From selfies and memes to hashtags and parodies, social media are used for mundane and
personal expressions of political commentary, engagement, and participation. The coverage …

Social media such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, as well as platforms for collaborative
consumption such as Airbnb and Uber, are emerging as new power players that challenge …

This article traces the development of the Chinese social media app WeChat from its origins
to its current role as a leading communications tool for some 600 million Chinese citizens. It …

This article examines the transformative effects of platforms on cultural production through
an analysis of the LINE “super app.” Super apps are apps that do-everything; mega …

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 …

Combining platform studies with insights from research on petty capitalism and the political
economy of the Chinese Internet, this article takes an integrated approach to analyze key …

Recent scholarship across a range of disciplines has sought to understand how people's
relationship with place is increasingly produced by their interactions with digital …

This study on Alipay's social credit system, Sesame Credit, examines the governmental
practices that have evolved in the platform economy. Credit has grown exponentially in …

In March 2015, five young feminists were detained and accused of “disturbing public order”
through their plan to circulate messages against sexual harassment in public transportation …

The emergence of China and the advent of social media are two events that rupture the
world as it is and force a rethinking of activism and public spaces. Environmental protests in …