Description: An examination of how the availability of low-end information and communication technology has provided a basis for the emergence of a working-class network society in China.
Brief description: Jack Linchuan Qiu is Assistant Professor at the School of Journalism and Communication at Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is a coauthor (with Manuel Castells, Mireia Fernández-Ardèvol, and Araba Sey) of Mobile Communication and Society: A Global Perspective (MIT Press, 2006).
Review Quotes: [A] fascinating picture of a hitherto almost unknown phenomenon.--Jens Damm, The China Journal--