LEADER 04493nam 2200553I 450 001 9910825815903321 005 20180716094744.0 010 $a1-78743-091-X 010 $a1-78743-944-5 035 $a(CKB)4100000005116989 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5449037 035 $a(UtOrBLW)9781787430914 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000005116989 100 $a20180716d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSuper-sticky Wechat and Chinese society /$fYujie Chen, Zhifei Mao, Jack Linchuan Qiu 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aBingley :$cEmerald Publishing Limited,$d[2018] 210 4$dİ2018 215 $a1 online resource (89 pages) 225 1 $aEmerald points 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-78754-184-3 311 $a1-78743-092-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCover -- 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. 327 $aChinese sources -- Index. 330 $aApp designers dream of creating a platform that users never want to leave, that keeps them glued forever - a platform that is "sticky".Over 846 million WeChat users leave text and voice messages, share life moments, play games, use stickers, purchase rail and flight tickets, shop online, pay utilities and bills, transfer money to friends, and even donate to charity without leaving WeChat, the super-sticky platform. The Economist called WeChat "one app to rule them all", and as it starts to gain global appeal, it is rewriting the rules for social media platforms.This book provides a balanced and nuanced study of how the super-sticky WeChat platform interweaves into the fabric of Chinese social, cultural, and political life. It keeps the wider global and national social media landscape in view and compares and contrasts WeChat with Weibo and QQ, two other popular social media platforms in China, and other Western social media platforms. 410 0$aEmerald points. 606 $aOnline social networks$zChina 606 $aLanguage Arts & Disciplines, Communication Studies$2bisacsh 606 $aCommunication studies$2bicssc 615 0$aOnline social networks 615 7$aLanguage Arts & Disciplines, Communication Studies. 615 7$aCommunication studies. 676 $a302.302850951 700 $aChen$b Yujie$01712653 702 $aMao$b Zhifei 702 $aQiu$b Jack Linchuan$f1973- 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825815903321 996 $aSuper-sticky Wechat and Chinese society$94104978 997 $aUNINA