@article{1450713,
      recid = {1450713},
      author = {Xu, Xuanzi.},
      title = {Online news-prompted public spheres in China /},
      publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan,},
      address = {Cham, Switzerland :},
      pages = {1 online resource},
      year = {2022},
      abstract = {This book argues that there are constant formations of  online public spheres in present-day China, prompted by  never-ending news. It contends that these publics are  chronic, although individually they are usually transient.  They are networked, which enables them to go viral in  hours, and they may engender unexpected consequences. These  features explain why online public spheres survive in China  even though censorship and information manipulation are  pervasively and strategically maneuvered to guide or  manufacture "public opinion." The book also proposes that  there are deeply entangled structural factors bolstering  China's online news-prompted public spheres: the continuous  flow of news information, the countless public spaces  facilitated by Chinas digital infrastructure and the rise  of rights-conscious netizens. Pushing forward a new way of  conceptualizing the idea of public spheres, this book  contends clearly that public spheres are most often sparked  by chronic news in today's media-saturated societies.  Delving into the life cycles of public spheres, it goes  beyond static analysis of individual public spheres and  instead studies their five qualities, which, except for the  networked quality, have never been systematically addressed  in scholarship. Xuanzi Xu completed her PhD at the  University of Sydney, Australia, and her MA at the Sorbonne  University, France. Her research focuses on how the  everyday news participation of ordinary Chinese Internet  users contributes to the formation of online public spheres  in China. More broadly, she is interested in the interplay  between ICT, civil society and the state, and is keen to  explore the political implication of the unfinished  information revolution.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1450713},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12156-2},
}