This book coins the term Networked Public to describe the active social actors in new media ecology. The author argues that, in today's network society, Networked Public Communication is different than, yet has similarities with, mass communication and interpersonal communication. As such it is the emergent paradigm for research. The book reviews the historical, technological and social context for the rising of Networked Public, analyzes its constituents and characteristics, and discusses the categories and features of social media in China. By analyzing abundant cases from recent years, the book provides answers to the key questions at micro, meso and macro-levels, including how information flows under regulation in the process of Networked Public Communication; what its features and models are; what collective action strategies andresistance culturehave been developed as a result of Internet regulate; the nature of power games among Networked Public, mass media, political forces and capital, and the links with the development of Chinese civil society.

Introduces the original concepts of networked public communication, networked public and networked user Reflects on the realities and conditions netizens face within the context of contemporary Chinese society Embeds networked public communication in the broader framework of power games Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Prof. Zhengming Sun is a distinguished professor and the dean of the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China. He has worked for over 20 years in Austria, Japan, and USA. His research interests cover the research and development of metallic materials, intermetallic compounds, ceramics and composites. In the past decade, he devoted most of his energy to the MAX phase materials, a family of ternary compounds, and their derivatives, MXenes, an emerging new family of 2D materials. He has authored over 250 SCI indexed papers and applied over 40 patents. He was offered the fellowship from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) (1995). He was offered the tile of State Specially Recruited Experts by the central government of China. Peigen Zhang is an Associate Professor at Southeast University. He earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and received his Ph.D. from Louisiana State University. Dr. Zhang’s research centers on lead-free electronic packaging materials, advanced ceramic materials, and two-dimensional materials, with applications spanning reliable electronic interconnection, electromagnetic protection, thermal management, and emerging energy technologies. He has been awarded three grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China and has published over 100 articles in peer-reviewed academic journals. Wei Liu is a professor at the State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He obtained his bachelor degree and Ph.D. degree in Materials Science at Jilin University. In 2007-2009, he was a visiting Ph.D. student at the University of California, Davis. In 2010−2014, he was an Alexander von Humboldt fellow and research scientist at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society in Berlin. In 2014-2023, he was a professor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology. His main research interests focus on the accurate modeling of the surfaces and interfaces of complex alloys and information materials. He has published more than 100 articles in peer-reviewed academic journals. Up to now, he has received five grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China. Wei He is an Associate Professor at Southeast University. He earned his Bachelor’s degrees from Hefei University of Technology and received his Ph.D. degree from University of Science and Technology of China. Dr. He’s research focuses on single-atom catalysts and two-dimensional materials, with applications in energy storage and conversion. He has published over 60 articles in peer-reviewed academic journals.

Inhalt
Introduction: the emergence of networked public communication.- Context of Networked Public Communication.- Networked users: the subject of networked public communication.- Social media: tools and space for networked public communication.- The flow of information: features and models of networked public communication.- Resistance to Regulation: Group behavior and culture in networked public communication.- Power Game: Networked public communication and social transition.