Super-Sticky Wechat and Chinese Society

This book provides a balanced and nuanced study of how the super-sticky WeChat platform interweaves into the fabric of Chinese social, cultural, and political life. It keeps the wider global and national social media landscape in view and compares and contrasts WeChat with Weibo, QQ and other Wester...

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Main Authors Chen, Yujie, Mao, Zhifei, Qiu, Jack Linchuan
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley Emerald Publishing Limited 2018
Emerald
Edition1
SeriesEmerald points
Subjects
Information society
Mobile apps-Testing
Online social networks
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ISBN9781787430921
1787430928
DOI10.1108/9781787430914

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Table of Contents:
  • Chinese sources -- Index
  • Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Introduction -- I.1. Rise of a mega-platform -- I.2. The super-sticky WeChat -- I.3. How we study WeChat -- I.4. Book Structure -- Notes -- Chapter 1 A Silver-Spoon App: WeChat, Tencent and the Mobile Revolution -- 1.1. Introduction: the old dream for a mega-platform -- 1.2. Mobile culture in China: QQ, Tencent and social media -- 1.2.1. The Promise and Pitfalls of the Golden Platform -- 1.3. WeChat's Role in Business Map of Tencent -- 1.4. WeChat on the Political Map of Chinese Government -- 1.5. Conclusion: Selective All-Inclusiveness -- Chapter 2 Super-Sticky Design and Everyday Cultures -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. A social and visual walkie-talkie -- 2.3. An informational and service bazaar -- 2.4. A messaging and scanning wallet -- 2.4.1. The Glue of a Virtual Wallet -- 2.4.2. The Tipping Dispute: An Epitome of the Clashes of Platform Infrastructures -- 2.5. Conclusion: technological disruption is not the right question -- Notes -- Chapter 3 The Eventful WeChat -- 3.1. Social Events on Chinese Social Media -- 3.2. Supplementing, Extending and Initiating: Social Events on WeChat -- 3.3. WeChat as Supplement: Peter Liang and Online Activism among Chinese Americans -- 3.4. WeChat the Extender: Wei Zexi and the Aftermath of a Deathly Scandal -- 3.5. WeChat the Initiator: Who is Fan Yusu, and Why Do People Care? -- 3.6. Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Conclusion: Super-sticky WeChat and the Global Society -- 4.1. A Modern Chinese Social Technology on Exhibit -- 4.2. WeChat-ise Everyday Life? -- 4.3. Global Influence of the Super-Sticky Model -- 4.4. Social Media at Crossroads -- Notes -- Appendix -- A Timeline of WeChat (from November 2010 to January 2018) -- References -- Sources for the WeChat timeline English source -- English source