Chinese New Media Cultures in Transition

Minghua Wu is an associate professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at Chongqing University (China). She earned her PhD in media from the School of Humanities at the University of Adelaide (Australia). Her research focuses on the Chinese new media cultural transition, discourse and power, and cross-cultural communication.

• List of Figures – Acknowledgements – List of Abbreviations – Introduction – Carnivalesque Discourse: Analysing Civic Participation in Chinese Social Media – Media Regulation: An Ongoing Campaign – Weiguan and Meizhi: Modes of Civic Participation in Contemporary China – Playing Word Games: Subversive Pleasures Through Civic Participation Media Events – A Case Study of China’s 2011 High-Speed Train Accident – Chinese Social Media, Empowerment and the New Sense of Entitlement: Case Studies of Panbi and Can I Swear? – Conclusion – Appendix.

“This book makes a substantial and original contribution to knowledge in an area of growing international interest. Minghua Wu develops strong case studies that are effectively illustrative of her overall themes. Her ability to link Western and Chinese scholarship on the development and operation of sites such as Weibo makes this an important contribution to the internationalization of digital media or social media.”—Terry Flew, Professor of Communication and Creative Industries, Queensland University of Technology