The Geography of Internet Access Points: Conditions of Public Access and Usage Models in Large Chinese Cities
Puel, Gilles
The Geography of Internet Access Points: Conditions of Public Access and Usage Models in Large Chinese Cities - 2009.
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China's regulation of the Internet concerns network architecture, operators, content and access points. This paper analyses the interplay between regulation and the ecosystem of Internet cafés and its spatial dynamics as a social construct. Three empirical studies of five cities show how the connection between regulation and local policy is shaping the market of Internet cafés, and segmenting it. The authors interpret the urban geography of Internet cafés as a spatial translation of compromises between the actors, a joint social construct, which highlights the important role of users at the forefront of the authorities' normalising drive.
The Geography of Internet Access Points: Conditions of Public Access and Usage Models in Large Chinese Cities - 2009.
47
China's regulation of the Internet concerns network architecture, operators, content and access points. This paper analyses the interplay between regulation and the ecosystem of Internet cafés and its spatial dynamics as a social construct. Three empirical studies of five cities show how the connection between regulation and local policy is shaping the market of Internet cafés, and segmenting it. The authors interpret the urban geography of Internet cafés as a spatial translation of compromises between the actors, a joint social construct, which highlights the important role of users at the forefront of the authorities' normalising drive.
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