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Confiscating progressiveness: the Chinese state’s hegemonic strategies in shaping domestic violence frames on social media
ABSTRACT In the era of social media, authoritarian states are often viewed as barriers to progressive agendas, especially in literature that emphasizes the coercive nature of digital authoritarianism. However, this paper highlights how these states can also use hegemonic strategies to ‘confiscate’ progressive ideas – a process in which a state incorporates progressive civil society discourse and aligns it with its own agenda.
Breaking Borders, Bridging Fields: Unveiling the Transculturality of Anti‐Asian Racism in a Global Context
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Online fan communities in China carry out their own form of self-censorship
This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site. ___ Authors: Zhifan Luo, Assistant professor, Sociology and Anthropology, Concordia University and Muyang Li, Assistant Professor, Sociology, York University, Canada When talking about censorship in China, most people immediately think of the government.
Online fan communities in China carry out their own form of self-censorship
When talking about censorship in China, most people immediately think of the government. Censorship is imagined as a finely tuned machine of repression or a solid wall that relentlessly sets and reinforces the boundary between what can and cannot be said or distributed. However, everyday social media users help perpetuate censorship as well, as we found out in our recent study on online fandom communities in China.
What is China's real public opinion of Russia's war?
While the Russian invasion of Ukraine has rallied public support for Ukraine in Canada and other western countries, China may position itself differently. In recent years, the deteriorating relationship between China and the West has resulted in the expulsion of foreign journalists from China. In this information vacuum, China’s official announcements and social media have become the two primary sources about China for external analysts.
While the Russian invasion of Ukraine has rallied public support for Ukraine in Canada and other western countries, China may position itself differently. In recent years, the deteriorating relationship between China and the West has resulted in the expulsion of foreign journalists from China. In this information vacuum, China’s official announcements and social media have become the two primary sources about China for external analysts.
“Why should Facebook (not) ban trump?”: connecting divides in reasoning and morality in public deliberation
ABSTRACT The divides between social groups in American society today extend from political opinion to lifestyle and emotions. A less explored area, however, is how these divides relate to potential divides in morality. The Habermasian conceptualization of the public sphere prioritizes deliberative reasoning as a way to solve moral conflicts. In contrast, this study argues that divides in reasoning and opinion are associated with divides in morality.
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