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Publication details [#55433]
Lugg, Alexander. 2011. Chinese online fiction: taste publics, entertainment, and Candle in the Tomb. Chinese Journal of Communication 4 (2) : 121–136. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Routledge
Annotation
This article explores the increasing cultural trend of Chinese online fiction, considering it as a product of two taste cultures on the Chinese Web, drawing on Gans's twin concepts of taste culture and taste public. Chinese online fiction can also be examined in terms of an attention economy.