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The Chinese politics of communication technology
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The Chinese politics of communication technology
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utility, state building and control
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Su
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Dan
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1979-
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Dan Su
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School - New Brunswick
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2012
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This study provides an examination into the formulation and construction of information and communication technology policy in China. It traces the rise of information technology and the “informatization” drive in China’s political rhetoric, and identifies the changes and trajectory of information and communication technology in China’s overall policy scheme. It then asks and provides an explanatory account on why information and communication technology has risen as a central component of China’s modernization campaign, and through the this analysis, discusses what the rise of information technology informs us about Chinese political culture, practice and institutional framework. The research finds that unlike in western states, in China, the state takes a central role in deploying and diffusing communication technologies. In this process, the state embedded its values and goals into the design of an information society, and into how a specific form of communication technology should be utilized and managed. In this process, the state has made its transition from bureaucratic and ideological control to a form of “soft control” that rests on scientism, professionalism and system-based rules. The utopian vision of an “information society”, the nationalist pride in China’s technology achievement, and the shared experience of cohesion and unity enabled by information and communication technology contribute to the formation of a collective national identity, in which boosts political legitimacy, and defuses the conflicts and tensions that arise from rapid economic development and socio-structural changes. Adding to the current body of research on communication technology and its impact on China, this research shifts the focus from the effect of technology, to the meaning of it. And rather than viewing communication technology as a “tool” for the ruling party to propagate its dominant agenda and directives, this study uses technology as an analytical vehicle and medium to examine the larger political system that gives meaning and significance to the behavior of its people and the organization of social movements. It opens the political utilization of communication technology to critical inquiry, and broadens the discussion of technological problems (and solutions), both practical and symbolic, to China’s political and communication systems.
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Communication, Information and Library Studies
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vii, 153 p. : ill.
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by Dan Su
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Information technology--Government policy--China
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Information society--China
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China--Politics and government--1976-2002
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China--Politics and government--2002-
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ETD doctoral
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The author owns the copyright to this work.
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2012-04-16 14:03:41
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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Access to this PDF has been restricted at the author's request. It will be publicly available after November 30th, 2012.
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