![]() ![]() He has also published various articles in top journals, including ‘Disinformation and the Media: The case of Russia and Ukraine’ in Media, Culture and Society (2017, with N. Together, these concepts prepare the ground for decolonizing the internet by reframing ways of belonging to and differentiating the self and the collective from the network. In it, he develops his theories of nodocentrism (the exclusionary network logic that cannot render anything except nodes) and paranodality (the peripheral space, both inside and outside the network, which makes disidentification possible). He is author of Off the Network: Disrupting the Digital World (University of Minnesota Press, 2013). He is a media scholar whose work encompasses critical internet studies, network theory and science, philosophy and sociology of technology, and political economy of digital media. Ulises Ali Mejias is Professor of Communication Studies (associate professor at the time of the publication of the book) and director of the Institute for Global Engagement at the State University of New York, College at Oswego. He is the joint Coordinating Lead Author of the chapter on Media and Communications for the International Panel on Social Progress ( He was Chair of the Department of Media and Communications at LSE from 2014-2017 and joint Head of the Department of Media and Communications at Goldsmiths, University of London, 2010-2013. He is the author or editor of 12 books and more than 100 journals and book chapters, including Media Society World: Social Theory and Digital Media Practice (Polity 2012), Why Voice Matters (Sage 2010), Media Rituals: A Critical Approach(Routledge) and Inside Culture (Sage 2000). His last book The Mediated Construction of Reality (with Andreas Hepp, Polity, October 2016) won the German Communication Association’s biannual ‘theory’ prize. His most recent article is ‘Deconstructing Datafication’s Brave New World’ (with Jun Yu, LSE), published by New Media & Society in May 2018, which draws on their recent ‘Price of Connection’ funded research project. His work has extended these concerns into areas such as social media platforms and ‘real social analytics’. He is a sociologist of media and culture, who has also written widely on the ethics and philosophical implications of media. Nick Couldry is Professor of Media, Communications and Social Theory at the London School of Economics and Political Science. We’re going to see a greater scrutiny of Chinese official outbound investment over time, especially in sensitive industries, such as tech and national infrastructure.London School of Economics and Political Science “China has made big efforts to court overseas investments in the last few years or so and, despite a difficult geo-political backdrop, this is continuing. Geoffrey Yu, Associate at LSE IDEAS and Senior Market Strategist at Bank of New York Mellon, said: Recently, we’ve seen a clear emphasis and focus by the Chinese government on domestic economic priorities and trying to revive a sluggish economy, as well as trying to generate employment.” But, would China sincerely like to fill that void? Would they like to take the leadership baton from the US over to Beijing? I’m not convinced. ![]() “There is, perhaps, a global power vacuum left by the Unites States, as it continues to retreat. Its firms have been active in global M&A, its banks are now the biggest by assets and have funded infrastructure across the Belt and Road universe, yet for China globalisation is very much a Western construct.”ĭr Yu Jie, Associate at LSE IDEAS and Senior Research Fellow at Chatham House, said: “China has unquestionably been a huge, if not the major, beneficiary of the world’s open trading system. ![]() “Despite the rhetoric designed to make the global elite feel quite good about it, what China means by ‘globalisation’ is not quite the same as what the elite sometimes think they hear and understand. George Magnus, Associate at LSE IDEAS and Research Associate at the China Centre, Oxford University, said: Given that China itself has become integrated in the world economy, with globalisation – in a way – being a precondition for its growth, where this will lead the world, China and the world economy is something we need to know.” “We could be looking at a fundamental shift in the relationship between China and the rest of the world. Within the debate, Professor Michael Cox, Director at LSE IDEAS, said: Hosted by LSE IDEAS, chaired by LSE IDEAS Director Professor Michael Cox, and featuring LSE IDEAS Associates, George Magnus, Dr Yu Jie and Geoffrey Yu, the debate focused on the potential and implications of Chinese decoupling from the global economy. Experts from LSE IDEAS, The London School of Economics’ foreign policy think tank and no.1 ranked university affiliated think tank in the world, have discussed the likelihood and impact of China withdrawing from the world economy in a virtual debate. ![]()
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