Described as the biggest migration in human history, an estimated 250 million Chinese people have left their villages in recent decades to live and work in urban areas. Xinyuan Wang spent 15 months living among a community of these migrants in a small factory town in southeast China to track their use of social media. It was here she witnessed a second migration taking place: a...(展开全部)

In Chinese, the term wanghong refers to creators, social media entrepreneurs alternatively known as KOLs (key opinion leaders) and zhubo (showroom hosts), influencers and micro-celebrities. Wanghong also refers to an emerging media ecology in which these creators cultivate online communities for cultural and commercial value by harnessing Chinese social media platforms, like W...(展开全部)

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 researching how the residents use social media in their daily lives. His ethnographic findings suggest t...(展开全部)

This title includes access to 3 exclusive ebooks for hardcover readers only! The secret to successful word-of-mouth marketing on the social web is easy: be Likeable. "Dave Kerpen's insights and clear, how-to instructions on building brand popularity by truly engaging with customers on Facebook, Twitter, and the many other social media platforms are nothing short of brilliant". ...(展开全部)

This title includes access to 3 exclusive ebooks for hardcover readers only! The secret to successful word-of-mouth marketing on the social web is easy: be Likeable. "Dave Kerpen's insights and clear, how-to instructions on building brand popularity by truly engaging with customers on Facebook, Twitter, and the many other social media platforms are nothing short of brilliant". ...(展开全部)

Focusing on domestic workers, rural microentrepreneurs, disadvantaged young creatives, and young feminists, Social Media and Ordinary Life is a deeply moving ethnography of how digital media infrastructures and platforms are woven into the rhythms of ordinary, everyday life. In choosing to foreground marginalized groups and communities, Cara Wallis gently shifts our attention a...(展开全部)

Lei Tang（唐磊） 2010年于亚利桑那州立大学获博士学位，现为雅虎实验室研究员。他的研究方向包括：社会计算、数据挖掘和社会媒体挖掘，尤其是混杂网络的关系学习、群体进化、特征抽取和影响建模以及社会媒体中的集体行为建模与预测。他是ACM和IEEE会员。 Huan Liu（刘欢） 南加州大学获博士学位，现为亚利桑那州立大学计算机科学与工程教授。他的研究方向包括：数据/网络挖掘、机器学习、社会计算、人工智能等。他是社会计算、行为建模和预测（SBP）国际会议/专题研讨会（http://sbp.asu.edu/）的发起者，同时是AAAI、ACM、ASEE和IEEE的会员。

Lei Tang（唐磊） 2010年于亚利桑那州立大学获博士学位，现为雅虎实验室研究员。他的研究方向包括：社会计算、数据挖掘和社会媒体挖掘，尤其是混杂网络的关系学习、群体进化、特征抽取和影响建模以及社会媒体中的集体行为建模与预测。他是ACM和IEEE会员。 Huan Liu（刘欢） 南加州大学获博士学位，现为亚利桑那州立大学计算机科学与工程教授。他的研究方向包括：数据/网络挖掘、机器学习、社会计算、人工智能等。他是社会计算、行为建模和预测（SBP）国际会议/专题研讨会（http://sbp.asu.edu/）的发起者，同时是AAAI、ACM、ASEE和IEEE的会员。

In most liberal democracies commercialized media is taken for granted, but in many authoritarian regimes the introduction of market forces in the media represents a radical break from the past with uncertain political and social implications. In Media Commercialization and Authoritarian Rule in China, Daniela Stockmann argues that the consequences of media marketization depend ...(展开全部)