TY - CHAP

T1 - Mobile Communication, Public Participation and E-Governance in China

T2 - A case study of Xiamen Anti-PX Demonstration

AU - Liu, Jun

AU - Zhao, Hui

PY - 2010

Y1 - 2010

N2 - China has become the biggest mobile communication carrier in the world since 2001. Advanced technologies create a communication revolution, and the individual, through the advent of mobile media, has become an active participant in this process. This study investigates the mobile phone’s impact upon the developments of public participation, social inclusion and citizenship through the case study of Xiamen PX demonstration. In terms of local environmental activism, the Xiamen residents shared information with the help of wireless communication about the alleged misdeeds of party officials and took various civic actions again them. A rare sense of participation in public affairs is fostered through the use of mobile communication technology. The government must figure out how to improve the effective and regular information exchange and feedback top down and bottom up to raise the awareness and understanding among higher decision making agencies, government and the public.

AB - China has become the biggest mobile communication carrier in the world since 2001. Advanced technologies create a communication revolution, and the individual, through the advent of mobile media, has become an active participant in this process. This study investigates the mobile phone’s impact upon the developments of public participation, social inclusion and citizenship through the case study of Xiamen PX demonstration. In terms of local environmental activism, the Xiamen residents shared information with the help of wireless communication about the alleged misdeeds of party officials and took various civic actions again them. A rare sense of participation in public affairs is fostered through the use of mobile communication technology. The government must figure out how to improve the effective and regular information exchange and feedback top down and bottom up to raise the awareness and understanding among higher decision making agencies, government and the public.

U2 - 10.1145/1930321.1930388

DO - 10.1145/1930321.1930388

M3 - Book chapter

SN - 9781450300582

SP - 327

EP - 332

BT - 4th International Conference on Theory and Proctice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV 2010) Proceedings

A2 - Janowski, Tomasz

A2 - Davies, Jim

PB - Association for Computing Machinery

ER -