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The book discusses the consequences of fast modernization and how non-Western catch-up countries are aware of their traditional cultural values. It focuses on how ICT changes the social memory of countries with languages that don´t use the Roman alphabet, such as Korea and the Arabic countries.

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Information and communication technology (ICT) has boosted economic development in China. To understand China´s modernization, it is therefore necessary to consider the development of ICT. The book reflects how a catch-up country with a fast modernization process develops into a relatively modern country and the consequences of the fast development. It focuses on the development of media in China by examining the diffusion of ICT and providing a case study in an indigenous place to explore the modernization process. The book offers a new perspective to understand modernization and contributes knowledge to understand China´s media, technology diffusion, indigenous culture transformation into modern culture and social changes.

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The Fragmented Society of China - A Train Metaphor-Hukou - Urbanization - One-child policy -The Eastern Media Philosophy -The Role of Intellectuals in Traditional Chinese Culture -The Intellectual, Liberty and Freedom in China from 1880 to 1949 -The Introduction of Liberty and Freedom to China -The Two Development Stage of the Media in China after 1949 - Interaction of the Media and Society - Mao´s Period - Slogans and Social Mobilization -The Post-Mao Period - Learning Experience - Fast Diffusion of ICT -Telecommunication Reforms -The Social Trust System - How an Indigenous Society Develops in the Wave of Modernization - Difficulty of Entering into the Local Community -A Traditional Society -The Pervasive Usage of ICT in the Minority Area -The Tourism Modernization Process -Indigenous Culture and Modernization - Economic Growth - The Digital Divide - The Usage Gap and the Age Divide - Tradition and Modernity - Cultural Awareness -The Social Vacuum System with Fragmented Social Memory

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Hefan Xu received her Ph.D. from Heidelberg University, Max-Weber-Institute for Sociology in 2017. Her research interests include diffusion of information and communication technologies, digitalization, media in China, modernization, tourism in indigenous culture, transcultural studies and micro-expression recognition fields.

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