Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51691#.VHVP72fHRK0 Author(s) Lin Zhongxuan Affiliation(s) Department of Communication, University of Macau, Macao, China . ABSTRACT Internet is supposed to have natural and inherent relationship with democratization, and is also supposed to act as the main battlefield for the public to fight against the authoritarian. The Internet in China, however, does not serve as the “democratic public sphere” for people to fight against the ruling power directly and roundly; instead, it seems to be a Chinese style term of “Jianghu” 江 湖—literally means “rivers and lakes”—an “alternative public sphere” for Chinese people. This article was from the p...
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