Chapter 5. Embedding Law into Politics in China’s Networked Public Sphere

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction. The Internet, Social Media, and a Changing China 1
4. Chapter 1. The Coevolution of the Internet, (Un)Civil Society, and Authoritarianism in China 28
5. Chapter 2. Connectivity, Engagement, and Witnessing on China’s Weibo 49
6. Chapter 3. New Media Empowerment and State-Society Relations in China 71
7. Chapter 4. The Privilege of Speech and New Media: Conceptualizing China’s Communications Law in the Internet Age 86
8. Chapter 5. Embedding Law into Politics in China’s Networked Public Sphere 106
9. Chapter 6. Microbloggers’ Battle for Legal Justice in China 129
10. Chapter 7. Public Opinion and Chinese Foreign Policy: New Media and Old Puzzles 150
11. Chapter 8. Social Media, Nationalist Protests, and China’s Japan Policy: The Diaoyu Islands Controversy, 2012–13 161
12. Chapter 9. Going Out and Texting Home: New Media and China’s Citizens Abroad 180
13. Chapter 10. Images of the DPRK in China’s New Media: How Foreign Policy Attitudes Are Connected to Domestic Ideologies in China 200
14. Notes 223
15. Contributors 275
16. Index 281
17. Ackowledgments 285