Tag / internet
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《新世纪诗典（第一季）》 – ‘Poems for the new Century’ (first season)
In 2011, YiSha was invited to start a Weibo column, recommending one contemporary poem every day. The result of this experiment was a highly original publication, Poems for the New Century.
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传统纸媒不能自乱阵脚 – Traditional paper media shouldn’t let itself collapse
Is the rise of the new media necessarily the end of newspapers, or is there a way for paper journalism to continue in parallel to internet news?
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网络文学之死 – The Death of online literature
How does technological change affect writing, and did the internet kill its own cultural child prodigy?
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网络文学已死，有事烧纸 – Online literature is dead, let’s start burning the paper
The death of online literature seems to be a common theme amongst Chinese writers. In a previous post, I spoke about the dynamics in the Wang Xinyu and Jianhan Qiushui pieces. Wei Yingjie, on the other hand, reminisces on a past where internet literature truly flourished. The turn of the millennium, where the internet was a literary land of milk and honey. Perhaps, to take on Jianhan’s view, online literature simply needs to adapt to a new form in order to revive itself?
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网络文学的死与生 – The death and birth of online literature
Is online literature about to die, or is the internet the future of Chinese story-telling? Reflections on cross-media convergence in today’s China.
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武汉一企业另类招聘：员工必须会玩英雄联盟 – (Easy read) A Wuhan company requires that employees can play video games
Candidates are required to be able to play video games; work time will also be set aside for video game playing. A Wuhan company recruits employees that can play video games.
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文学的终结 – The end of literature 1
This is the first post in a series exploring the transformation of Chinese literature brought about by new technologies, as evidenced by a series of recent literary events.
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解密国内最奇葩网站：豆瓣在想什么？ – Decrypting China’s most wonderful website: What is Douban thinking?
An article presenting China’s “hip” social networking website Douban – its history, business model and key features
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微信有“罪”吗？ – Is WeChat “guilty”?
“Recently, the press reported that some users of WeChat are taking advantage of it to deceive others. The report says that people are using the “shake” and “look around” functions to commit crimes, such as fraud, theft and rape.” When technology is harnessed to dark ends, however, who should we blame – the tool, or the perpetrators?
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网络语言由谁立规范 – Who will set linguistic norms on the internet?
Often, internet censorship, along with Tiananmen and the Cultural Revolution, are favorite China-related conversation topics in the West. All of which contribute to the shallow ‘1984’ stereotype certain westerners have of the Chinese intellectual environment. This piece gives a nuance to the way we think about China’s censorship. It isn’t all removing the names of controversial politicians and anything to do with Tibet; some Chinese censors are also striving towards a linguistic standard which the internet in some ways hinders. The cyber world must be a linguistic-nightmare for officials, people are constantly using slang, dialectical phrases, traditional and simplified Chinese.
