{"product_id":"digital-transnationalism-chinese-language-media-in-australia-9789004525337","title":"Digital Transnationalism: Chinese-Language Media in Australia","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements  List of Figures and Tables  List of Abbreviations    Introduction:A New Direction in Global Chinese Studies?   1\tBetween Diaspora Identity and Citizenship: Social Capital in Transnational Space   2\tPlace-Making, Flexible Citizens, and the Reality of Living “In Between”   3\tSoft Power and Diaspora Diplomacy   4\tDigital Diaspora and Transnational Place-Making   5\tAustralia: A Country-Specific Approach   6\tChinese-Language Media as an Instrument of Chinese Influence?   7\tMethods and Approach   8\tChapters    1 Media, Migration, and the New Chinese Diaspora:History, Politics, and Context   1\tHistory of Earlier Chinese Migration   2\tNew Migrants from the PRC   3\t“New New” Migrants from the PRC   4\tChanging Demographic Patterns and Characteristics   5\tChanging Political Climate   6\tChinese-Language Media in Australia    2 WeChat Subscription Accounts:Regulation, Business Model, and Institutional Context   1\tWeChat and WeChat Subscription Accounts   2\tThe Political and Economic Context   3\tTypology 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\tMethods   2\tTop 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\tContent: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\tEditors 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\tKey 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\tConclusion    6 Mobility and Micro-Entrepreneurship:Daigou as Transnational Subjects   1 Researching Daigou: A Note on Methods   2 Daigou in Australian Metropolitan Centers   3\tChinese 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\tApproaching WeChat as a New Civic Space   2 Negotiating Boundaries and Performing Digital Acts   3 Exemplary Citizens   4\tDiscussion and Conclusion    8 Negotiating Flexibility:COVID-19 and the New Politics of Transnationalism   1\tTransnational Migrants and Citizenship Engagement   2\tCOVID-19: From China to Australia:Timeline and Context   3 Active Citizens or Still Too Chinese?   4 Learning about Rights and Duties as Citizens   5\tSelfish Flexible Citizenship?   6 Altruistic Flexible Citizenship?   7 Between a Rock and a Hard Place   8 Conclusion    Conclusion:Toward a New Transnational Subject    References  Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210854228311,"sku":"9789004525337","price":129.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/digital-transnationalism-chinese-language-media-in-australia-9789004525337","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}