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

Brehm, Stefan LU (2021) In Journal of Current Chinese Affairs 50(1). p.12-38
Abstract
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.
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Journal of Current Chinese Affairs
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50
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27 pages
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Institute of Asian Studies at the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies
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1868-1026
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10.1177/1868102621998084
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English
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