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Marta Cooper

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About Marta Cooper

3 posts · joined 2009-10-20

Freelance writer currently based in Shanghai, studying at Fudan University. Originally from UK and Italy, studied African and South Asian History at the School of Oriental and African Studies and Global Media & Communications at the London School of Economics. Interests lie in the democratisation of communication, alternative media, counter-culture, women's rights, and the development of media systems in Brazil and China.

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November 10th, 2009

Rape in China: a ‘temporary' crime?

A prominent topic circulating throughout China’s blogosphere is the light sentencing on 29th October of two civilian police assistants charged with the rape of a young girl in Huzhou, in Zheijang province. What netizens have been rampantly discussing is not the crime itself, but the court’s ruling that the convicts were guilty of a “temporary crime on a whim”, drawing important attention to how rape is dealt with in the People’s Republic and its vibrant online communities.

October 30th, 2009

China: Bridging the gap? Interviewing bridge bloggers

The Chinese blogosphere, as we all know, is booming. As one of the largest on the planet, it is constantly evolving and simultaneously being set back by the all-too-famous governmental censorship. According to Li Datong, the country’s civil society is being reborn online through the intense cyber-dissent and the breaching ...

October 23rd, 2009

Brazil: Between democracy and doubt

The country awaits its first National Conference of Communication that will signal a very first step in democratising Brazil’s communications system.