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3.5 Summary ..................................................................................................73
Chapter 4. Methodology.....................................................................................74
4.1 Introduction ..............................................................................................74
4.2 Primary data and secondary data ............................................................75
4.3 Questionnaire surveys .............................................................................77
4.4 Semi-structured interviews ......................................................................83
4.5 Case studies ..............................................................................................85
4.6 Ethical considerations ..............................................................................89
Chapter 5. The Sun Zhigang incident ..............................................................90
5.1 Introduction .............................................................................................90
5.2 A satisfactory solution gained by the grassroots campaign.....................91
5.3 The changing relationship between the public and the government mediat-
ed by ICTs ..............................................................................................100
5.4 Summary ................................................................................................134
Chapter 6. The Xiamen PX plant event .........................................................137
6.1 Introduction ............................................................................................137
6.2 Background ............................................................................................137
6.3 A successful collaboration between the government and media in both on-
line and offline public participation .......................................................138
6.4 The changing relationship between the government and media under the
context of public participation ...............................................................151
6.5 Summary ...............................................................................................180
Chapter 7. The Yihuang incident ....................................................................183
