China's 'Generation Y'are the first to grow up with computer technology and the Internet.
More affluent and better educated than their parents, and often the only child in the family …

Fengshu Liu situates the lives of Chinese youth and the growth of the Internet against the
backdrop of rapid and profound social transformation in China. In 2008, the total of Internet …

The diffusion of mobile media devices has exploded on a global basis in recent years, even
as the gadget itself has been transformed as a convergent technology that includes a mobile …

This paper explores the process by which user‐created content in contemporary China has
evolved from being appropriated as a weapon of political mobilization and accusation to …

Drawing on recent survey data, digital ethnography and comparative analysis, this article
presents a critical re-appraisal of the interactive blogosphere in China and its effects on …

The Internet café (wangba) continues to enjoy high popularity among urban Chinese youth,
mostly members of China's only-child generation, despite the derogatory connotations the …

Despite widespread consensus that China's digital revolution was sure to bring about
massive democratic reforms, such changes have not come to pass. While scholars and …

Since the mid-1990s China has undergone an explosive growth in Internet usage and
coverage. China became the second largest Internet nation (next to the United States) in …

This article examines the role and power of online media in representing an emerging
culture of social activism and protests in both urban and rural China. It focuses on the …

Rural youths in China face very limited life opportunities. Urban-biased educational policies
have resulted in an unappealing school environment, where rural students become 'invisible …