Online Society in China

David Kurt Herold is a Lecturer for Sociology in the Department for Applied Social Sciences (APSS) at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

This book discusses the rich and varied culture of China's online society, and its impact on offline China. It argues that the Internet in China is a separate 'space', and is more than merely a technological or media extension of offline Chinese society.

List of Editors and Contributors. Introduction: Noise, Spectacle, Politics: Carnival in Chinese Cyberspace David Kurt Herold Part 1: Creating the Carnival: Netizens and the State 1. Cultural Convulsions: Examining the Chineseness of Cyber China Wai-chi, Rodney Chu and Chung-tai Cheng 2. The Internet Police in China: Regulation, Scope and Myths Xiaoyan Chen and Peng Hwa Ang 3. Grassroots Agency in a Civil Sphere? Re-Thinking Internet Control in China Peter Marolt Part 2: Celebrating the Carnival: Fun, Freak-shows, and Masquerades 4. Parody and Resistance on the Chinese Internet Hongmei Li 5. China's many Internets: Participation and Digital Game Play across a Changing Technology Landscape Silvia Lindtner and Marcella Szablewicz 6. Lost in Virtual Carnival and Masquerade: In-Game Marriage on the Chinese Internet Weihua Wu and Xiying Wang Part 3: Instrumentalising the Carnival: Rioting as Activism 7. Human Flesh Search Engines: Carnivalesque Riots as Components of a 'Chinese Democracy' David Kurt Herold 8. In Search for Motivations: Exploring a Chinese Linux User Group Matteo Tarantino 9. Identity vs. Anonymity: Chinese Netizens and Questions of Identifiability Kenneth Farrall and David Kurt Herold 10. Taking Urban Conservation Online: Chinese Civic Action Groups and the Internet Nicolai Volland. Conclusion: Netizens and Citizens, Cyberspace and Modern China David Kurt Herold