Apologies for any cross-posting. We’d like to bring to your attention to the special issue on the Internet, Social Networks and Civic Engagement in Chinese Societies, in Information, Communication and Society, Volume 17, Number 1, February 2014. http://bit.ly/1n7iWs6 The special issue includes seven articles that draw on a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches to advance a balanced and context-rich understanding of the implications of digital media and technologies in China, Taiwan, and the global Chinese diaspora. Contributors include scholars from North America, Europe, and Asia. And Happy Chinese New Year! Guest Editorial Taking Stock, Moving Forward: The Internet, Social Networks and Civic Engagement in Chinese Societies Wenhong Chen http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2013.857425#.UuaArrXnZw... Transnational immanence: The autopoietic co-constitution of a Chinese spiritual organization through mediated communication Pauline Cheong, Jennie Hwang and Boris Brummans http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2013.833277#.UuaAxbXnZw... Online political participation, civic talk, and media multiplexity: How Taiwanese citizens express political opinions on the web Yuli Hsieh and Meng-Hao Li http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2013.833278#.UuaA7bXnZw... Derailed emotions: The transformation of claims and targets during the wenzhou online incident Maria Bondes and Günter Schucher http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2013.853819#.UuaBOrXnZw... Weibo communication and government legitimacy in China: A computer-assisted analysis of Weibo messages on two “mass incidents” Jingrong Tong and Landong Zuo http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2013.839730#.UuaBWLXnZw... Weibo network, information diffusion and implications for collective action in China Ronggui Huang and Xiaoyi Sun http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2013.853817#.UuaBHbXnZw... Expanding civic engagement in China: Super Girl and entertainment-based online community Jingsi Wu http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2013.833276#.UuaBn7XnZw... Regional variation in Chinese internet filtering Joss Wright http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2013.853818#.UuaBs7XnZw... Wenhong 文泓 Wenhong Chen Assistant Professor Department of Radio-TV-Film, College of Communication 1 University Station A0800, CMA 5.142 University of Texas at Austin 2504 Whitis Ave Stop A0800 Austin, TX 78712-1067 T: 512-471-4952 F: 512-471-4077 wenhong.chen@austin.utexas.edu http://utexas.academia.edu/wenhongchen