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A new approach to the geopolitics of Chinese internets.
- Source :
- Information, Communication & Society; Dec2022, Vol. 25 Issue 16, p2335-2341, 7p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- This introductory essay summarizes how our understanding of Chinese internets – in the plural – has shifted in the past two decades. The incumbent approach sees 'Chinese tech' as a unitary and statist monolith, an incomplete view whose utility has declined. By contrast, the articles in this special issue collectively substantiate a novel geopolitical approach that analyzes 'Chinese internets' as internally diverse and externally border-crossing; as both public (governmental and non-governmental) and private (e.g., corporate); as discursive and policy entanglements beyond the dichotomy of multistakeholderism and multilateralism; and as global, regional, and local formations that are connected to, but not entirely constrained by, their national counterparts. Pluralist and multilayered, this new approach to analyzing Chinese techno-geopolitics shall provide a better fit for contemporary internet research involving state and nonstate actors in China, including Chinese companies operating both overseas and globally. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1369118X
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 16
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Information, Communication & Society
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 160648442
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2022.2136856