Digital Citizenship in China: Everyday Online Practices of Chinese Young People (Perspectives on Children and Young People, 12)

"This book examines how emerging forms of citizenship are shaped by young people in digital spaces as way of making sense of contemporary Chinese society, forming new identities, and negotiating social and political participation. By focusing on Chinese young adults' everyday online practices, the book offers a unique treatment of the topic of young people and the Chinese Internet that navigates between the dominant focus on censorship on the one hand and protest and politicized action on the other. The book brings the focus of research from highly visible or spectacular forms of collectivity, belonging, and identification exhibited in young people's online practices to young people's everyday social and cultural engagement through new media. It brings new insights by understanding the meanings of young people's mundane and everyday online engagement for their citizenship learning, identity performance, and their formation of political subjectivity. Readers will gain insights into citizenship in China, and young people and the Chinese Internet."--Back cover Acknowledgments Contents List of Figures 1 Introduction Introduction of the Project The Origin of the Project The Aims of the Research Understanding Citizenship From Status to Practice Citizenship and Young People Young People and Digital Citizenship Reframing the Concept of Citizenship Three Dimensions of Citizenship Methodology Participants Data Reflexivity/Positionality Analysis Outline of the Book References 2 Citizenship in China Contemporary Chinese Society Young People in China Citizenship in China Citizenship Practice in China Online Citizenship Practice of Chinese Young People Online Citizenship Practice from a Political Perspective Online Citizenship Practice Beyond a Political Perspective Chinese Youth and the Internet Conclusion References 3 Citizenship Learning Citizenship Learning and Communities of Practice Learning Online Citizenship Shared Repertoires of Online Language Practice Community Expectations for Content Generation Mutual Engagement—Attitudes and Values Joint Enterprise in an Online Community Learning Citizenship Online Mediated Social Learning: The Internet as Boundary Object Landscape of Practice: Reconciliation of Learning in Communities of Practice Barriers to Online Citizenship Learning Learning Barriers Erected by the State Learning Barriers Created by the Market Learning Barriers Created by Chinese Internet Users Conclusion References 4 Identity and Belonging Identity and Digital Media Identity Performance from Participants’ Perspectives Performance of Online Identity Performing Identities Online Reconstructing Private and Public Navigating Two Socialities Conclusion References 5 Online Political Participation and Formation of Subjectivity Subjectivity and Chinese Young People Three Dispositions of Online Participation Angry Youth Powerless Cynics Realistic Idealists Bricolage as a Strategy The Discourse of Self-interest Conclusion References 6 Conclusion Digital Citizenship of Chinese Young People Online Citizenship Practice as Learning Online Citizenship Practice as Identity Formation Online Citizenship Practice as Political Participation Theoretical Implications of Citizenship Studies Implications for Citizenship Education Methodological Reflections Directions for Future Research References