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Book SynopsisThe first book in English on Chinese-language media in Australia, Digital Transnationalism explores the challenges, opportunities and development of this sector against the backdrop of China’s rise, its soft power agenda, and renewed hostility between China and the global West. Situated in the Australian context, this study nevertheless is essential to understand the complex and evolving nature of Chinese-language digital media, and the role they play in fostering digital transnationalism among first-generation Chinese migrants across the globe.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Figures and Tables List of Abbreviations Introduction:A New Direction in Global Chinese Studies? 1 Between Diaspora Identity and Citizenship: Social Capital in Transnational Space 2 Place-Making, Flexible Citizens, and the Reality of Living “In Between” 3 Soft Power and Diaspora Diplomacy 4 Digital Diaspora and Transnational Place-Making 5 Australia: A Country-Specific Approach 6 Chinese-Language Media as an Instrument of Chinese Influence? 7 Methods and Approach 8 Chapters 1 Media, Migration, and the New Chinese Diaspora:History, Politics, and Context 1 History of Earlier Chinese Migration 2 New Migrants from the PRC 3 “New New” Migrants from the PRC 4 Changing Demographic Patterns and Characteristics 5 Changing Political Climate 6 Chinese-Language Media in Australia 2 WeChat Subscription Accounts:Regulation, Business Model, and Institutional Context 1 WeChat and WeChat Subscription Accounts 2 The Political and Economic Context 3 Typology of WSA s and Their Regulatory Framework 4 Top Fifty WSA s in Australia:A Collective Portrait 5 Beyond a Simplistic Notion of Control:Conclusion 3 Production and Consumption of News on WeChat:Platform, Market, and Readers 1 Methods 2 Top Ten WSA s:Typology of Content and Style 3 Case Studies:Hong Kong Protests and Horton Versus Sun 4 Cultural Production of News on WeChat 5 Conclusion 4 Content Flow, Cultural Brokering, and the Identity of In-betweenness:The Case ofSydney Today 1 Content:Where, What, and Which Sources? 2 Ethno-Transnational Media between Host Country and Motherland: The Politics of Content Flow 3 The Chinese-Language Media In Between 4 Narrative Analysis of Sydney Today Stories 5 Editors as Content Brokers 6 Cultural Brokering and a New “In-Between” Identity Politics:A Conclusion 5 Self-Making through Self-Media:New Opinion Brokers in Transnational Space 1 Key Issues Pertaining to Self-Media 2 Cultural Economy of the Chinese Self-Media Industry 3 Chinese Content Entrepreneurs in Australia:Case Studies 4 Discussion: Self-Media Operators as Information and Opinion Brokers 5 Conclusion 6 Mobility and Micro-Entrepreneurship:Daigou as Transnational Subjects 1 Researching Daigou: A Note on Methods 2 Daigou in Australian Metropolitan Centers 3 Chinese Social Commerce Platforms and the Network of Networks 4 Chinese Micro-Entrepreneurial Mobility 5 Conclusion 7 Becoming Active Citizens:The Australian Federal Election and Civic Education 1 Approaching WeChat as a New Civic Space 2 Negotiating Boundaries and Performing Digital Acts 3 Exemplary Citizens 4 Discussion and Conclusion 8 Negotiating Flexibility:COVID-19 and the New Politics of Transnationalism 1 Transnational Migrants and Citizenship Engagement 2 COVID-19: From China to Australia:Timeline and Context 3 Active Citizens or Still Too Chinese? 4 Learning about Rights and Duties as Citizens 5 Selfish Flexible Citizenship? 6 Altruistic Flexible Citizenship? 7 Between a Rock and a Hard Place 8 Conclusion Conclusion:Toward a New Transnational Subject References Index
