Page 72 - Feasibility Study of New Media Technology on Constructing Online Public Sphere

Feasibility Study of New Media Technology
on Constructing Online Public Sphere

2007-08-21 The ‘Blog Service Self Discipline Convention’ was formally released in
Beijing. This Convention advocated the real name registration system.
Over 10 renowned blog service providers jointly signed the convention
on the site of the release meeting.
The Social Networking Service Stage
2008 With the rapid spreading of SNS websites as kaixin001.com and Renren.
com, SNS has become one of the most popular internet applications
in 2008.
2008-05 As for relief news after the earthquake on May the 12th, 2008, in Sichuan
Province, people.com, Xinhuanet.com, chinanews.com and CCTV.com
had released about 123,000 pieces of news on the earthquake relief (in-
cluding pictures, texts, audios and videos) by 23 May, 2008, and played a
leading role in news releasing; Sina.com, Sohu.com, NetEase and Ten-
cent jointly released 133,000 pieces of news. The above eight websites
received 11.6 billion hits on news with up to 10.63 million follow-up re-
plies. The internet played an important role in news releasing about
earthquake relief, helping people find their missing kin, delivering aids
and soliciting donations. The development of China’s internet media
has come to a new stage.
2008-06-20 Former Chairman Hu Jintao communicated with the internet users
online through the China Force BBS on people.com. As a key channel
for information exchange, the internet has attracted more and more
attention of the government.
2008 Up to 30 June, 2008, the total number of internet users in China
reached 253 million, ranking first in the world for the first time. On
July 22, the CN domain name became the world’s top national do-
main name with a large registration number of 12.188 million.
2009-01-07 Ministry of Industry and Information issued three licenses of the third
generation of mobile communication (3G) to China Mobile Communi-
cations Corporation, China Telecommunications Corporation and China
Unicom Network Communications Co., Ltd.
2009-05-19 Ministry of Industry and Information issued ‘Notice to the Pre-install
of Filtering Software for Safe Surfing on the Computer’. The filtering
system ‘Green Dam’ was officially introduced.
2009 Since the second half year of 2009, web portal including Sina, Sohu,
NetEase, and People.com initiated or tested the microblog (Weibo)
function. Public figures, entertainment celebrities, enterprise institutions,
and numerous internet users joined Weibo, making Weibo one of the most
popular internet applications in China.
2010-03 The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television issued the first
batch of three internet TV licenses.

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