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Culture, boundary, and identity: a comparison of practices between two online punk communities in China

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posted on 2017-01-05, 16:16 authored by Jian Xiao, James StanyerJames Stanyer
This article analyzes how digital technology can shape cultural practice in Chinese online communities. By using the concepts of boundary and identity, it explores the formation of two online punk communities in China, created by those who are interested in punk music originating from Anglo-American countries. Drawing on data from participant observation and 10 in-depth interviews, this article first reviews literature on Internet culture in China, online communities, boundaries, and identity. It then focuses on the differing practices of the two online punk communities. A discussion is subsequently provided concerning how boundaries are constructed in online communities through the exclusion that is enabled by the technological platform. An analysis of how the members identify themselves with online communities and form punk subcultures encouraged by the boundaries of their respective communities is then presented towards the end of the article. It is through this process that the members empower themselves in their relationships with the surrounding society.

History

School

  • Social Sciences

Department

  • Communication, Media, Social and Policy Studies

Published in

Chinese Journal of Communication

Pages

1 - 18

Citation

XIAO, J. and STANYER, J., 2016. Culture, boundary, and identity: a comparison of practices between two online punk communities in China. Chinese Journal of Communication, 10 (3), pp. 246-263.

Publisher

© The Centre for Chinese Media and Comparative Communication Research, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Published by Taylor & Francis

Version

  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Publisher statement

This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Acceptance date

2016-05-16

Publication date

2016

Notes

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Chinese Journal of Communication on 28 August 2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/17544750.2016.1207695.

ISSN

1754-4750

eISSN

1754-4769

Language

  • en