Online news-prompted public spheres in China / Xuanzi Xu.
Xu, Xuanzi.
2022
PN4784.O62
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Title
Online news-prompted public spheres in China / Xuanzi Xu.
Author
Xu, Xuanzi.
ISBN
9783031121562 (electronic bk.)
3031121562 (electronic bk.)
3031121554
9783031121555
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12156-2
Publication Details
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-031-12156-2 doi
Call Number
PN4784.O62
Dewey Decimal Classification
070.1028546780951
Summary
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.
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Intro
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Contents
About the Author
List of Figures
List of Tables
Chapter 1: Introduction
Background and Issues
The Theory of News-Prompted Public Spheres
China's Online News-Prompted Public Spheres
The Significance of Revisiting this Topic
References
Chapter 2: The Theory of News-Prompted Public Spheres and their Features
The Concept of Public Spheres
News
Features of Online News-Prompted Public Spheres
References
Chapter 3: The Application of Public Sphere Theory in China
References

Chapter 4: Structural Factors Fostering China's Online News-Prompted Publics
News Abundance
China's Digital Public Spaces
Engaging Netizens
References
Chapter 5: Everyday News-Prompted Publics on WeChat
Speech Freedom
Public Spaces on WeChat
News Participation Affordances
News Provision on WeChat
News Participation on WeChat
How Active Are People?
In What Kind of Stories Did they Participate?
How Relevant Are the Conversations?
Communicative Reflexivity
Diversity and the Tolerance of Difference
References
Chapter 6: Surprise

The Guo Meimei Scandal
References
Chapter 7: Ephemerality
Why Ephemerality Is the Decisive Feature
Why Ephemerality Energizes China's Online Publics
The Yu Huan Case
References
Chapter 8: Networked Public Spheres
The Wei Zexi Case
Structural Facilitating Factors
References
Chapter 9: Unintended Consequences
Guiding Public Opinion: Does it Work?
The Yang Qin Case
No Paean!
The Address Name Change Campaign
The Chained Woman
References
Chapter 10: Rethinking Online News-Prompted Public Spheres
Empirical Contributions

The Theoretical Innovations
Uncertainty
References
Appendix: Coding Protocols
Relevance
Diversity/Tolerance of Difference
Index

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