Governance

Course: Media, Culture & Society 1. Introduction: Why Study the Internet Historically The Internet is not a naturally occurring technology, rather, it is a profoundly human artifact. To understand its current social and political implications, we must trace its origins to the Cold War, where the fear of nuclear mutual annihilation became the unlikely seedbed for the invention of the Internet. In this module, we will explore how military exigencies, scientific collaboration, and ideological visions of freedom and control intertwined to produce today’s Internet infrastructure. By the end of this lesson, you should be able to explain how rhetorical, political, and technological forces co-evolved in shaping the Internet’s materiality and discursive characteristics. ...

I am delighted to announce the publication of my latest article, “Legal and Ritualological Dynamics of Personalized ‘Pillars of Shame’ in Chinese Social Credit System Construction," featured in the latest issue of The China Review (Vol. 24, No. 3). This work explores the intersection of the Chinese Social Credit System (SCS) with the Confucian ritual legal tradition and the rhetoric of public shaming. It integrates insights from rhetorical studies and philosophy of law to examine how the SCS operates as both a governance-by-data experiment and a framework that aligns with—and diverges from—domestic and transnational constitutional norms. ...

 Class PowerPoint slides for CHN375W: Chinese Political Thought/Propaganda (Emory University, Fall 2023): covering the historical evolution and contemporary implications of “The Hundred Schools of Thought” in Chinese governance and political practices.