According to the analysis on the political participation in the network public opinion’s supervision, internet advice, and internet alternative, the author finds that these types of political participation subject to institutional arrangement and effect of real political participation.

.- Chapter 1 Introduction.

.- Chapter 2 Social Capital, Media Use, and Urban Political Participation.

.- Chapter 3 Media Use, Rural Political Participation, and Comparison with Urban Data.

.- Chapter 4 Internet Usage Time, Usage Modes, and Citizens' Real-World Political Participation.

.- Chapter 5 Internet Usage Tools and Citizens' Online Political Participation.

.- Chapter 6 The Impact of Internet Use on Election Political Participation.

.- Chapter 7 Analysis of Internet Public Opinion Supervision-Type Political Participation.

.- Chapter 8 Analysis of Internet Policy Suggestion-Type Political Participation.

.- Chapter 9 Analysis of Alternative Online Political Participation.

.- Chapter 10 Discussion and Conclusion.

This book explores how Chinese citizens influence both real and internet political participation via using internet. During real political participation in selection and collective incident, the influence of internet use is different, which results from different situations of the development of different types of political participation in China. According to the analysis on the political participation in the network public opinion’s supervision, internet advice, and internet alternative, the author finds that these types of political participation subject to institutional arrangement and effect of real political participation. Therefore, the author proposes that the real political participation effected by the use of internet and internet political participation mutually supply and influence each other, where there is inverse relationship between them. This book will be of interest to researchers, political scientists, and media studies scholars.

 

Uncovers the impact of digitalization on politics from a Chinese official perspective Explores differences between the impact of digital media in China and the West Provides research into Chinese political supervision/censorship of the domestic internet and its motives

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