Archive: Online Water Army

• Behind “Occupy Obama’s Google+”

  By Shu April 11, 2012

  Beginning on February 20th, Barack Obama’s Google+ page began to be filled with simplified Chinese characters. In other words, netizens in mainland China broke the Great Firewall and got the access to

  Categories: 2012, The Gnovis Blog Tags: chinese internet culture, chinese internet jargon, chinese netizen, government and social media, great firewall, occupy obama google+, Online Water Army, politics and social media

• Are we thrown into prison cell?

  By Shu November 21, 2011

  In China, with the development of Internet, the public has more opportunities to make themselves heard, which can promote the social democracy. However, unexpected consequences come along with the ad

  Categories: 2011, The Gnovis Blog Tags: Discipline and Punish, Internet real-name system, Jereny Bentham, Michel Foucault, Online PR Company, Online Water Army, Panopticon, Technology & Information Policy