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Oct 29, 2024 · For travelers visiting China, understanding the influence of social media in China —especially platforms like WeChat, Weibo, and Douyin (TikTok) —can offer valuable insights into Chinese culture and daily interactions. This guide will provide an overview of these platforms and how they impact social trends, communication, and culture in China.
We analyse the pre-eminent Chinese social media platform – Sina Weibo – and present a typology of different kinds of public spheres that exist on this platform in which open and critical debates can occur under specific circumstances: Thematic public spheres include phenomena of common concern, such as environmental pollution or food safety; sho...
- Zhifan Luo, Muyang Li
- Weibo as A Source of News
- Weibo as An Anti-Corruption Tool
- Weibo and Social Movements
- Conclusion
Weibo provides social advantages that are lacking in traditional forms of media. Supported by a massive number of users, it makes for easier communication and fast news dissemination. The case of July 23, 2011, Wenzhou train collision is a good example of Weibo in action. Two high-speed trains collided in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province. The crash was w...
Another theme that interests Weibo members is utilizing the social media tool to expose ongoing government corruption. The famous collaborative, grassroots, information sharing process known as the “human flesh search engine” is a very Chinese phenomenon where netizens collectively do comprehensive research on people of interest.15The following sto...
In 2010-2011, Tunisans used Twitter to initiate the Jasmine Revolution, the political protests that spread throughout the Middle East and North Africa. In China, microblogging was also used for organizing social movements in physical spaces. The most significant case has been the Chinese Jasmine Movement that was inspired by the events in Tunisia. ...
It is commonly argued that mass media will end China’s closed regime and foster democratization. I agree that new media channels such as WikiLeaks, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and their Chinese counterparts are persistently challenging traditional modes of governing. Moreover, we can see that cyber-disobedience is exposing the weaknesses of the cur...
May 22, 2021 · The various types of social media in China (including WeChat, Weibo, QQ, TikTok, and Kuaishou) have different functions and sizes, which influences the behaviors and consciousness of their users.
- Lian Tang, Lian Tang, Siti Zobidah Omar, Jusang Bolong, Julia Wirza Mohd Zawawi
- 2021
Oct 29, 2020 · WeChat and Weibo are the most popular social media platforms in China. Weibo is an open and public social network platform whereas WeChat focuses on private or semi-private social networks (Zhang & Guo, 2019).
- Shixin Ivy Zhang
- Shixin.zhang@nottingham.edu.cn
- 2020
Weibo is a microblogging platform and one of the largest social media platforms in China. As of 2020, Weibo has 550 million monthly active users browsing an array of topics ranging from news to light-hearted content like pets.
Jan 6, 2021 · On the whole, WeChat is prioritised when it comes to marketing in China, so it’s often common to overlook Weibo. But, just as you wouldn’t probably ignore Facebook while planning your marketing campaigns in Western countries, it’s worth looking into how you can use Weibo to increase your brand awareness in China.
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