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Stefan Brehm

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Whose vision is it anyway? The “free internet” in Chinese state media

Author

  • Stefan Brehm

Summary, in English

This study seeks to explain how Chinese state media bolster the use of visions in global internet governance. The empirical data for the article consists of 1,158 internet related articles published in the Global Times between 2009 and 2018. I develop a theoretical perspective that distinguishes between grand and strategic narratives. Based on a mixed-methods approach, I show that “internet sovereignty” qualifies as a grand narrative since the second half of 2013. State media facilitate this shift with strategic narratives that push the content and context of “internet sovereignty” from domestic political rationales towards a matter of global affairs. The article contributes to theoretical and methodological advancement in textual analysis.

Department/s

  • Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University
  • Department of Human Geography

Publishing year

2021-04-01

Language

English

Pages

12-38

Publication/Series

Journal of Current Chinese Affairs

Volume

50

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Topic

  • Media and Communications

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1868-1026