Departmental Papers (ASC)
Title
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
7-2009
Publication Source
Journal of Democracy
Volume
20
Issue
3
Start Page
33
Last Page
36
DOI
10.1353/jod.0.0094
Abstract
Online activism is a new form of popular contention in China. In some cases, the Internet serves to mobilize street protest. More often, protest takes place online. The most common forms include online petitions, the hosting of campaign websites, and large-scale verbal protests. The most radical is perhaps the hacking of websites. These forms of contention may be found in blogs, Internet bulletin boards, online communities, and podcast and YouTube-type web sites.
Copyright/Permission Statement
Copyright © 2009 National Endowment for Democracy & The Johns Hopkins University Press. Reprinted with permission by The Johns Hopkins University Press.
Recommended Citation
Yang, G. (2009). Online Activism. Journal of Democracy, 20 (3), 33-36. https://doi.org/10.1353/jod.0.0094
Date Posted: 26 June 2014
Comments
NOTE: At the time of publication, author Guobin Yang was affiliated with the Columbia University. Currently (June 19, 2013), he is a faculty member at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania.