靳雪蓮著的《互聯網的影響(英文版)》采用深度
訪談、焦點組、網頁分析和數字民族志等多種方法，
研究大學生的互聯網使用；並從大學生的視野探討互
聯網對中國民主建設和發展的影響。筆者對大學生豐
富多彩的網上生活進行了描述和分析；並且討論了不
同的互聯網使用行為和大學生對公共事務、中國民主
進程、網絡審查制度和互聯網的影響的認知對其政治
參與的影響。本書在中國的政治文化傳統、民主建設
進程和互聯網在中國的發展的背景下對研究發現進行
了解讀。

Abstract
Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Aim, objectives, and rationale of the research
1.3 Research background
1.4 Limitations of existing literature
1.5 The structure of the thesis
Chapter 2: Literature review
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Democracy and democratisation
2.2.1 Democratisation and favourable conditions
2.2.2 Democracy and its people
2.2.3 Political culture
2.2.4 Free markets, capitalism, and economic growth
2.2.5 Strong civil society and public sphere
2.2.6 Political participation and disengagement
2.2.7 The role of mass media
2.3 China's political tradition
2.3.1 Dominant political ideas
2.3.2 Persistence of authoritarian regimes
2.4 Contemporary China in the process of democratisation
2.4.1 Economic reform and opening-up policy
2.4.2 Political reform
2.4.3 Standard of living, urbanisation, education and media exposure
2.5 The development of the Internet in China
Chapter 3: Participants' Internet use
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Internet use habit and online activities
3.3 Online news reading, information search, and lecture
3.3.1 Online news reading
3.3.2 Online information search
3.3.3 Online lecture
3.4 Between acquaintances and strangers
3.4.1 QQ
3.4.2 Renren
3.4.3 Weibo (Microblog)
3.4.4 Between acquaintances and strangers
3.5 University intranet and online forums
3.5.1 University Intranet
3.5.2 Online forums
3.6 Online and offline political participation, participation,
and volunteering
3.7 Online travelling and movies
3.7,1 Online travelling
3.7.2 Online movies
3.8 Participant as a communicator
3.9 Civic talk
Chapter 4: Participants' perceptions of the Internet
4 1 Introduction
4.2 Belief in the Internet's effect
4.2.1 The Internet's effect on Chinese society
4.2.2 Individual's effect through the Internet
4.2.3 The Internet's effect on individuals
4.3 Understanding of online comments and user-generated content.....
4.4 Disbelief in relevance of social problems
4.5 Attitude toward government corruption
Chapter 5: Discussion
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Political disengagement and why
5.2.1 Introduction
5.2.2 Political disengagement
5.2.3 Political socialisation and irrelevance
5.2.4 Belief in a shock therapy and low political efficacy
5.2.5 Lack of civic organisations aRd activities
5.3 The power of disengagement and mass entertainment
5.3.1 Introduction
5.3.2 Who communicates to the participants online
5.3.3 The power of political disengagement and mass entertainment
5.3.4 Control or liberation: Huxley vs. the gadget theory
5.4 How do participants understand the influence of Intemet use
on them?
5.4.1 Introduction
5.4.2 Why Internet users? .
5.4.3 The Intemet and better-informed citizens
5.4.4 Strangers and internal political efficacy
5.4.5 Belief in 'We' effect and external political efficacy
5.4.6 Summary
5.5 Beyond the lntemet and beyond politics: civic talk and civil society?
5.5.1 Introduction
5.5.2 Civic talk beyond the Internet
5.5.3 The rise of online civil society
Chapter 6: Conclusions
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Reflective summaries
6.3 Scope and limitations of the research
6.4 Contributions of the research
6.5 Further research
Appendices
Appendix I: Interview Guide for In-Depth Interview
Appendix II: Informed Consent Form Template for In-Depth Interviews
Appendix III: An interview invitation letter
Appendix IV: Informed Consent Form Template for Focus Group
Appendix V:The researcher as an instrument
Appendix VI: Youg's Internet Addiction Test
Appendix VII: Other Internet use
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