Blogs and China correspondence: lessons about global information flows

Social capital and self-presentation on social networking sites: a comparative study of Chinese and American young generations

“…Moreover, MacKinnon (2008) suggested that blogging habits vary across cultures and different language groups. In particular, blogs in China have become a new sphere for public discourse (MacKinnon, 2008). In their recent study, Gevorgyan and Manucharova (2009) examined whether the use of cultural values in online communication is positively linked to Internet users' attitudes toward Web design elements.…”

New scheme of communication: an exploratory study of interactivity and multimedia use in Chinese j-blogs and the implications

“…With reader comments, blogs offer an outlet for regular readers who don't feel they have a public place to share opinions. Although there could be censorship in jblogs and in reader comments, bloggers or commenters may use irony, parody and innuendo; informed people can read between the lines to get the real point (MacKinnon, 2008a).…”

“…Today, blogs and other forms of online discussion on newspaper websites have created a new realm for public discourse (Lagerkvist, 2005). Admittedly, there is also strict Internet censorship in China, which could prevent blogs from becoming a fully alternative media (Liu & Larose, 2008;MacKinnon, 2008a). In fact, some newspapers use an automated system on blog-hosting devices to monitor and prevent users from posting certain words or phrases altogether (MacKinnon, 2008b).…”

“…An increasing number of Chinese journalists are blogging now (MacKinnon, 2008a). J-blogs in China are used to disseminate information and host conversations, which meet the journalists' need to publish news and the demand of readers who are no longer satisfied with solely being informed.…”

Blog Review of “What Japan Thinks”

“…Ken Yasumoto‐Nicolson is a bridgeblogger, as defined by such commentators as Xiao Qiang, Ethan Zuckerman, Rebecca MacKinnon, and Hossein Derakshan (see especially MacKinnon, 2008; Zuckerman, 2008). “What Japan Thinks” bridges across divides of language, nation, and culture, providing English‐language readers access to current research results on Japanese public opinion about a wide variety of subjects, thereby contributing to global communication.…”