Tag Archives: Hu Yong

The stigmatization of Internet Addiction Disorder: searching for a definition

Posted on 2009-09-02 by Alice Xin Liu

News reports on August 28 highlight the possibility than an official definition for Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD) will be released in the first half of next year. Star media blogger and PKU professor Hu Yong wrote a blog post in July expressing a liberal disdain for the current recognition of what IAD stands for.

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Is the Green Dam filter experimenting on computer users?

Posted on 2009-06-10 by Alice Xin Liu

Today’s The Beijing News ran an op-ed piece by well-known Chinese commentator Hu Yong, a journalism professor at PKU, author of books about the digital age in China, blogger and oldhand journalist, about the topic of the “green dam”, which has been debated loudly on the Internet as well as offline media.

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Hu Yong interview: the digital age, Orwell’s “Newspeak” and Chinese media

Posted on 2009-04-16 by Alice Xin Liu

For Danwei Hu Yong agreed to answer questions about being a veteran China journalist who has been engaged in State media, and as a founder of Sanlian Lifeweek. As well as the current state and hopes of journalism in China, Hu Yong talked about his thoughts on the future of the Internet in China, and how it will shape a healthier society.

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