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conferences
First
Annual Chinese
Internet
Research Conference
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CHINA
AND THE INTERNET: TECHNOLOGY, ECONOMY, AND SOCIETY IN TRANSITION
Annenberg
School for Communication
University
of Southern California
May
30-31, 2003
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Co-organized
with
Annenberg
School for Communication
University
of Southern California
DESCRIPTION
The
Internet community in China has been growing in leaps and bounds in the
past decade. It now boasts the world’s second largest online
population. What was once foreign to the Beijing literati has now
become home to 59 million Chinese. Despite the recent slowdown in
the global information technology market, this community has been
growing at an astonishing pace.
In two information-packed days, this conference brings together more
than 50 scholars, researchers, journalists, policy analysts, industry
leaders, and legal practitioners around the world.
Among the issues addressed are: Why can China sustain the Internet boom
despite various adverse conditions? What is the social, economic, and
cultural impact of the Internet on China? What roles do government
authorities, information technology firms, and grassroots virtual
communities play in shaping the new technology under the transitional
economy?
SCHEDULE
May
30, 2003: FROM DIFFUSION TO REGULATION
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8:30 |
Registration
& Breakfast
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9:00 |
Welcoming
Remarks
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9:15 |
Keynote
Opening Address
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10:00 |
Mapping
the Cyberspace of the People's Republic
Moderator:
Speakers:
“The
Diffusion of the Internet in China: A Survey Report”
“Women
and the Internet in the PRC”
“Understanding
China’s Digital Divide”
Commentator:
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11:15 |
Coffee
Break
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11:30 |
Internet
Policymaking with Chinese Characteristics
Moderator:
Speakers:
“Critical
Looks: How and Why China Is Regulating the Internet”
“Anatomy
of the Decisionmaking Process in China: The Case of the Internet
Industry”
“Policymaking
for Internet Cafes in China”
Commentators:
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1:00 |
Networking
Luncheon
Keynote Address:
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2:30 |
A
New Great Wall? Issues of Internet Regulation
Moderator:
Speakers:
“You’ve
Got Dissent! Beijing’s Low-Tech and High-Tech Responses to
Political Use of the Internet”
“Internet
Regulation in China: The Never-ending Cat and Mouse Game”
“Technologies
of Contradiction: The Internet in China”
“China’s
Internet Problem: A Threat to Indigenous Culture, Youth and
Political Thought?”
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4:00 |
Coffee
Break
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4:15 |
Civil
Rights in Cyberspace
Moderator:
Speakers:
“Weaving
the Authoritarian Web”
“Empirical
Analysis of Internet Filtering in China”
“Online
Data Privacy in China—A Preliminary Exploration”
Commentator:
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5:30 |
Book
Signing Reception
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6:30 |
Conference
Adjourns for the Day
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7:00 |
Dinner
with Speakers
Keynote Address:
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May
31, 2003: "LET A HUNDRED FLOWERS BLOSSOM"
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8:00 |
Breakfast
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8:30 |
Welcome
Remarks
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Keynote Address
- Lyric Hughes
(Founder and CEO, China Online)
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9:30 |
E-commerce
and M-Commerce
Moderator:
Speakers:
“E-Commerce/E-Business
in the People’s Republic of China: A Foreign Companies
Perspective”
“Diffusion
and Impacts of E-Commerce in China”
“From
the Web to Wireless”
Commentator:
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10:45 |
Coffee
Break
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11:00 |
Assessing
China's E-Government Initiatives
Moderator:
Speakers:
“E-Government
in China: Keeping up with the Joneses?”
“Is
China on the Way from E-Governance to Good Governance?”
“E-Government
in China: A Content Analysis of National, Provincial, and
Municipal Websites”
“China’s
E-Policy: Examples of Local E-Government in Guangdong and Fujian”
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12:15 |
Coffee
Break
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12:30 |
Identity
and Imagined Communities
Moderator:
Speakers:
“The
Formation of Tongzhi: Internet, Civil Society, and Information
Economy in China”
“Fans,
Virtual Community and Sexuality: A Case Study of the XFANS Fan
Community”
“Displaying
Culture, Voicing Identity: A Study of the Manchurian Web Site
‘Eight Banners Descendant’”
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2:00 |
Networking
Luncheon
Special
Open Session: "SARS, SMS, and the Internet in China"
Moderator:
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3:30 |
Internet
as News Media: Mainstream or Alternative?
Moderator:
Speakers:
“Red
Net Over China: China’s New Media Order and Its
Implications”
“Internet
as a Resource: Routinization of Internet Use among Shanghai and
Hong Kong Journalists”
Commentator:
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4:45 |
Coffee
Break
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5:00 |
Political
Communication on the Net
Moderator:
Speakers:
“Communism
Online: The Sixteenth Party Congress and Cyber-Transparency”
“Internet,
e-Social Capital and Public Sphere: A Study of the ‘Strong
Country’ Forum during the 16th National Congress of Communist
Party of China”
“Freedom
from Economic and Political Shackles: Online Nationalism in Hong
Kong and Mainland China”
Commentator:
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6:15 |
Closing
Remarks
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6:30 |
Conference
Adjourns
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CONFERENCE CO-FOUNDERS
Jack
Linchuan Qiu
Peter
K. Yu
CONFERENCE
ADVISORS
Sandra
Ball-Rokeach
Manuel
Castells
Geoffrey
Cowan
William
Dutton
Murray
Fromson
Wenxiang
Gong
Nina
Hachigian
Margaret
McLaughlin
Monroe
Price
Stanley
Rosen
Stefaan
Verhulst
MAJOR
SPONSOR
Lohan
Media
INSTITUTIONAL
SPONSORS
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Annenberg
School for Communication, University of Southern California
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Howard
M. Squadron Program in Law, Media & Society, Benjamin N. Cardozo
School of Law, Yeshiva University
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The
Graduate School of Journalism, University of California, Berkeley
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School
of Journalism and Communication, Peking University
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Stanhope
Centre for Communication Policy Research
INSTITUTIONAL
CO-SPONSORS
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The
Markle Foundation
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RAND
Center for Asia Pacific Policy
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UCLA
Center for Communication Policy
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Online
Journalism Review, USC Annenberg School for Comm.
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Quello
Center for Telecommunication Management & Law, Michigan State
University
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Master
of Communication in Digital Media Program, University of Washington
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School
of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University
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