissidence and discuss the impact and limitations of China's information strategy.
Specialized.
9780197680421 No price
10.1093/oso/9780197680384.001.0001 doi
Communication in politics--Technological innovations--China.
Internet--Political aspects--China.
Political participation--Computer network resources.--China
Social media--Political aspects--China.
Politics and Government.
Politics & government.
JA85.2.C6 / G35 2023
320.0140951
Directed digital dissidence in autocracies : how China wins online / Jason Gainous, Rongbin Han, Andrew W. MacDonald, and Kevin M. Wagner. - 1 online resource : illustrations. - Oxford studies in digital politics Oxford scholarship online . - Oxford studies in digital politics. Oxford scholarship online. .
Also issued in print: 2024.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Drawing on original survey data and rich qualitative sources, this book explores how authoritarian regimes employ the Internet in advantageous ways to direct the flow of online information. The authors argue that the central Chinese government successfully directs citizen dissent toward local government through critical information that the central government places online - a strategy that the authors call 'directed digital dissidence'. In this context, citizens engage in low-level protest toward the local government, and thereby feel empowered, while the central government avoids overthrow. With an in-depth look at the COVID-19 and Xinjiang Cotton cases, the authors demonstrate how the Chinese state employs directed digital dissidence and discuss the impact and limitations of China's information strategy.
Specialized.
9780197680421 No price
10.1093/oso/9780197680384.001.0001 doi
Communication in politics--Technological innovations--China.
Internet--Political aspects--China.
Political participation--Computer network resources.--China
Social media--Political aspects--China.
Politics and Government.
Politics & government.
JA85.2.C6 / G35 2023
320.0140951