Introduction to Digital Nationalism
We live in the information age: affordable multi-media computers, broadband Internet access, and advanced mobile communication tools are changing political, social, and economic practices around the...
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Asiascape Digital Asia (DIAS) Launch Event 24-25 January 2014 at Leiden University The academic journal Asiascape – Digital Asia (DIAS), in collaboration with the Goto-Jones VICI project “Beyond...
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The Mass-Media Logic behind China’s Internet Controls
How the Chinese government is applying 20th century thinking to 21st century technology One of the most popular technology myths to this day is that digital communication is difficult or even...
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Asiascape: Digital Asia – Revisiting the Emancipatory Potential of Digital Media in Asia Venue: Leiden University, Lipsius Building (Room 147), Cleveringaplaats 1, Leiden, The Netherlands. Do digital...
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The Digital Turn in Asian Studies
Review of the Asiascape: Digital Asia conference 2014 Like any interdisciplinary endeavour, studying digital communication in Asia can be challenging: not only does such work have to convince area...
View ArticleThe Politics of Digital Tools
What Decides How We Use Digital Media Technologies? On 27 November 2014, I had the pleasure to participate in a debate at Leiden University’s Leiden Global Day, together with Mirko Schäfer. This video...
View ArticleCall for Papers and Article Contest on Video Games in Asia
The Dynamics of Digital Play in Asia The peer-reviewed academic journal Asiascape: Digital Asia (DIAS) is now inviting contributions for its 2016 special issue, “The Dynamics of Digital Play in Asia”....
View ArticleDigital Nationalism, Digital Territory
A Discussion with Students at Leiden University Much speculations has surrounded the future of nation-states. Challenged by neo-liberal globalization and by advanced information and communication...
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Works of the Imagination in Chinese Blogs
A graduate research post by Mariëlle de Goede. “What is most striking about Chinese online communities is not their practical and utilitarian functions, which are numerous, but how they nurture moral...
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It’s Gone Viral!
Conceptualizing How People Communicate via Microblogs A graduate research post by Peng Wenxuan. Since the beginning of the digital age, every once in a while the public’s attention is drawn so...
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