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100 1 _aChen, Yujie,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aSuper-sticky Wechat and Chinese society /
_cYujie Chen, Zhifei Mao, Jack Linchuan Qiu.
264 1 _bEmerald Publishing Limited,
300 _a1 online resource (x, 151 pages).
490 1 _aEmerald points
500 _aIncludes index.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 _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.
588 0 _aPrint version record
650 0 _aOnline social networks
_zChina.
610 2 0 _aWechat (Firm)
650 7 _aLanguage Arts & Disciplines, Communication Studies.
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650 7 _aCommunication studies.
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700 1 _aMao, Zhifei,
_eauthor.
700 1 _aQiu, Jack Linchuan,
_d1973-
_eauthor.
776 _z9781787430921
830 0 _aEmerald points.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/doi/10.1108/9781787430914
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