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For this assignment there are going to be 3 Discussion Posts and 1 Question.

Choose 3 different articles from the Required Readings below. Each one should refer to a different author e.g., King, Yang, Jiang, etc.

Summarize each one, and evaluate it, and then pose a question (using either convergent thinking or speculative thinking) about it for your classmates.

Respond to at least one of your classmates' posts by reading the article concerned and then answering her/his question. If you don't agree with your any part of your classmate's post, create a counterargument and offer evidence to support your opinion.

Required Reading:

• Han, Rongbin. "Adaptive Persuasion in Cyberspace: The "Fifty-Cents Army" in China." Paper submitted for Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. Chicago, Il. August 29-September 1, 2013.

• Hvistendahl, Mara. "Study of Internet censorship reveals the deepest fears of China's government." August 21, 2014. Read this in conjunction with article by Gary King.

• Jiang, M. "Authoritarian Deliberation on the Internet." Electronic Journal of Communication, 20 (3 & 4). Posted: 27 July 2009. Last revised 13 July 2014.

• King, Gary, Jennifer Pan, Margaret E. Roberts. "Reverse-engineering censorship in China: Randomized experimentation and participant observation. Science, 22 August 2014.

• Naughton, John. "The secret army of cheerleaders policing China's internet." 29 May 2016. The Guardian. This article also supplements the Gary King article.

• Rosen, Stanley. "Is the Internet a Positive Force in the Development of Civil Society, a Public Sphere, and Democratization in China?"

• Shen, Simon. "Why is the Internet Not Fostering China's Democratization?" March 15, 2016. Foreign Policy Association. This article discusses Guobin Yang's book, The Power of the Internet in China: Citizen Activism Online.

• Thornton, Patricia M. "Censorship and Surveillance in Chinese Cyberspace: Beyond the Great Firewall," pp. 265-280 (15 pages)NOTE: the UC Library has order an E-book that contains the chapter by Thornton. I will notify you as soon as it is available at the UC Library website.

• Yang, Guobin. The Power of the Internet in China: Citizen Activism Online. "Conclusion: China's Long Revolution." NOTE: Yang's book is available as an E-book on the UC Library website.