Chinese Social Media: Social, Cultural, and Political Implications
New York; London: Routledge (2017), xvii, 245 pp.
Series: Routledge Research in Digital Media and Culture in Asia, 1
ISBN 9780367889418 (pbk); 9781315160214 (online)
"This book brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines to address critical perspectives on Chinese language social media, internationalizing the state of social media studies beyond the Anglophone paradigm. The collection focuses on the intersections between Chinese language social media and disability, celebrity, sexuality, interpersonal communication, charity, diaspora, public health, political activism and non-governmental organisations (NGOs)." (Publisher description)
1 Chinese social media today / Mike Kent, Katie Ellis and Jian Xu, 1
I. CHINESE SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE PUBLIC
2 Social media and the experience economy in China's microphilantrophy / Haiqing Yu, 9
3 Social media and activism of grassroots NGOs in China: a case study of Love Save Pneumoconiosis (LSP) / Dianlin Huang, 22
4 The 'making' of an online celebrity: a case study of Chinese rural gay couple An Wei and Wu Yebin / Lianrui Jia and Tianyang Zhou, 42
5 Populist sentiments and digital ethos in the social media space: revelations of Weibo celebrities in China / Zixue Tai, Jing Liang, and Xiaolong Liu, 59
II. CHINESE SOCIAL MEDIA AND (RE)PRESENTATION
6 Framing food safety issues in China: the negotiation between 'official discourse' in newspapers and 'civil discourse' on Weibo / Yang Wang, 77
7 Face-work on social media in China: the presentation of self on RenRen and Facebook / Xiaoli Tian, 92
8 RenRen and social capital in contemporary China / David Holmes and Naziat Choudhury, 106
III. CHINESE SOCIAL MEDIA AND DISABILITY
9 WeChat and the Voice Donor campaign: an example of 'doing good' on social media / Mike Kent, Katie Ellis, He Zhang and Danjing Zhang, 119
10 Information and communications technology and social media accessibility in China: a peep at a leopard through a tube? / Yao Ding and G. Anthony Giannoumis, 130
11 The accessibility of Chinese social media applications: a heuristic evaluation of the WeChat app / Weiqin Chen, Way Kiat Bong, and Nan Li, 144
IV. CHINESE SOCIAL MEDIA IN GREATER CHINA AND OVERSEAS
12 From (anti-mainland) sinophobia and shibboleths to moblisation on a Taiwanese message board / Joshua Cader, 163
13 Chinese internet companies go global: online traffic, framing and open issues / Gianluigi Negro, 175
14 The global expansion of China-based social media platforms and its dynamcis in the Australian context / Jiajie Lu, 191
15 Re-imagining Guangzhou on Sina Weibo: geo-identity and Chinese social media / Wilfred Yang Wang, 209
16 The decline of Sina Weibo: a technological, political and market analysis / Jonathan Benney and Jian Xu, 221
I. CHINESE SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE PUBLIC
2 Social media and the experience economy in China's microphilantrophy / Haiqing Yu, 9
3 Social media and activism of grassroots NGOs in China: a case study of Love Save Pneumoconiosis (LSP) / Dianlin Huang, 22
4 The 'making' of an online celebrity: a case study of Chinese rural gay couple An Wei and Wu Yebin / Lianrui Jia and Tianyang Zhou, 42
5 Populist sentiments and digital ethos in the social media space: revelations of Weibo celebrities in China / Zixue Tai, Jing Liang, and Xiaolong Liu, 59
II. CHINESE SOCIAL MEDIA AND (RE)PRESENTATION
6 Framing food safety issues in China: the negotiation between 'official discourse' in newspapers and 'civil discourse' on Weibo / Yang Wang, 77
7 Face-work on social media in China: the presentation of self on RenRen and Facebook / Xiaoli Tian, 92
8 RenRen and social capital in contemporary China / David Holmes and Naziat Choudhury, 106
III. CHINESE SOCIAL MEDIA AND DISABILITY
9 WeChat and the Voice Donor campaign: an example of 'doing good' on social media / Mike Kent, Katie Ellis, He Zhang and Danjing Zhang, 119
10 Information and communications technology and social media accessibility in China: a peep at a leopard through a tube? / Yao Ding and G. Anthony Giannoumis, 130
11 The accessibility of Chinese social media applications: a heuristic evaluation of the WeChat app / Weiqin Chen, Way Kiat Bong, and Nan Li, 144
IV. CHINESE SOCIAL MEDIA IN GREATER CHINA AND OVERSEAS
12 From (anti-mainland) sinophobia and shibboleths to moblisation on a Taiwanese message board / Joshua Cader, 163
13 Chinese internet companies go global: online traffic, framing and open issues / Gianluigi Negro, 175
14 The global expansion of China-based social media platforms and its dynamcis in the Australian context / Jiajie Lu, 191
15 Re-imagining Guangzhou on Sina Weibo: geo-identity and Chinese social media / Wilfred Yang Wang, 209
16 The decline of Sina Weibo: a technological, political and market analysis / Jonathan Benney and Jian Xu, 221
