China and the Fifth Estate: Net Delusion or Democratic Potential?

<p>Arguably, liberal democratic societies are seeing the emergence of a ‘Fifth Estate’ that is being enabled by the Internet. This new organizational form is comparable to, but potentially more powerful than, the Fourth Estate, which developed as a significant force in an earlier period with a...

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Main Authors: William H. Dutton, Sun Huan, Weiwei Shen
Format: Article
Language:Catalan
Published: Universitat Oberta de Catalunya 2015-07-01
Series:IDP
Online Access:https://idp.uoc.edu/articles/2648