[ecrea] IJoC Publishes a Special Section on (Un)civil Society in Digital China

Is China becoming an uncivil society? How have state policies and online
incivility contributed to new forms of intra-societal conflict? How can
civility (or incivility) be reconceptualized to facilitate comparative
analysis across countries, regime types, and cultures?
The International Journal of Communication is delighted to announce the
publication of a new Special Section on “(Un)civil Society in Digital
China: Incivility, Fragmentation, and Political Stability” on May 8, 2018
which includes five articles from international scholars.  Co-edited by 
Min Jiang and Ashley Esarey, this Special Section on (Un)civil
Society in Digital China explores how the Chinese Internet is utilized by an
authoritarian state to concentrate and solidify its power in the name of
civility, rationality and order and considers how expressions of incivility
online delegitimize regime critics and create ultra-nationalist 
identities.  Moving beyond definitions of civility (or incivility) based 
on democratic
norms of deliberation and reciprocity, this Special Section’s theoretical
introduction argues that civility should be distinguished from politeness
and founded in respect for others’ communicative rights, including the
right to self-expression in pursuit of social justice. These conceptual
modifications can help to facilitate contextualized and comparative studies
of civility and incivility across regions and polities.
To access these papers, please go to ijoc.org.  We look forward to your
feedback.
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Uncivil Society in Digital China: Incivility, Fragmentation, and Political
Stability
Min Jiang, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Ashley Esarey, 
University of Alberta  Demobilizing the Emotions of Online Activism in 
China: A Civilizing Process
Guobin Yang, University of Pennsylvania  Withering Gongzhi: Cyber 
Criticism of Chinese Public Intellectuals  Rongbin Han, University of 
Georgia
 Slogans and Slurs, Misogyny and Nationalism: A Case Study of Anti-Japanese
Sentiment by Chinese Netizens in Contentious Social Media Comments Jason 
Q. Ng, Citizen Lab, University of Toronto
Eileen Le Han, Michigan State University  Wenming Bu Wenming: The 
Socialization of Incivility in Postdigital China  Gabriele de Seta, 
Academia Sinica Institute of Ethnology, Taiwan

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     Larry Gross
Editor
Arlene Luck
Managing Editor

Min Jiang, Ashley Esarey
Guest Editors
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International Journal of Communication (IJoC)
USC Annenberg Press
University of Southern California
http://ijoc.org/

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