[Commlist] New book: The Sage Handbook of Chinese Digital Media and Communication

We are pleased to share that */The Sage Handbook of Chinese Digital 
Media and Communication/*, co-edited by Jian Xu (Deakin University), 
Shaohua Guo (Carleton College) and Weiyu Zhang (National University of 
Singapore), has now been published.

https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/the-sage-handbook-of-chinese-digital-media-and-communication/book288005 
<https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/the-sage-handbook-of-chinese-digital-media-and-communication/book288005>

The handbook is the first comprehensive reference work dedicated to the 
fast-evolving field of digital media and communication in China. Marking 
three decades since China’s official connection to the internet, this 
landmark volume with 37 chapters brings together leading scholars from 
across the globe to examine the profound transformations digital 
technologies have brought to Chinese society, politics, culture, and 
economy.

Spanning activism, governance, labor, industry, everyday life, and 
research methods, the handbook offers a critical and interdisciplinary 
survey of the field. It explores how the internet and digital media have 
reshaped political participation, civil society, and national identity; 
how state regulation and surveillance intersect with innovation and 
platformization; and how digital labor, fandom, gaming, and e-commerce 
are redefining cultural production, consumption and economy. It also 
reflects on the lived experiences of users, from parenting and diaspora 
to queer communities and mobile rituals.

Structured across five thematic parts, the volume not only maps the 
current landscape of Chinese digital media and communication but also 
interrogates the knowledge production that has shaped the field. It 
invites dialogue with global digital media scholarship and offers a 
timely reflection on the past, present, and future of China’s digital 
transformation.

Part 1: Activism, Civil Society and Politics
Part 2: Technology, Regulation and Governance
Part 3: Platform, Labor and Industry
Part 4: User, Culture and Everyday Life
Part 5: Method, Approach and Reflections


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