Liu, Fengshu.

Urban youth in China modernity, the Internet and the self / [electronic resource] : Fengshu Liu. - New York : Routledge, 2011. - 1 online resource (x, 228 p.) - Routledge research in information technology and society ; 10 . - Routledge research in information technology and society ; 10. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-220) and index.

1. Social transformation in China (1979-2010) -- 2. The Internet with Chinese characteristics -- 3. Paradoxes as lived experiences of modernization : urban youth with Chinese characteristics -- 4. The Internet in the everyday lifeworld : 'I-and-the-internet' narratives from members of China's 'net-generation' -- 5. Internet anxiety, the norm of the 'good' netizen and the construction of the 'proper' wired self -- 6. Between demonization and celebration : Chinese urban youth and the net cafâe -- 7. The Balinghou's collective narrative in an online forum -- 8. From political indifference to vehement nationalism : Chinese young people negotiating the political self in the Internet age -- Conclusion : modernity, the Internet and the self.




Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Internet--China.
Youth--China.
Social change--China.


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