In the lecture, a essay about ‘The Social
Networking Problem’ is shared.
In the essay, point out that:
-Many media was blocked by Great Firewall of china
-People are hired to scan of web content for
sensitive word daily.
Social Media … in point of view of government
From of list of sites blocked by government, we
could see till now, Facebook, Twitter, Blogspot those famous and common social
media is still blocking by the Chinese government, to limit the information
access by people.
This is an Taboo or hidden rule in Chinese society,
that you cannot speak some sensitive words in Mainland. Not to offend any
people, with certain limit of freedom speech for Netizens in Mainland.
However, government could not ignore the huge
number of china’s Netizens, that is active users in China Locals Social Media, like Weibo.
This is one way for local government to make
information more transparent to public, to enforce one the nation policy of ‘Promoting
Social Harmony’ listed in of the Work Report
of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative
Conference (CPPCC) National Committee 2012.
Of course we will never know are those blogs had already
filtered ‘clean message’, however, this show that the government realize the
power of social networking tools
This show that Social Media is still a double-edged
sword to Chinese government.
Social Media … in point of view of individuals
Chinese social media goes to a strange
direction in terms of individual's self-promotion.Making PR stunts to get itself become well-known.
Sister
Furong芙蓉姐 demonstrate how to become famous
, or infamous by using the advantage of social media.
Social Media … in point of view of company’s
By taking advantage of critical nature of China’s
Netizens, that is ‘Many’ and ‘Active’, many solid case demonstrated that company
could easily take advantage of social media, from recommendations, commercial market,etc.
Social Media is do a double-edged sword to Chinese government, but do simply control the content of social media, could withstand the strong will of freedom of China's Netizens, especially for next generation?
I believe, Human cannot stop the trend of reformation, so do the government officials.
Social Media is do a double-edged sword to Chinese government, but do simply control the content of social media, could withstand the strong will of freedom of China's Netizens, especially for next generation?
I believe, Human cannot stop the trend of reformation, so do the government officials.
The Social network show its power with the period of Cheif Executive Election. I am glad to view the process and share some points through internest, even some "photo-edited" news from Henry Tong. Haha
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I understand the reasons why the Chinese government wants to control the content of social media. Social media is really a powerful tool to union people for any kind of actions. It can easily gather a large group of people to do anything, including illegal ones. And some people just follow without thinking the action is right or wrong. So the government just use the worst method to stop these from happening. But as you mentioned, shall the government still use this pessimistic way to control social media? I am doubt... they should think of a better way, perhaps from education.
回覆刪除Social harmony is always concerned by the Chinese Government. I just wonder why social networking site actually is a place for people to share and communicate, but it is blocked because of the social harmony reason.
回覆刪除I agree that most Governments, especially those dictatorial authorities,are afraid of social media so much because people can easily spread their thoughts and opinions with using it. See the examples of Tunisia and Egypt in the Jasmine Revolution last year. Now ,Chinese communist Party also afraid of this. I hope, in the near future, China would be democratized through the power of social media.
回覆刪除I agree with what Andy said, the Education is the main task that Chinese government should do. Comparing in Hong Kong, people are well educated, no social website is blocked.
回覆刪除On the other hand, all social website should have strong policy to and prevent any bad messages posts to affect the country.
Social networking is a powerful tools for Chinese government, as i can spread many sensitive news to others, however, it have many social network website copying others. i think Chinese government can collaborate with social networking website to set up the policy.
回覆刪除You're right.Although the government try their best to control the social content and block many social website they cannot stop the trend.Many people in mainland China use "翻墙" tools to access to those blocked website. Also as weibo is getting more and more popular once someone release a news it will be widely spread.They can delete those content but they cannot control people's mind.
回覆刪除Social media can union people's mind easily, but different minds of people forming their group, so social media platform can be easily become the battlefield. Thinking in a bad ways is that peoples are attacking each other like The Golden Forum. I think besides fighting our freedom of right, the justices and right user behavior are also important issues.
回覆刪除Facebook, google and twitter are not available in mainland of China. Can they be friends with China in future? To the freedom of speech, I should say I agree with the strategies of these companies above, while as for the profits of the business, I should say they must obey the rules of China. 入乡随俗。 If they are really care about the development of their companies, they should not be so stick to themselves, they should become a little flexible. I like ebay's strategies about the eachnet. But it has to be admitted that eachnet's influence in China is much less than taobao. It is not because they didn't do well,while I think it is that they didn't understand Chinese background better that their rivals.
回覆刪除I am conccurring with you, just like different country has different rules and laws and culture. The OSN comprised of all nations from the globe, there are too many cultures and sorta people on it. Perhaps there should be at least some baseline of guidelines to ensure the community is a good place to everybody on it.
刪除I think every government want to be protected from the sensitive information. However, China government has so much sensitive information that want to be hidden from the public.
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