Tag: sociology

Ethnography of Tech

Coming of age in a culture of information paternalism in China

Posted on by Jason Li

Editor’s note: this is a summary of some of the ideas that are presented in Tricia’s recent talk the Berkman Center, Talking to Strangers: Chinese Youth and Social Media. The video of the full talk is now online, and we highly recommend watching it in its entirety.

Tricia’s research discusses how Chinese youth are experiencing their coming of…

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Housekeeping update: Welcoming Jin Ge to the team

Posted on by Jason Li

With Tricia having joined us recently, it seems like we’ve run into a spate of luck as another talented writer has decided to join us. About him:

Jin Ge aka Jingle is a writer, documentary filmmaker, and NGO organizer based in Shanghai. Jin does sociological research and produces multi-media content on the subjects of Internet subcultures and grass-root organizations in China. Jin…

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