CIRC16

This is the official Twitter account of the 16th #Chinese #Internet #Research Conference (#CIRC16), held in #Leiden, 22-23 May 2018. #China

[CIRC16 @CIRCLeiden]

Good question. Not that we're aware of. Might be best to connect w/ her on LinkedIn and ask. Maybe she has something to share. She's on the platform as a 'research associate of Mercator' (MERICS). https://t.co/GKxhaOo3KO

[CIRC16 @CIRCLeiden]

A big thanks to all #CIRC16 contributors for sharing their insights with us @AsiaLeiden & @LeidenHum. We wish those attending the #ica2018 in Prague a great stay there. If the talks in #Leiden are anything to go by, then the ica will be blown away by all the #China expertise.

[CIRC16 @CIRCLeiden]

Some lingering questions by @schneiderfa77 at the closing of #CIRC16

[Florian Schneider @schneiderfa77]

Interesting struggle in #China that @carawallis has documented, over how to define and use the #Chinese words for '#feminism', either 女性主义 or 女权主义, each term enabling rather different strategies, e.g. non-offesive vs. aggressive vs. re-framing activities.

[Florian Schneider @schneiderfa77]

Our #CIRC16 panel on everyday interactions on #China’s internet closes with a great topic by @carawallis: everyday #feminism on #socialmedia. She’s brought cases ranging from the ‘mitu’ 米兔 hashtag to mundane practices, all relating to feminist solidarity.

[Padmapriya VG @PaulatheOctopus]

“How are social media used by a range of feminist women... not just for spectacular events but to engage with everyday understandings of feminism and the mundane” Cara Wallis #CIRC16 #EverydayLifeandICT

[Lianrui Jia @LRJia]

#circ16 China’s underground economy grew 400 times, driven by internet users, e-commerce and mobile payment, accessibility and social change

[Dr Oscar Zhou 周天杨 @oscarzhouty]

‘Time’ matters in the understanding of what are Chinese people doing with ICTs. Amazing storyteller David K. Herold at an amazing panel on Communities of Practice & Everday life #CIRC16 @schneiderfa77

[Manya Koetse @manyapan]

How political events affect censorship on WeChat, insightful presentation by @lotus_ruan. Check out Wechat research by The Citizen Lab here: https://t.co/FVVpmZN8Eu #CIRC16

[Florian Schneider @schneiderfa77]

Marina Svensson at #CIRC16, presenting her work on how #smartphone users in #China use the photo app kuaipai kuaipai 快拍快拍 to take pictures and share them, and how this might be changing the nature of #photography. #visualcommunication

[Carwyn Morris 👉 carwynmorris.bsky.social @carwyn]

Micro-celebrity as a pyramid scheme, using the example of Luo Zhenyu and his fan club, and considering Polanyi. By Zhang Lei of Communication University of China #CIRC16

[Padmapriya VG @PaulatheOctopus]

David Herold speaks about Internet in #everydaylife in the PRC with convenience and entertainment as primary functions. Would be exciting to see this in conversation with the parallel #censorship panel #CIRC16

[Florian Schneider @schneiderfa77]

I love the ethnographic stories David Herold tells about internet useage in #China. From 4-6 yr olds who have #smartphones through which parents monitor their movements, to a 34 yr oldfaking his Europe holiday on #WeChat ot impress his friends. Great fun. #CIRC16

[Florian Schneider @schneiderfa77]

David Herold at #CIRC16 on how earlier #China internet research started from a point of view of why and how the internet is important in the PRC, whereas we don’t actually know whether any of what happens online really means what we think.

[CIRC16 @CIRCLeiden]

We're excited to have a focus panel at #CIRC16 that views global media and #China through the lens of #YouthParticipation and #DigitalCulture. Speakers are Zhang Lei, Zhang Qian, Song Kai, and Wang Lei. The chair is #CUC Faculty of Arts Dean Duan Peng: https://t.co/WXPZNgXcKN

[CIRC16 @CIRCLeiden]

Now presenting their insights into 'communities of practice and everyday life' in digital #China, #CIRC16 welcomes David K. Herold, Marina Svensson, and @carawallis. Session chair is @UniLeiden's @schneiderfa77. Read more about the 3 exciting papers here: https://t.co/iudXe4B9IS

[CIRC16 @CIRCLeiden]

How does #China's digital media position itself between #deliberation and #censorship? That is the question this #CIRC16 panel is asking, chaired by @mindyjiang, and with contributions from Maria Faust, @lotus_ruan & colleagues, @shuningsh, and Mei Nelson. https://t.co/K88RGEhQsu

[Florian Schneider @schneiderfa77]

This is what I find fascinating: Dai Xin on how companies in #China pitch #blockchain technology to the government for their #socialcredit plans, but it is an entirely open question what the value of such a decentralized network would be to such a centralized actor. #CIRC16

[Florian Schneider @schneiderfa77]

So much of what I expected of views in #China of the #socialcredit system is entirely borne out by @Genia_Kostka’s involved survey research. Excellent evidence on a topic rife with speculation. Can’t wait for this to be out in print. #CIRC16

[Padmapriya VG @PaulatheOctopus]

Genia Kostka: “...the social credit system in China is seen by citizens as offering addl reliability of regulatory info rather than surveillance...” #CIRC16 #socialcredit