西方学者眼中的中国博客圈及他们为什么错了
or
The Chinese blogosphere in the eyes of Western academics, and what they’re doing wrong.
from Peter
From his notes:
-many western academics focus too much on censorship, and overlook many other important factors (about the blogsphere), and misunderstand the nature of the blogsphere
-’western academics’ includes a number of CHinese academics
-ask yourself, does this line add up: ‘if I don’t interfere with the gov’t, the gov’t won’t interfere with me’?
-he thinks this question is important
-some academics who research the internet feel:
—one theory is that educated and urban bloggers aren’t interested in social issues, instead only interested in entertainment and consumption
——it’s not that simple!
because:
(Zzzzzip!)
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Too much attention paid to censorship results in:
1) changes that don’t fit in with theories are overlooked
2) it’s easy to overlook unseen changes
3) easy to overlook or underestimate the ability of those participating (in blogging)
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So what u gonna do? How should the CHinese blogsphere be viewed?
–my PhD thesis:
—–Chinese blogs are “folk” intellectuals, and Beijing’s ‘dissident space’
ZZZzzzip!
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Blog space facilitates dissent..>ZZzzzip!
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the process of ‘social learning’ (社会性学习的过程) is a circle
1) free thought
2) free expression
3) shared imagination
4) Zzzzip!
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Zzzip!!!
[All the Zzzip? That's when slides get changed before I finish typing it out.]
I like this one. Not to discount some of their valid arguments, but too many western journalist/academia people have been drinking too much of their own kool-aid, and the so-called “leader of the free world” is giving freedom, democracy, dual-process, a bad name.
Political grandstanding type of talk is cheap and only serves to divide people and drive them apart. Small but concrete steps happening on the ground are what’s needed. That is not say that one couldn’t criticize, it is criticism bundled with condescending and “holier-than-thou” attitude that I have a problem with.
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