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The Use Of Variation Theory To Enhance Speech-Impaired Students’ Learning Of Putonghua, Pei Ying, Peggie Ho
The Use Of Variation Theory To Enhance Speech-Impaired Students’ Learning Of Putonghua, Pei Ying, Peggie Ho
Practical Social and Industrial Research Symposium
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The Human Flesh Search Engine: Democracy, Censorship, And Political Participation In Twenty-First Century China, Vincent Capone
The Human Flesh Search Engine: Democracy, Censorship, And Political Participation In Twenty-First Century China, Vincent Capone
Graduate History Conference, UMass Boston
The Human Flesh Search Engine is a recent, unique phenomenon on the Chinese internet. Comprising of thousands of forum, micro-blog, and entertainment websites and mobilizing the overwhelming number of Chinese internet users, or netizens, the search engine is able to quickly find obscure information and identify seemingly anonymous internet personalities. These websites allow netizens to have their voices heard in an otherwise restrictive government, however these websites also become a hotbed for dissent, with web users highlighting stories and figures which they deem harmful to society. Through clever investigative work, netizens hunt down an individual's identity with the goal of …