The Out of field Intervention in Chinese Social Contention in Internet Era An Empirical Analysis Based on"Wukan Event"
In the era of the internet,contentious actors have diversified,including direct participants,witnesses and out of field interveners. Outof field interveners have not yet attracted the attention of researchers. Through the case study of"Wukan Event",we found that the out of field interveners are not passive bystanders,but ones with the interactive relationship between the direct participants. Out of field interveners also have an important impact on contentious events. They attained that mainly by gaining more say with the help of the multiple channels of information,and then having an influence on the appeal and issues of present social contention,expanding the contentious space in the horizontal and vertical dimensions. For these,outof field interveners can play a role on shaping contentious repertoires indirectly,avoiding excesses,balancing power between the different people on present contention. According to research,out of field intervention is a new trend in the current social contention of China,and also a new perspective that is indispensable for research of contention.