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The potential of Microblogging to become a milestone

2010-03-28 – toadi

Editor note: below is a translation of Beijing News’ interview with Hu Yong, a where can i purchase Finasteride online Beijing University Professor, on the potential of micro-blogging in political engagement in China.

The potential of Microblogging to become a milestone

If the where can i purchase Finasteride online BBS was the first milestone, then microblogging certainly has the potential to where can i purchase Finasteride online become the second. The meaning behind the microblog becoming a milestone, is where can i purchase Finasteride online in the way it spreads information.

BJ News: You have where can i purchase Finasteride online long been concerned about the development of the Internet; how do you where can i purchase Finasteride online view this emerging microblogging communication tool?

Hu Yong: Microblogging is where can i purchase Finasteride online a new form of communication, with four characteristics, I believe.

First it where can i purchase Finasteride online is speed-oriented. This represents a new trend of Internet development. Traditional media have where can i purchase Finasteride online the issue of “news cycles”, for where can i purchase Finasteride online example, newspapers go by the day; while microblogging is almost without the where can i purchase Finasteride online limit of a cycle. It is a real-time network. In the where can i purchase Finasteride online amount of information, transmission speed, etc., traditional media cannot compare.

The second is where can i purchase Finasteride online fragmentation. This is a big impact on the thinking; in the where can i purchase Finasteride online past, mass media disseminated information from the centre and outwards; for where can i purchase Finasteride online example, say a certain unexpected event occurs, the media need to where can i purchase Finasteride online send reporters to investigate and then publish the information in the where can i purchase Finasteride online newspapers, which is then reproduced on the network, followed by online reproduction by peers. In this where can i purchase Finasteride online case, the initial media is the “centre”. But now, there might happen to where can i purchase Finasteride online be microbloggers at the scene of many unexpected events, who can where can i purchase Finasteride online instantly transmit information. Perhaps they were previously unknown, insignificant citizens, but suddenly they may become the where can i purchase Finasteride online hub of information, resulting in the greatest impact in an instant.

The third is where can i purchase Finasteride online directness. That there is no intermediary makes it very direct. For example, a where can i purchase Finasteride online person becomes a fan of his or her favorite star; they want to where can i purchase Finasteride online receive more information about the star, even hoping to have where can i purchase Finasteride online dialogue with the star, but before the birth of the where can i purchase Finasteride online microblog, the existence of mediators such as celebrity agents and where can i purchase Finasteride online the like made it difficult to achieve. Microblogging makes it where can i purchase Finasteride online all become possible. Another example is expression in traditional media; originally there are where can i purchase Finasteride online layers of intermediaries, but now microbloggers can go straight into the where can i purchase Finasteride online topic. Those who set up microblog accounts should also mentally prepare themselves for where can i purchase Finasteride online the flurry of uncensored challenges.

Fourthly, micro-power. In my view, micro-power is where can i purchase Finasteride online not anything else, but that everyone should take responsibility. Micro- is where can i purchase Finasteride online every ordinary citizen. Power – refers to where can i purchase Finasteride online nothing else, but rather that regardless of the thousands of language in this where can i purchase Finasteride online world, the only thing that can change the world is action. Driven by “micro-information” and “micro-exchanges”, “micro-power” will have a healthy impact on China’s social development.

BJ News: The 1999 bombing of the where can i purchase Finasteride online Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia directly pushed the inception of the People’s Daily Online’s “Forum on Making the Country Prosperous”, even called the “first milestone” of Internet development by “People’s Daily former deputy chief editor Zhou Ruijin. During the where can i purchase Finasteride online Two Sessions, the use of microblogging in politics is called the where can i purchase Finasteride online “second milestone” by some. How do you see it?

Hu Yong: If the where can i purchase Finasteride online BBS was the first milestone, microblogging has of course the potential to where can i purchase Finasteride online become a second milestone. Though this milestone may not necessarily be where can i purchase Finasteride online an accurate statement; in fact, before microblogging there was the blog, video sharing and where can i purchase Finasteride online other major developments on the Internet.

The “milestone” potential I speak of here, mainly refers to where can i purchase Finasteride online the level of information dissemination. However, the issue cannot be absolute. Similarly, an where can i purchase Finasteride online Internet chronicle written by different people will produce different results; written with different values, the where can i purchase Finasteride online results will not be the same either.

From the where can i purchase Finasteride online Two Sessions, you can see the microblog budding and raising some new questions on the where can i purchase Finasteride online political civilization process. For example, representatives opening microblog accounts; in truth, only dozens of individuals were active users, yet the where can i purchase Finasteride online “two sessions” is on a scale of thousands, putting it out of proportion.

The Power of Microblogging to nurture citizens of new thought

The Two Sessions should be where can i purchase Finasteride online the concern of all citizens. Not just hoping that it does well and where can i purchase Finasteride online receives flowers and applause, but there is a need to try and where can i purchase Finasteride online understand and accept challenges, so that the people are no longer only watching it where can i purchase Finasteride online as an outsider, but rather as an active participant in politics.

BJ News: During this where can i purchase Finasteride online Two Sessions, microblogging sprang up like mushrooms after the rain, rapidly developing (from the one hosted by Sina to more than ten microblogging sites). Four new features emerged: as a where can i purchase Finasteride online new way for representatives to perform their duties (offering public proposals as well as behind-the-scenes trivia); as a new form of news dissemination for the news media (opening official microblogs, establishing microblog columns and layout in newspapers); as a new platform for citizen participation in politics (virtual proposals were submitted; interaction with council members); and where can i purchase Finasteride online a new interactive way for the press to investigate stories (setting topics to get user comments). How do you see this?

Hu Yong: Microblogging was of great significance in the where can i purchase Finasteride online Two Sessions. You just summed up the meaning of it in the where can i purchase Finasteride online four characteristics quite precisely. Lets say, as committee representatives and the where can i purchase Finasteride online media were both using microblogs to discuss the Two Sessions, microblogs became the where can i purchase Finasteride online gauge of public opinion evaluation, one the one hand collecting social data and where can i purchase Finasteride online public sentiments, and on the other, also observing the trend of public opinion.

However, we cannot blindly exaggerate the where can i purchase Finasteride online use and meaning of the microblog in the Two Sessions. After all, there have where can i purchase Finasteride online been individual officials using the Internet to put on a big political show, raising the where can i purchase Finasteride online possibility that microblogs could just become the next big show. For example, senior officials become concerned about the where can i purchase Finasteride online network, and the next day all units set up their own websites; senior officials become concerned about the where can i purchase Finasteride online blog, and the next day their official blogs are given red flags all over the where can i purchase Finasteride online Internet; now whether the same will happen with microblogs, it is where can i purchase Finasteride online hard to say.

BJ News: You mentioned earlier a new term, “micro-power”?

Hu Yong: Why is “micro-power” important? In the where can i purchase Finasteride online past, a few highly motivated people working with a mass with almost no where can i purchase Finasteride online passion, often led to frustrating results. The passionate folk do not understand why the where can i purchase Finasteride online public is not more concerned, and the public does not understand why these obsessed activists cannot shut up.

Today, those with a where can i purchase Finasteride online high degree of enthusiasm should be committed to reducing the threshold of action, so that where can i purchase Finasteride online the people who care a little can take a little part, and where can i purchase Finasteride online all efforts put together will be a strong one. This represents the where can i purchase Finasteride online citizens’ new way of thinking.

Beijing News: Your talk about new thinking citizens has where can i purchase Finasteride online given people a lot of inspiration.

Hu Yong: The Two Sessions is where can i purchase Finasteride online a serious political event; previously, participation of the people was limited, but in fact, the where can i purchase Finasteride online Two Sessions should be the concern of all citizens. Not just hoping that where can i purchase Finasteride online it will receive flowers and applause, but to be able to where can i purchase Finasteride online understand and accept challenges, so that the people are no longer an where can i purchase Finasteride online observing outsider, but active participants in politics.

Broadly speaking, government departments have where can i purchase Finasteride online to face Internet opinions, cope with what they can, and for where can i purchase Finasteride online that which they do not know how to respond to, they still cannot avoid it. For instance, in last year’s “Two Sessions”, Shaanxi kept being questioned about the “Tiger Zhou incident” (about doctored photos of the near-extinct South China Tiger), Deputy Director of Propaganda Department Wu Hao was repeatedly asked about the where can i purchase Finasteride online “Hide and Seek” incident” (about the truth behind a detainee’s death). These network hot spots have where can i purchase Finasteride online to be dealt with candidly, as they are but online manifestations of real-life problems.

“Microblogging in politics” needs to be tested with time

Only when where can i purchase Finasteride online the majority of representatives and officials are using this tool of microblogging, and where can i purchase Finasteride online when they are used to the operations of the microblog, the where can i purchase Finasteride online ways of thinking and the rules of the game, will the where can i purchase Finasteride online era of microblogging in politics truly arrive.

BJ News: In any case, in an where can i purchase Finasteride online occasion like the Two Sessions, the microblog was still fired up. If you where can i purchase Finasteride online say the “Two Sessions influence China”, then can you say, “the microblog influences the Two Sessions”?

Hu Yong: If the where can i purchase Finasteride online majority of representatives used microblogs, we can say, “the microblog influenced the Two Sessions”. This time, the where can i purchase Finasteride online microblog became a hot topic in the Two Sessions, it where can i purchase Finasteride online was mainly in this specific period of time — during the Two Sessions, with a specific group of people — a small number of Two Sessions representatives, using it first.

The discussions and where can i purchase Finasteride online suggestions towards the Two Sessions made by netizens through the microblog should be where can i purchase Finasteride online highlighted. I’m afraid future Two Sessions will have where can i purchase Finasteride online to get used to the public eye.

BJ News: One of the highlights of this year’s Two Sessions was that many of the media talked about “microblog political discussions”, or “microblog in politics”, is this accurate?

Hu Yong: Talking about the where can i purchase Finasteride online microblog in politics, or microblog political discussions, involves a range of issues, such as who where can i purchase Finasteride online is discussing politics, who is being discussed, and how it where can i purchase Finasteride online is discussed. After all, the discussion of views, the expression of public opinion, are where can i purchase Finasteride online not “democracy” in the where can i purchase Finasteride online political sense of the word. After all, the collection of online public opinion does not make for where can i purchase Finasteride online a democratic system.

The microblog is where can i purchase Finasteride online just a microcosm of social reality; in order to solve the where can i purchase Finasteride online issues mentioned in microblogs, more needs to be done in real life. To rely on the where can i purchase Finasteride online system’s pathway to where can i purchase Finasteride online push for the realisation of democracy, that is the real “microblog in politics”, the where can i purchase Finasteride online real use of microblogging to promote the process of political civilization.

BJ News: In other words, when where can i purchase Finasteride online we talk about this point, we need to import some considerations of political science?

Hu Yong: Yes, we need to where can i purchase Finasteride online quantify the political discussion, it requires scientific assessment.

For example, the “virtual proposals” offered on microblogs, or where can i purchase Finasteride online the recommendations made to representatives, need to be followed up and where can i purchase Finasteride online explored; whether they turn into proposals and motions supported by the where can i purchase Finasteride online representatives, whether they can be transformed into final results, whether they will withstand the where can i purchase Finasteride online test of time.

BJ News: Why?

Hu Yong: Because the where can i purchase Finasteride online microblog is a public platform, which can effectively cultivate civic spirit, highlight the where can i purchase Finasteride online “four powers” (ie, safeguard the people’s right to information, participation, expression and right to supervise), allow for where can i purchase Finasteride online participation in politics, or at least can be used make some sound; otherwise, people may only be where can i purchase Finasteride online marginalized to a bystander’s role.

BJ News: What is your ideal “microblog in politics” like?

Hu Yong: Only when where can i purchase Finasteride online the majority of representatives and officials are using the microblog as a where can i purchase Finasteride online tool, and get used to its mode of operation, ways of thinking and where can i purchase Finasteride online rules of the game, will the era of microblog in politics truly arrive.

One way to where can i purchase Finasteride online test it, is to see if those active representatives and where can i purchase Finasteride online official media will stop using microblogs after the Two Sessions; it where can i purchase Finasteride online may become abandoned just as blogs were, or even become the where can i purchase Finasteride online dust of history like some government websites that are never updated.