Social media in rural China : social networks and moral frameworks /

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China's distinctive social media platforms have gained notable popularity among the nation's vast number of internet users, but has China's countryside been 'left behind' in this communication revolution? Tom McDonald spent 15 months living in a small rural Chinese community...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McDonald, Tom (Assistant professor of sociology) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : UCL Press, 2016.
Colección:Why we post.
Temas:
Social media > China.
Country life > China.
Médias sociaux > Chine.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Country life
Rural conditions
Social media
China > Rural conditions.
China
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction and field site: down to the countryside
  • 2. The social media landscape: visibility and economy
  • 3. Visual postings: idealising family-love, marriage and 'little treasures'
  • 4. Relationships: circles of friends, encounters with strangers
  • 5. Moral accumulation: collecting credits on social media
  • 6. Broader relations: the family, the state and social media
  • 7. Conclusion: circles and strangers, media moralities and 'the Chinese internet'
  • Appendix. Methodology.

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