During the recent outbreak of coronavirus, the concern about proliferation of misleading
information, rumours and myths has caused governments across the world to institute …

While studies have documented the difference between political and public discussions on
Chinese social media platforms, few have interrogated and compared how state and social …

This paper delineates the historical evolution of Weibo as a social media platform (2009–
2019). Rather than focusing on individual case event, we showcase how Weibo is …

Contemporary feminists utilize social media for activism, while backlashes come along. The
gender-related discourses are often diminished when addressing public events regarding …

This article contributes to the literature on WeChat, providing a historical perspective on the
long-lasting culture of its mother company, Tencent. Through a corpus of primary and …

Previous studies on cyber politics in China have highlighted the antagonistic relationship
between the state and society, either emphasizing on how the state controls online opinions …

Through the analysis of the online discourses about Weibo in the past and present, this
article examines how the platform has taken part in the shaping of Chinese networked …

Crisis communication is essential to the political stability and legitimacy of the Chinese
Communist Party (CCP), but how crises are managed in China is little understood. This …

This book examines how emerging forms of citizenship are shaped by young people in
digital spaces as way of making sense of contemporary Chinese society, forming new …

Young Chinese people's reactions on social media platforms after the announcement of the
2016 Taiwan presidential election result have resonated with the Chinese government's …