Contents
Chapter I An Overview of the Development of the Internet in China
1. Introduced into China
2. Spreading into High-end Information Sectors after Introduced into China
3. Internet Access to Public View
4. Internet Penetration into China’s Economy and Society
5. Internet Affects and Changes the Chinese Society
6. The Characteristics and Deficiencies of Internet Development in China
Chapter II Literature Review
1. Pioneers of Internet Research
2. Research on Internet in China
3. Reviews on the Studies of Internet
Chapter III A Comparative Study of Internet from at Home and Aboard
1. Japan’s Internet and Japanese Society
2. U.S’s Internet and the U.S Society
Chapter IV Internet and Civil Society
1. Internet and Education: from the perspective of China and the West
2. The Internet and the Spread of Knowledge and Information
3. Summary and Discussion
Chapter V Internet and Social Interaction
1. A Comparison of network social communication and traditional social intercourse
2. Current Situation of Network Social Communication
3. The Impact of Internet on Social Interactions
4. The Pathway Design to Realize the Rationalization of Network Social Interaction
Chapter VI The Inter-constructionof Internet Culture and Chinese Culture
1. The Connotation of Internet Culture
2. The Characteristics of Internet Culture
3. The differences between Internet Culture and Realistic Culture
4. The Inter-constructionof Internet Culture and Chinese Culture
5. The Policy Suggestions of Managing and Standardizing Internet Culture
Chapter VII TheChange of the Internet and the Dynamic of the Network Thoughts
1. Internet and We-Media: from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0
2. Changes of the Power of Discourse and the Emergence of Publicity
3. The Dynamic of Network Thoughts and Its Social Causes
4. Network Thoughts Crisis and the Ways to deal with that
Chapter VIII Internet: A New Way of the Expression of Public Opinions and Interests
1. Internet: A New Way of the Expression of Public Opinions and Interests
2. Advantages and Disadvantages of Internet in the Expression of Public Opinions and Interests
3. Reasonable Use of the Internet for Guiding the Better Development of Public Opinions
Chapter IX The Movement of Network Group and the Management of Virtual Society
1. Characteristics and Performance of the Network Group
2. Analysis of the Causes of the Events of Network Group
3. Development Mechanism of the Events of Network Group
4. Types of the Network Group Movements
5. The Progress of the Times Reflected by Network Group Events
6. The Realistic Concerns on the Events of Network Group
7. The Innovative Management of the Virtual Society
Chapter X Cultural Interpretation of the New Media Events in the Internet
1. Internet: Sacred and Secular
2. Internet New Media and the Events of Internet New Media
3. Studies on the Events of Internet New Media from Cultural Perspective
4. Case Studies
Chapter XI Globalization, Social Media and Social Conflicts
1. Contentious Politics in the Internet Age
2. Global Conflicting: Arab, the U.S and China
3. Discussion: Characteristics of the Contentious Politics
Chapter XII Internet and Social Structure
1. Characteristics of the Traditional Social Structure
2. Characteristics of the Internet Social Structure
3. Summary
Chapter XIII Internet and Social Resources Allocation
1. Traditional Ways of Resource Allocation
2. New Mechanism of the Allocation of Resources – Internet
3. Characteristics of Resources on the Platform of Internet
4. The Ways to Get the Internet Resources
5. Analysis of the Function of Internet in Resource Allocation
6. The Future of Network Mobilization Resources
Chapter XIV Network and Consumption: Trust Rebuilding of the Virtual Space and Civil Autonomy
1. Questions Proposed
2. Trust Rebuilding of the Internet Trade
3. Civil Autonomy in Network Consumption Space
4. The Prospects of the Network Consumption Space
5. Summary
Internet has greatly accelerated the pace of China’s social modernization, which lets to a profound impact on reconstructing all aspects of Chinese society. The book observes the Internet from the perspectives of sociology, and gives an in-depth analysis of how internet affects Chinese society from several aspects includes: individual, social interaction, groups, culture and social structure.
The book argues that the Internet first emerged in the West, and greatly influenced by the West culture of individualism. The Internet led to a fundamental impact on Chinese traditional culture and social relations after being introduced into China. In a sense, the Internet is reshaping the Chinese culture, and Chinese culture is reconstructing the Internet structure with Chinese characteristics. While promoting the social progress, the Internet has also been restricted by the real world, and the Internet has an inter-construction with the real world, which is promoting the progress of Chinese society and the new forms of social interaction.
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