Three Phases in the Development of China’s Network Society

J. Qiu
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While Raine and Wellman (Chapter 1, this volume) focus on contemporary uses and impacts of the Internet in the US, this chapter provides a more historical perspective on the evolution of China’s network society since the 1990s. Jack Linchuan Qiu argues that during a time of rapid industrialization and globalization, China’s network society went through three phases—which he characterizes as Asteroids, Bees, and Coliseums—with each phase having a unique pattern of institutional formation, class relationships, and sociopolitical dynamics. The chapter develops a typology of these three phases to capture and explain the formation of China’s network society. The overall trajectory of China’s network society, the author argues, has an important relationship with the growth of civil society in China from the 1990s into the twenty-first century. The turn of the millennium has seen consumerism and nationalism increase dramatically, thereby shaping life online.
中国网络社会发展的三个阶段
雷恩和韦尔曼(本卷第一章)关注的是互联网在美国的当代使用和影响,而本章则从更历史的角度探讨了中国自20世纪90年代以来网络社会的演变。邱林川认为,在快速工业化和全球化的时代,中国的网络社会经历了“小行星”、“蜜蜂”和“竞技场”三个阶段,每个阶段都有其独特的制度形成模式、阶级关系和社会政治动态。本章发展了这三个阶段的类型学,以捕捉和解释中国网络社会的形成。作者认为,中国网络社会的总体轨迹与中国公民社会从20世纪90年代到21世纪的发展有着重要的关系。世纪之交,消费主义和民族主义急剧增加,从而塑造了网络生活。
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