ICT4D/E – or back to/towards the basics?
There is a whole range of underpinnings to the ICT4D/E movement (Information and Communication Technologies for Development/Education) – if one wants to use the term ‘movement’ here. One that is...
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Notes from the Stockholm Internet Forum, I
Internet discussions post-Snowden Last week I attended, for the second year, the Stockholm Internet Forum, organised by the Swedish Foreign Ministry, .SE The Internet Infrastructure Foundation, and the...
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Notes from the Stockholm Internet Forum, II
Big data and privacy: Citizen awareness and ability to fight back One of the big topics at the conference was how the right to privacy can be reconciled with increasing capabilities for surveillance,...
View ArticleBook review: Defending Rights in China
I recently made a review of Jonathan Benney’s book DEFENDING RIGHTS IN CONTEMPORARY CHINA New York: Routledge, 2013, in the journal Pacific Affairs. The book shows that the rapid diffusion and adoption...
View ArticleNew publication: Voice, power and connectivity in China’s microblogosphere
My article ‘Voice, power and connectivity in China’s microblogosphere: Digital divides on SinaWeibo’ has just been published in a special issue on the Chinese internet in the journal China Information,...
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Digital Notes from Shanghai: On mobile phones and changes
I arrived in Shanghai last week and will in some blogs share my experiences and reflections. This is not my first time in Shanghai as I was a student here during the period 1988-1990, i.e. before the...
View ArticleReflections on the 12th Chinese Internet Research Conference
When we argue for something on paper we like to polarise. It seems that basically any issue can be discussed controversially by identifying two opposing opinions or literature strands. Such a...
View ArticleSummary of workshop on the ICT industry in China (June 4th, 2014, Lund)
The Digital China project entails interacting and communicating with researchers from various disciplines on the issue of the digital society and China. In June earlier this year I organized a...
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Two conferences in Beijing: Gender and communication, and ICT4D
On September 22-24 the Centre together with the Institute of Journalism and Communication at CASS organised the 5th Sino-Nordic Women and Gender Studies Conference on the topic of gender and...
View ArticleInsights from the Beijing conferences I: The role of video and film
Several of the presenters at the two conferences addressed the role of video and film for awareness rising, advocacy and empowerment. The digital revolution has made it easier for both independent...
View ArticleResearching the Chinese Internet, 13th November, Lund
At this one day conference we have invited speakers from different disciplines, including political science, anthropology, and media and communication, who will share their research and offer insights...
View ArticleJust a little puzzled: What are the selves and the identities in the Chinese...
By now it is nearly commonsensical to assume that individuals use different social network and communication platforms in order to perform different aspects of one’s identity – for this Goffman’s book...
View ArticleInternet in China and its Challenges for Europe: Dealing with Censorship,...
In August 2014 I was commissioned by the Europe-China Research and Advice Network (ECRAN) to write a report on the Internet in China and its Challenges for Europe. ECRAN was funded (it ended this fall)...
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The Chinese Internet in 2014
The beginning of a new year is a good time to look back and reflect upon important events and developments during the past year. Not surprisingly 2014 was an eventful year that kept us doing research...
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Open lecture on social media in rural China
On 4 February 10-12, Alpha 1, Ideon, Tom McDonald (UCL Department of Anthropology) will give a lecture on his current research. On the level: materiality, hierarchy and value on social media in rural...
View ArticleTalk 10 February: Kina uppkopplad och nedkopplad
I will give an open lecture (in Swedish) entitled Kina uppkopplad och nedkopplad: Internet och sociala medier i en auktoritär stat (China connected and disconnected: Internet and social media in an...
View ArticleThe “Sent-Down” Internet: New Publications Out!
The Chinese Journal of Communication has recently published a special issue on “The Sent-Down Internet: Using Information and Communication Technologies in Rural China”, which assembles four research...
View ArticleTalk in Leuven, Belgium, 26 February
I will give a talk entitled Big Vs, opinion leaders and public intellectuals on Chinese social media: The case of Yu Jianrong at KU Leuven on 26 February. The talk builds on insights from an article on...
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Digital bits and pieces after five days in Beijing
It is Saturday afternoon, and I’m invited over to my friend’s place on the outskirts of Beijing. During the long ride on the subway, I have ample time to follow my seat neighbors’ conversations on...
View ArticleConference presentation: Media engagement and witnessing: The Sichuan...
Today I presented a paper at the conference Media Engagement organized by the Department Communication and Media at Lund University. Media engagement and witnessing: The Sichuan earthquake on...
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