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The 7th Chinese Internet Research Conference
May 27 – 29, 2009 . Room # 110
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8:00 – 8:30
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Registration and Breakfast
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8:30 – 9:00
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Opening Remarks
Dean Michael DELLI CARPINI and Professor Monroe PRICE, University of Pennsylvania
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9:00 – 10:15
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Public Sphere and Deliberation
Spaces and Dynamics of Chinese Online Public Deliberation, JIANG Min, University
of North Carolina
Online Political Discussion and Left-Right Ideological Debate: A Comparative Study
of Two Major Chinese BBS Forums, YUAN Le & YANG Boxu, Peking University
Global Internet Freedom Indicators: Chinese censorship in a comparative context,
Karin KARLEKAR and Sarah COOK, Freedom House
Respondent: Joseph CAPPELLA, University of Pennsylvania
Moderator: Jack QIU, Chinese University of Hong Kong
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10:15 – 10:45
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Break
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10:45 – 12:30
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Round Table Discussion
Sharon HOM, Human Rights in China
Leslie HARRIS, Center for Democracy and Technology
Bob BOORSTIN, Google
Ang PENG-HWA, School of Communication Studies, Nanyang Technological University
Colin MACLAY, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University
Isaac MAO, Co-founder of cnblog.org
Moderator: Rebecca MACKINNON, University of Hong Kong's Journalism and Media
Studies Centre
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12:30 – 1:30
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Lunch
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1:30 – 3:00
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Censorship, Surveillance, and the State of the Chinese Internet
Special Speech Zones in the Chinese-Written Internet, LIAO Han Teng, Oxford University
Circumvention Landscape Report: Methods, Tools, and Uses, Hal ROBERTS & Ethan
ZUCKERMAN, Harvard University
China's Censorship 2.0, Rebecca MACKINNON, University of Hong Kong's Journalism
and Media Studies Centre
China's Golden Shield Project: Myths, Realities and Context, Dave LYONS, Rutgers
University
Respondent: Carolyn MARVIN, University of Pennsylvania
Moderator: Lokman TSUI, University of Pennsylvania
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3:00 – 3:30
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Break
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3:30 – 5:00
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Civil Society in China: Challenges and Opportunities
Mapping Chinese Blogosphere, Bruce ETLING, John KELLY & Rob FARIS, Harvard University
Circumvention technology, its role in China, Roger DINGLEDINE, Berkman Center for
Internet and Society, Harvard University
The importance of Internet in facilitating the most important translation community
in China, ZHANG Lei, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University
The role of technology in facilitating connections amongst people in China, Isaac
MAO, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University
Respondent: Amy E. GADSDEN, University of Pennsylvania
Moderator: Kenneth FARRALL, University of Pennsylvania
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5:00 – 5:15
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Break
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5:15 – 6:30
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Special Session: New Books on Internet and Chinese Society
HU Yong, 眾生喧嘩 (The Rising Cacophony: Personal Expression and Public Discussion in
the Internet Age), Peking University
YANG Guobin, The Power of the Internet in China: Citizen Activism Online,
Columbia University
Jack QIU, Working-class network society: Communication technology and the information
have-less in urban China, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Moderator: Monroe PRICE, University of Pennsylvania
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7:00 – 9:00
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Reception at the Comcast Building
One Comcast Center
Philadelphia, PA 19103
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8:30 – 9:00
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Breakfast
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9:00 – 10:30
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Women and Minorities
Naxi and the Net: "Modernization" and Digital Culture in a Minority Frame, Qian
MO, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications & David GOLUMBIA, University
of Virginia
Exploring the Digital Divide Among Migrant Women in Beijing, Elisa OREGLIA, UC Berkeley
Taiwan’s Online Policy on Multiculturalism and Multiculturalism, Jens DAMM, Freie
Universität Berlin
Women and Online Civic Engagement: Exploring the Gender Gap in the Use of Online
Discussion, TENG Xiaoyan, Peking University
Respondent: Emily HANNUM, University of Pennsylvania
Moderator: Randy KLUVER, Texas A&M University
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10:30 – 11:00
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Break
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11:00 – 12:15
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Civic Engagement and Participation
Chinese Diasporic Communities Online and Offline: The Effects of Internet Use on
Offline Community Participation and Social Action, HU Fan, Hong Kong Baptist University,
JIANG Li, Cornell University & WANG Ning, Hong Kong Baptist University
A Proposal: The Impact of ICTs on Familial Solidarity in Translocal China, Sunny
S.K. LAM, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
In search of collective action: Interest-oriented vs. relationship-oriented social
network sites in China, ZHANG Weiyu, National University of Singapore
Respondent: Michael DELLI CARPINI, University of Pennsylvania
Moderator: Peter YU, Drake University
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12:15 – 1:30
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Lunch
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1:30 – 2:45
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Grassroots Culture
Riding on eMule: A case study on the file sharing community in China, Bingchun MENG,
London School of Economics
Game Between “Quan” and “Shi”: Research on “Shanzhai” Culture in China Cyber SpacePost-Olympic
Culture, JIANG Fei, Institute of Journalism and Communication, Chinese Academy of
Social Sciences
Web 2.0, Grassroots Journalism and Social Justice in China, XIN Xin, University
of Westminster
Respondent: Peter DECHERNEY, University of Pennsylvania
Moderator: XIAO Qiang, Berkeley
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2:45 – 3:15
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Break
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3:15 – 4:30
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Moral Panics and Nationalism
Examining the Factors that Influence College Students’ Attitude towards Human Flesh
Search in Mainland China, LU Chen, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Chinese Cyber-Nationalism: The Case of 2008 Tibet Uprising Discussions on Facebook,
Dian PARAMITA, London School of Economics
From nationalism to emerging public sphere: The case of global Olympic torch relay
dispute online, FAN Dong, Annenberg School for Communication, USC
Respondent: Hongmei LI, University of Pennsylvania/Georgia State University
Moderator: ANG Peng Hwa, National University of Singapore
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4:30 – 5:00
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Final Reflections, Monroe PRICE, University of Pennsylvania
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5:00
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Light Reception at Annenberg School of Communication
Student Award Ceremony
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Note: Chinese-English and English-Chinese translation will
be provided for the workshop
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8:00 – 8:30
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Breakfast
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8:30 – 9:45
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Panel I: Internet Governance from an International Perspective: Theory and Practice
Topics:
- What are the key global challenges/issues regarding internet governance?
- What have been the impacts of these global challenges/issues on China?
Panelists:
- ANG Peng Hwa, National University of Singapore
- Robert GUERRA, Freedom House
- Milton MUELLER, Syracuse University
- Wendy SELTZER, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University
- Peter YU, Drake College
Moderator: Rebecca MACKINNON, University of Hong Kong's Journalism and Media
Studies Centre
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9:45 – 10:00
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Break
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10:00 – 11:15
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Panel II: Internet Governance in the Chinese Context: Theory and Practice
Topics:
- Presentation of paper on Chinese position on internet governance
- What are the other key challenges/issues regarding internet governance in China?
- What has been China's impact on global discussions of internet governance?
- What has been the impact of the global economic crisis and the transformation of
internet geopolitics/China’s cooperation with the developing world
Panelists:
- WEN Yunchao (Beifeng), NetEast
- XUE Hong, Beijing Normal University
- ZHAO Jing (Michael Anti)
- HU Yong, Peking University
- Randy KLUVER, Texas A&M University
- Edmon CHUNG, DotAsia
Moderator: Jack QIU, Chinese University of Hong Kong
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11:15 – 11:45
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Break
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11:45 – 1:00
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Panel III: Plenary Discussion on China, Civil Society, and the Future of Internet
Governance
Will include all panelists
Moderator: XIAO Qiang, Berkeley
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1:00 – 2:00
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Lunch
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