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Environmental Activism, Social Networks and the Internet

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 June 2009

Jonathan Sullivan  and
Lei Xie
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Abstract

Social networks and the internet both have a substantial individual effect on environmental activism in China. In this article, we speculate that social linking patterns between environmental actors, which often facilitate activism on the ground, may also exist in cyberspace in the form of an online network. The article addresses the following empirical questions. Does such an online network exist? If so, who are the constituent actors? Are these the same actors observed on the ground? In addressing these questions the article aims to contribute to the growing debate on the implications of the internet for the potential emergence of social movements in China.

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The China Quarterly , Volume 198 , June 2009 , pp. 422 - 432
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Copyright © The China Quarterly 2009

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