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Domestiquer la visibilité: l'internet chinois entre travail et praxis
Domesticating visibility: the Chinese Internet between labor and praxis
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Abstract The less we question the technical and semiotic properties of the so-called social media, the more oblivious we remain to their political agency. The media transformations, which occurred in China at incredible speed and depth, must lead us to question the ways in which ‘new media’ affect the sites ... view more
The less we question the technical and semiotic properties of the so-called social media, the more oblivious we remain to their political agency. The media transformations, which occurred in China at incredible speed and depth, must lead us to question the ways in which ‘new media’ affect the sites and forms of power. This article offers a reading into the economic and theoretical dynamics of what is commonly referred to as the ‘Chinese Internet’. Its history is marked by strategic attempts to shape, constrain and leverage social visibility. Thus, the author uses the notion of computerized media and invokes Hannah Arendt’s conception of visibility to describe what appears in China to be a new form of globalized media capitalism.... view less
Keywords
new media; digitalization; Internet; political power; China; Far East
Classification
Interactive, electronic Media
Free Keywords
visibility; computerized media
Document language
French
Publication Year
2016
Page/Pages
p. 53-68
Journal
ESSACHESS - Journal for Communication Studies, 9 (2016) 2
Issue topic
Social media: between freedom and utopia
ISSN
1775-352X
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed