The Internet, Social Networks and Civic Engagement in Chinese Societies

The Internet in China reflects many contradictions and complexities of the society in which it is embedded. This book draws on a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches to advance a balanced and context-rich understanding of the effects of digital media and communication technologies, especially social media, for various forms of ci

Wenhong Chen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Radio-TV-Film at the University of Texas Austin, USA. Before joining the faculty she earned her PhD in Sociology from the University of Toronto, Canada, and was a postdoctoral researcher at Duke University, USA. Her research has been focused on the social implications of digital media and communication technologies. She has published more than 20 articles, including publications in Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, New Media and Society, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, the Information Society, Management and Organization Review, and Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice.