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Social Media in Rural China : Social Networks and Moral Frameworks /

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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Autor principal: McDonald, Tom (Assistant professor of sociology) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : UCL Press, 2016.
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