Chinese new media cultures in transition
Weibo and the carnivalesque

Introduction -- Carnivalesque discourse: an interdisciplinary approach to understanding civic participation in Chinese social media -- Background and context of media regulation: an ongoing campaign -- Weiguan and Meizhi: modes of civic participation in contemporary China -- Playing word games: subversive pleasures through civic participation media events -- A case study of China's 2011 high-speed train accident -- Chinese social media, empowerment and the new sense of entitlement: case studies of Panbi and can I swear? -- Conclusion