Threat talk : the comparative politics of internet addiction / Mary Manjikian.

Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2012.

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Threat Talk' exposes how US and Chinese scientists and policy-makers have understood and responded to the problem of internet addiction in their societies. Mary Manjikian's culturalist approach claims that the internet is neither inherently helpful, nor inherently threatening. Rather, its role and the dangers it poses may be understood differently by different societies.

Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.

Print version: Manjikian, Mary. Threat talk. Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2012

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August 08, 2024

Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-179) and index.

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; 1 Risk Assessment, Power and the Politics of Fear; 2 Psychiatry, Antipsychiatry and Internet Addiction; 3 Critical Psychiatry and the Construction of Internet Addiction; 4 Biosecurity and the Securitization of Internet Addiction; 5 Internet Addiction and the Assault on Chinese Values; Bibliography; Index.