COMM 110 1st Edition Lecture 34ChinaI. Class perceptions of Chinaa. Controlled government, Communist b. Internet is blocked/censoredc. No competition in China, everyone makes the same income and there’s no class mobilityd. They can’t drivee. Good at math and Sciencef. Traditionalg. Hardworkingh. Exploited workers i. They make everything j. Over polluted, over populated and over governed k. Individual success not as important as societal success II. Class perceptions of Americans a. Fatb. Lots of Free Will/Openc. Aggressive (War-not necessarily in the negative sense)d. Love McDonalds and KFCe. Very Rich f. Everyone lives in New York City i. Gossip Girl and Friends III. Are we ethnocentric?a. Where do we get our idea/ perceptions of China?i. mediab. Do we have these perceptions for other countries?IV. Censorship - the suppression of speech or other public communication which may be consideredobjectionable, harmful, sensitive, politically incorrect or inconvenient as determined by a government, media outlet or other controlling bodya. Types i. Moralii. Militaryiii. Politicaliv. Religiousv. Corporateb. Chinese gov is created in how they implement certain lawsV. Censorship in Chinaa. Internet is not entirely blocked – 500 million Internet Users in China (most users in the world)b. There is censorship, but there are creative linguistic ways to subvert These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.c. Flourishing social media landscape especially at the local level…Just don’t say anything about Beijingd. Why is it that we seem ambivalent about censorship or being watched in our own country, but we seem paranoid about these same issues with regards to China?i. Reality is are we really being differentVI. Success in Chinaa. China had 2,378,000 millionaire households in 2013, a rise of 82% from the previous yearb. Explosive economic growth has created a strong emerging middle
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