The rise of the internet city in China: Production and consumption of internet information

Urban Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 2313-2329

  Zhen, Feng ^a   Wang, Bo ^b   Wei, Zongcai ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

influencing mechanism; internet city; internet geography; internet information consumption (IIC); internet information production (IIP)

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

EID: 84941195475     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098014547369     Document Type: Article

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