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Liu, Fengshu.

Urban youth in China : modernity, the internet and the self / Fengshu Liu. - New York : Routledge, 2011. - x, 228 p. ; 24 cm. - Routledge research in information technology and society ; 10 . - Routledge research in information technology and society ; 10. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Social transformation in China (1979-2010) -- The internet with Chinese characteristics -- Paradoxes as lived experiences of modernization : urban youth with Chinese characteristics -- The internet in the everyday lifeworld : "I-and-the-internet" narratives from members of China's "net-generation" -- Internet anxiety, the norm of the "good" netizen and the construction of the "proper" wired self -- Between demonization and celebration : Chinese urban youth and the net café -- The Balinghou's collective narrative in an online forum -- From political indifference to vehement nationalism : Chinese young people negotiating the political self in the internet age -- Conclusion: modernity, the internet and the self.

ISBN: 9780415874861 0415874866 9780415851916 (pbk.) 0415851912 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2010029038

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Internet--China.
Youth--China.
Social change--China.
Internet.
Social change.
Youth.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
China.

LC Class. No.: HN740 Z9 / I5676 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 305.2350951/091732