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Embedded symbiosis: an institutional approach to government-business relationships in the Chinese internet industry 嵌入式共生:中国互联网行业政商关系的制度研究

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Information Communication & Society Pub Date : 2022-10-30 DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2022.2128600

Weishan Miao, Jiacheng Liu, Shangwei Wu

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The geopolitics of infrastructuralized platforms: the case of Alibaba 基础设施平台的地缘政治：以阿里巴巴为例

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Information Communication & Society Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2022.2128599

Hong Shen, Yujia He

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Digital sovereignty and Internet standards: normative implications of public-private relations among Chinese stakeholders in the Internet Engineering Task Force 数字主权与互联网标准:互联网工程工作组中中国利益相关者公私关系的规范性含义

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Information Communication & Society Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2022.2129270

Riccardo Nanni

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The interactive field of open government data: inter-administrative dynamics, trans-local networks, and local geopolitics of environmental data activism in China 开放政府数据的互动领域：中国环境数据行动主义的行政间动态、跨地方网络和地方地缘政治

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Information Communication & Society Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2022.2128848

Vincent Huang, Yuexin Lyu

{"title":"The interactive field of open government data: inter-administrative dynamics, trans-local networks, and local geopolitics of environmental data activism in China","authors":"Vincent Huang, Yuexin Lyu","doi":"10.1080/1369118X.2022.2128848","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2022.2128848","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Using an example of China’s environmental data activism, this study explores the state–society interactive mode of socialization in the politics of open government data. Drawing on an interactionist approach, this study argues that in this intermediate situation, NGOs are relatively autonomous, organizing their campaigns and initiatives independently instead of partnering with the state. However, these two sides both spur and exploit each other, shaping an ‘interactive field.’ Data actors use the state’s open data agenda as an opportunity to initiate spin-off data activism to counteract the deficiencies of data disclosure by the government. In response, state agencies adjust and enhance their data disclosure practices, thus performing reactive data governance. We identified several dynamics of this interactive field: (1) It involves multiple grassroots data actors in the form of NGOs that attempt to expand the autonomy of their data advocacy by forming activist networks to bargain with state bureaucracy. (2) The interactive strategies mainly involve tactics of ‘rightful resistance’ but are hybridized with other boundary-spanning strategies that straddle the demarcation of confrontation and non-confrontation. (3) Although the state and nonstate actors are not partnered, they exert mutual influence over each other’s actions and strategies. The shrinking of institutional space has caused NGOs to reorganize interactive strategies. Our study also highlights the local geopolitical dynamics that condition such interactions: besides the inter-administrative dynamics that afford political opportunities, the trans-local advocacy network coordinates actors and resources to exercise data counterpower. Also, the selection of advocacy strategies is varied with targeted government agencies.","PeriodicalId":48335,"journal":{"name":"Information Communication & Society","volume":"25 1","pages":"2427 - 2446"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47238794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 3

The challenge of the cloud: between transnational capitalism and data sovereignty 云的挑战:在跨国资本主义和数据主权之间

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Information Communication & Society Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2022.2128598

Min Tang

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Zoom in and zoom out the glocalized network: when transnationalism meets geopolitics and technopolitics 放大和缩小全球本地化网络:当跨国主义遇到地缘政治和技术政治

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Information Communication & Society Pub Date : 2022-09-23 DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2022.2118545

Wenhong Chen

引用次数: 3

Persuasive strategies in online health misinformation: a systematic review 在线健康错误信息中的说服策略:一项系统综述

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Information Communication & Society Pub Date : 2022-07-13 DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2022.2085615

Wei Peng, Sue Lim, Jingbo Meng

{"title":"Persuasive strategies in online health misinformation: a systematic review","authors":"Wei Peng, Sue Lim, Jingbo Meng","doi":"10.1080/1369118X.2022.2085615","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2022.2085615","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT A proliferation of a variety of health misinformation is present online, particularly during times of public health crisis. To combat online health misinformation, numerous studies have been conducted to taxonomize health misinformation or examine debunking strategies for various types of health misinformation. However, one of the root causes – strategies in such misinformation that may persuade the readers – is rarely studied. This systematic review aimed to fill this gap. We searched Web of Science, Scopus, PsycINFO, and Communication and Mass Media Complete for studies published between 2011 and 2021 on 29 May 2021. Peer-reviewed studies that discussed persuasive strategies in online misinformation messages were included. Of 1,700 articles identified, 58 were eligible and 258 persuasive strategies were extracted. Following the affinity diagraming process, 225 persuasive strategies in online health misinformation were categorized into 12 thematic groups, including: fabricating narrative with details, using anecdotes and personal experience as evidence, distrusting government or pharmaceutical companies, politicizing health issues, highlighting uncertainty and risk, inappropriate use of scientific evidence, rhetorical tricks, biased reasoning to make a conclusion, emotional appeals, distinctive linguistic features, and establishing legitimacy. Possible antecedents for why and how these persuasive strategies in online health misinformation may influence individuals were discussed. The findings suggest that media literacy education is essential for the public to combat health misinformation.","PeriodicalId":48335,"journal":{"name":"Information Communication & Society","volume":"26 1","pages":"2131 - 2148"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2022-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46834341","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The Narrative Subject: Storytelling in the Age of the Internet 叙事主体：网络时代的故事讲述

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Information Communication & Society Pub Date : 2022-07-10 DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2022.2096475

Renzhong Peng, Chen-Tzu Wu

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The promise of access: Technology, inequality, and the political economy of hope 获取的承诺:技术、不平等和希望的政治经济学

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Information Communication & Society Pub Date : 2022-07-08 DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2022.2096476

Rohan Grover

{"title":"The promise of access: Technology, inequality, and the political economy of hope","authors":"Rohan Grover","doi":"10.1080/1369118X.2022.2096476","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2022.2096476","url":null,"abstract":"complex narrations of today’s young adults and adolescents. On the one hand, it presents a direct analysis and categories based on the contents of each participant. On the other hand, it makes an integrated analysis according to the theoretical framework proposed by the author. However, it would be better to include more quantitative data in this study. For example, corpus-assisted discourse analysis of their narrations and interviews might provide more convincing and solid evidence for the analysis of the narrative subjects. In a nutshell, this book does explore the uncharted academic territory of online narrations and the subjects, as it finds a new perspective to study narrations of online communication through specific subjects’ personal true feelings, self-portraits, and the sociocultural contexts. Without hesitation, the book is a must-read for different groups of people. It is a good resource for researchers in linguistics, sociology, and psychology who would benefit from updated knowledge and theory about intercultural communication and discourse analysis in the context of the Internet. In addition, it is also a valuable book for all young adults and adolescents as it provides practical ways they can use to harmoniously and safely communicate online and adequately deal with the conflicts they face. Furthermore, it offers valuable practical implications for intercultural professionals based on the participants’ experience. It could help psychologists understand the inner feelings of online users, help public policy workers make regulations to avoid possible misunderstandings, or help business managers take advantage of the function of the network to operate effective online business activities.","PeriodicalId":48335,"journal":{"name":"Information Communication & Society","volume":"26 1","pages":"2365 - 2368"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2022-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48963731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The hottest new queer club: investigating Club Quarantine’s off-label queer use of Zoom during the COVID-19 pandemic 最热门的新酷儿俱乐部：调查club Quarantine在新冠肺炎大流行期间对Zoom的非标签酷儿使用

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Information Communication & Society Pub Date : 2022-06-30 DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2022.2077655

Stefanie Duguay, Anne Trépanier, Alex Chartrand

{"title":"The hottest new queer club: investigating Club Quarantine’s off-label queer use of Zoom during the COVID-19 pandemic","authors":"Stefanie Duguay, Anne Trépanier, Alex Chartrand","doi":"10.1080/1369118X.2022.2077655","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2022.2077655","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Lockdowns and preventative measures during the COVID-19 pandemic led to the closure of nightlife venues that have long served as outlets for queer sociality. This article examines queer people’s response to such measures through a study of Club Quarantine (Club Q), a series of online queer club nights established during the early days of Canada’s lockdown in March 2020. It draws on mixed methods to explore Club Q’s negotiation of Zoom videoconferencing software for hosting and animating club nights, combining participant observation with examination of Club Q’s promotion and media coverage as well as applying the walkthrough method to Zoom. Findings show that Club Q appropriated Zoom through redefinition, adaptation, and reinvention of the platform, reorienting its purpose from business solutions to queer representation, connection, and solidarity. We conclude that Club Q merges off-label use, as technological appropriation that negotiates hurdles specific to platform technology, governance, and economic interests, with queer use–activity that establishes queer space. We conceptualize this queer appropriation as ‘off-label queer use’: practices of platform appropriation that release a queer potentiality for challenging heteronormative and marginalizing technosocial structures. Club Q challenged platform features and policies that constrained sexual expression and posed safety risks for queer users while providing a queer space for fostering resilience and solidarity during crisis. This article’s theoretical contribution enables the identification of off-label queer use in other arrangements of users and technology, allowing for an understanding of when platforms facilitate or inhibit queer survival strategies.","PeriodicalId":48335,"journal":{"name":"Information Communication & Society","volume":"26 1","pages":"2212 - 2228"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2022-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48671222","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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