{"product_id":"resistance-in-digital-china-sally-xiaojin-chen-9781501337673","title":"Resistance in Digital China: The Southern Weekly Incident","description":"By investigating the \u003ci\u003eSouthern Weekly\u003c\/i\u003eIncident, in which censorship of the prominent Chinese newspaper \u003ci\u003eSouthern Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e triggered mass online contention in Chinese society, \u003ci\u003eResistance in Digital China\u003c\/i\u003e examines how Chinese people engage in resistance on digital networks whilst cautiously safeguarding their life under authoritarian rule. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChen's in-depth analysis of the \u003ci\u003eSouthern Weekly\u003c\/i\u003eIncident ties together overlapping debates in internet studies, Chinese studies, social movement studies, political communication, and cultural studies to discuss issues of civic connectivity, emotions, embodiment, and the construction of a public sphere in digital China. Resistance in Digital China demonstrates a valuable methodology for conducting in-depth empirical examination of an act of resistance in order to explore political, cultural, and sociological meanings of Chinese people's resistance within party limits. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFruitfully combining 45 interviews with key players in the \u003ci\u003eSouthern Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Incident with largely Western-based communications theory, Chen develops an understanding of the ongoing formation of the Chinese public sphere as elite-led and emotional, at once invoked and rejected by Chinese citizens.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sally Xiaojin Chen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 150133767X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501337673\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/25\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Sally Xiaojin Chen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44126182703359,"sku":"9781501337673","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_46263e55-c012-4813-90ba-bb7c2b781aa6.jpg?v=1687446729","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/resistance-in-digital-china-sally-xiaojin-chen-9781501337673","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}