Dear listserv staff, Would you kindly share the following announcement with our colleagues on this listserv? Thank you so much! Min __________________________________________________________________ Min Jiang (Ph.D. Purdue) Associate Professor of Communication Studies Affiliate Faculty, International Studies Chair, Confucius Institute Faculty Advisory Council Co-coordinator, Digital Arts, Sciences & Technologies (DAST) 5011 Colvard N., UNCC, 9201 University City Blvd. Charlotte, NC 28223 704-687-0768 | Min.Jiang@uncc.edu | Web <http://clas-pages.uncc.edu/min-jiang/>site <http://clas-pages.uncc.edu/min-jiang/> | Twitter <http://www.twitter.com/mindyjiang> | LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/in/minjiang> Research Affiliate Center for Global Communication Studies, University of Pennsylvania Secretariat Member, Chinese Internet Research Conference (CIRC) _________________________________________________________________ Release of Special Journal Section - Uncivil Society in Digital China - International Journal of Communication (Open Access) https://annenbergpress.com/category/announcements/ Is China becoming an uncivil society? How have state policies and online incivility contributed to new forms of intra-societal conflict? How can civility (or incivility) be reconceptualized to facilitate comparative analysis across countries, regime types, and cultures? The International Journal of Communication is delighted to announce the publication of a new Special Section on “(Un)civil Society in Digital China: Incivility, Fragmentation, and Political Stability” on May 8, 2018 which includes five articles from international scholars. Co-edited by Min Jiang and Ashley Esarey, this Special Section on (Un)civil Society in Digital China explores how the Chinese Internet is utilized by an authoritarian state to concentrate and solidify its power in the name of civility, rationality and order and considers how expressions of incivility online delegitimize regime critics and create ultra-nationalist identities. Moving beyond definitions of civility (or incivility) based on democratic norms of deliberation and reciprocity, this Special Section’s theoretical introduction argues that civility should be distinguished from politeness and founded in respect for others’ communicative rights, including the right to self-expression in pursuit of social justice. These conceptual modifications can help to facilitate contextualized and comparative studies of civility and incivility across regions and polities. To access these papers, please go to ijoc.org. We look forward to your feedback. _________________________________________________ Uncivil Society in Digital China: Incivility, Fragmentation, and Political Stability Min Jiang, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Ashley Esarey, University of Alberta Demobilizing the Emotions of Online Activism in China: A Civilizing Process Guobin Yang, University of Pennsylvania Withering Gongzhi: Cyber Criticism of Chinese Public Intellectuals Rongbin Han, University of Georgia Slogans and Slurs, Misogyny and Nationalism: A Case Study of Anti-Japanese Sentiment by Chinese Netizens in Contentious Social Media Comments Jason Q. Ng, Citizen Lab, University of Toronto Eileen Le Han, Michigan State University Wenming Bu Wenming: The Socialization of Incivility in Postdigital China Gabriele de Seta, Academia Sinica Institute of Ethnology, Taiwan _________________________________________________ Larry Gross Editor Arlene Luck Managing Editor Min Jiang, Ashley Esarey Guest Editors