%0 Book
%A Hefan Xu
%D 2019
%C Berlin, Germany
%I Peter Lang Verlag
%@ 9783631772416
%T Fragmented Society: The Diffusion of ICT and China’s Modernization
%R 10.3726/b14938
%U https://www.peterlang.com/document/1110867
%X Information and communication technology (ICT) has boosted economic development in China. To understand China’s modernization, it is therefore necessary to consider the development of ICT. The book reflects how a catch–up country with a fast modernization process develops into a relatively modern country and the consequences of the fast development. It focuses on the development of media in China by examining the diffusion of ICT and providing a case study in an indigenous place to explore the modernization process. The book offers a new perspective to understand modernization and contributes knowledge to understand China’s media, technology diffusion, indigenous culture transformation into modern culture and social changes.
%K Sociology, Media, Urbanization, Tradition, Modernity, Telecommunication Reforms
%G English