This essay investigates the background as well as the present and potential functions of egao, Chinese Internet spoofing. It focuses on the forms egao assumes in writing and analyzes how its practice of playing with and inventing words influences the Chinese society. Discussing the emergence of new expressions in text-based egao, this essay concludes that this kind of spoofing pushes the boundaries of accepted language but should be seen as an indicator rather than a cause of political change, as it takes advantage of the relative freedom of speech provided by the Internet while remaining at least partially tolerated by the government. The main impact exercised by egao is that its ridiculing of official phrases forces the authorities to cha...
In this chapter we explore how practices of security governmentality are enacted in everydaycensorsh...
Chinese cyberspace is vibrant with new expressions created and disseminated by Internet users. Gener...
This article discusses a relatively under-explored phenomenon that we call Tranßcripting - writing, ...
Chinese netizens have developed various strategies to circumvent gov- ernment censorship of the Inte...
Introduction Egao is a Chinese term for online spoofing. It literally means evil (e) doings (gao). T...
Abstract Received wisdom views political humor, viz. egao, in the Chinese cyber public sphere as a f...
This article examines e gao (online spoofs) as a popular form of political expression which has rece...
While the promotion of ‘harmony’ (和谐) in Chinese official discourse is widely regarded as a feature ...
This paper examines a viral language style that emerged during online activism against a Chinese cel...
In this chapter, I will argue that cynicisms of different kinds have played a crucial role in shaping...
This article investigates that relationship between e’gao (parody using web-based media) and Chinese...
abstract: This thesis examines the use of language and social capital in Internet communities, speci...
With a population of well over 400 million users, the Internet in mainland China is a vast and ever ...
Queries into the dynamics of dominance and resistance in the discursive realm have been at the core ...
It has been argued that the expectations of traditional L2 writing classroom can be problematic for ...
In this chapter we explore how practices of security governmentality are enacted in everydaycensorsh...
Chinese cyberspace is vibrant with new expressions created and disseminated by Internet users. Gener...
This article discusses a relatively under-explored phenomenon that we call Tranßcripting - writing, ...
Chinese netizens have developed various strategies to circumvent gov- ernment censorship of the Inte...
Introduction Egao is a Chinese term for online spoofing. It literally means evil (e) doings (gao). T...
Abstract Received wisdom views political humor, viz. egao, in the Chinese cyber public sphere as a f...
This article examines e gao (online spoofs) as a popular form of political expression which has rece...
While the promotion of ‘harmony’ (和谐) in Chinese official discourse is widely regarded as a feature ...
This paper examines a viral language style that emerged during online activism against a Chinese cel...
In this chapter, I will argue that cynicisms of different kinds have played a crucial role in shaping...
This article investigates that relationship between e’gao (parody using web-based media) and Chinese...
abstract: This thesis examines the use of language and social capital in Internet communities, speci...
With a population of well over 400 million users, the Internet in mainland China is a vast and ever ...
Queries into the dynamics of dominance and resistance in the discursive realm have been at the core ...
It has been argued that the expectations of traditional L2 writing classroom can be problematic for ...
In this chapter we explore how practices of security governmentality are enacted in everydaycensorsh...
Chinese cyberspace is vibrant with new expressions created and disseminated by Internet users. Gener...
This article discusses a relatively under-explored phenomenon that we call Tranßcripting - writing, ...