Editors:
- The first edited collection on the social consequences of the adoption of the mobile phone and the internet in China
- Provides the most updated research information and communication technologies in China
- Presents research frameworks on new media technologies in China written from a sociological perspective
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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New Connectivities and Chinese Social Context
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Back Matter
About this book
The fast diffusion of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in China has brought forth new forms of connection among the Chinese and has changed their social lives. Virtual networks have been developed and in turn have led to the formation of networks in the actual world. This collection explores the resultant complications in the relationship between virtual, actual, and local interactions. It discusses various aspects of the implications of the new connectivities on these three types of interactions in China. The topics examined include: the possibility of the development of civil society in China, the implications for the migrant workers in the south, the challenge posed to the traditional social order, and the relationship between the new connectivities and the Chinese social context.
Keywords
- Adoption of the ICTs in China
- Affect of new connectivities on migrant workers Southern China
- Development of civil society in China
- Implications of the new connectivities in China
- Instant messaging system
- Internet users in China
- Mobile phone users in China
- Social lives of Chinese
- Social networking system
- Speed of communication technologies in China
- Speed of penetration of information in China
- Virtual networks
Reviews
From the reviews:
“New Connectivities in China: Virtual, Actual and Local Interactions delves into the emergent domain of information and communication technologies in China. … unique in its depiction of varied scholarly perspectives that are integrated into a generally understandable, and readable, text. The message is sound, enlightening, and compelling. A wide-ranging analysis of this sort should not be avoided by any scholar, researcher, student, or enthusiast of mediated communication – especially those who draw critical interest in regional perspectives.” (David McCoy, Mobile Media & Communication, Vol. 1 (2), 2013)
“This edited volume is an excellent documentation of technology-mediated everyday life in contemporary China. The book vividly describes how the rapid technologization of China has overlapped temporally with urbanization, industrialization, and the expansion of the service sector. It also describes how this enormous and rapid social change is intertwined with the norms and values of traditional Chinese culture. … On the whole, the book is well worth reading for all who are curious to know how the Chinese communicate today.” (Sakari Taipale, International Journal of Communication, Vol. 7, 2013)
“This book should become a bestseller because it hints at what is beyond the ‘too big to fail’ scale, even though that is not the subject of the book. … a collection of carefully written, deeply articulate observations … . almost every page brings the reader deeper into the upbeat context of a social scale that the West vaguely conceives as some eventual globalization. … This is not just a must-read; it is a must-read and assimilate.” (Chaim Schef, ACM Computing Reviews, August, 2012)
Editors and Affiliations
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, Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hunghom, Hong Kong SAR
Pui-lam Law
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: New Connectivities in China
Book Subtitle: Virtual, Actual and Local Interactions
Editors: Pui-lam Law
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-3910-9
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-3909-3Published: 31 March 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-9328-6Published: 16 April 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-3910-9Published: 30 March 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 234
Topics: Communication Studies, Sociology, general, Computer Science, general
Industry Sectors: Engineering