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The 7th Chinese Internet Research Conference, May 27 – 29, 2009
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Opening Remarks
Public Sphere and Deliberation
WATCH VIDEO HERE
Dean Michael DELLI CARPINI and Professor Monroe PRICE, University of Pennsylvania
Spaces and Dynamics of Chinese Online Public Deliberation, JIANG Min, University of North Carolina
Online Political Discussion and Left-Right Ideological Debate: A Comparative Study of Two Major Chinese BBS Forums, YUAN Le & YANG Boxu, Peking University
Global Internet Freedom Indicators: Chinese censorship in a comparative context, Karin KARLEKAR and Sarah COOK, Freedom House
Respondent: Joseph CAPPELLA, University of Pennsylvania
Moderator: Jack QIU, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Round Table Discussion WATCH VIDEO HERE
Sharon HOM, Human Rights in China
Leslie HARRIS, Center for Democracy and Technology
Bob BOORSTIN, Google
Ang PENG-HWA, School of Communication Studies, Nanyang Technological University
Colin MACLAY, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University
Isaac MAO, Co-founder of cnblog.org
Moderator: Rebecca MACKINNON, University of Hong Kong's Journalism and Media Studies Centre
Censorship, Surveillance, and the State of the Chinese Internet WATCH VIDEO HERE
Special Speech Zones in the Chinese-Written Internet, LIAO Han Teng, Oxford University
Circumvention Landscape Report: Methods, Tools, and Uses, Hal ROBERTS & Ethan ZUCKERMAN, Harvard University
China's Censorship 2.0, Rebecca MACKINNON, University of Hong Kong's Journalism and Media Studies Centre
China's Golden Shield Project: Myths, Realities and Context, Dave LYONS, Rutgers University
Respondent: Carolyn MARVIN, University of Pennsylvania
Moderator: Lokman TSUI, University of Pennsylvania
Civil Society in China: Challenges and Opportunities WATCH VIDEO HERE
Mapping Chinese Blogosphere, Bruce ETLING, John KELLY & Rob FARIS, Harvard University
Circumvention technology, its role in China, Roger DINGLEDINE, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University
The importance of Internet in facilitating the most important translation community in China, ZHANG Lei, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University
The role of technology in facilitating connections amongst people in China, Isaac MAO, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University
Respondent: Amy E. GADSDEN, University of Pennsylvania
Moderator: Kenneth FARRALL, University of Pennsylvania
Special Session: New Books on Internet and Chinese Society WATCH VIDEO HERE
HU Yong, 眾生喧嘩 (The Rising Cacophony: Personal Expression and Public Discussion in the Internet Age), Peking University
YANG Guobin, The Power of the Internet in China: Citizen Activism Online, Columbia University
Jack QIU, Working-class network society: Communication technology and the information have-less in urban China, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Moderator: Monroe PRICE, University of Pennsylvania
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Women and Minorities WATCH VIDEO HERE
Naxi and the Net: "Modernization" and Digital Culture in a Minority Frame, Qian MO, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications & David GOLUMBIA, University of Virginia
Exploring the Digital Divide Among Migrant Women in Beijing, Elisa OREGLIA, UC Berkeley
Taiwan’s Online Policy on Multiculturalism and Multiculturalism, Jens DAMM, Freie Universität Berlin
Women and Online Civic Engagement: Exploring the Gender Gap in the Use of Online Discussion, TENG Xiaoyan, Peking University
Respondent: Emily HANNUM, University of Pennsylvania
Moderator: Randy KLUVER, Texas A&M University
Civic Engagement and Participation WATCH VIDEO HERE
Chinese Diasporic Communities Online and Offline: The Effects of Internet Use on Offline Community Participation and Social Action, HU Fan, Hong Kong Baptist University, JIANG Li, Cornell University & WANG Ning, Hong Kong Baptist University
A Proposal: The Impact of ICTs on Familial Solidarity in Translocal China, Sunny S.K. LAM, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
In search of collective action: Interest-oriented vs. relationship-oriented social network sites in China, ZHANG Weiyu, National University of Singapore
Respondent: Michael DELLI CARPINI, University of Pennsylvania
Moderator: Peter YU, Drake University
Grassroots Culture WATCH VIDEO HERE
Riding on eMule: A case study on the file sharing community in China, Bingchun MENG, London School of Economics
Game Between “Quan” and “Shi”: Research on “Shanzhai” Culture in China Cyber SpacePost-Olympic Culture, JIANG Fei, Institute of Journalism and Communication, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Web 2.0, Grassroots Journalism and Social Justice in China, XIN Xin, University of Westminster
Respondent: Peter DECHERNEY, University of Pennsylvania
Moderator: XIAO Qiang, Berkeley
Moral Panics and Nationalism
Final Reflections, Monroe PRICE, University of Pennsylvania WATCH VIDEO HERE
Examining the Factors that Influence College Students’ Attitude towards Human Flesh Search in Mainland China, LU Chen, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Chinese Cyber-Nationalism: The Case of 2008 Tibet Uprising Discussions on Facebook, Dian PARAMITA, London School of Economics
From nationalism to emerging public sphere: The case of global Olympic torch relay dispute online, FAN Dong, Annenberg School for Communication, USC
Respondent: Hongmei LI, University of Pennsylvania/Georgia State University
Moderator: ANG Peng Hwa, National University of Singapore
Annenberg School for CommunicationCIRC 2009