Chinese Social Media

Mike Kent is Head of Department and a senior lecturer in the Internet Studies Department at Curtin University, Australia Katie Ellis is a senior research fellow in the Internet Studies Department and convenor of the Critical Disability Studies Research Network at Curtin University, Australia Jian Xu is a research fellow at the School of Communications and Creative Arts at Deakin University, Australia

Foreword

Michael Keane



1. Chinese social media today

Mike Kent, Katie Ellis and Jian Xu

Part I: Chinese Social Media and the Public



2. Micro-philanthropy and new grassroots associations: Social media and the rights discourse in China.

Haiqing Yu



3.Social media and legitimization tactics of grassroots NGOs in China: A case study of Love Save Pneumoconiosis

Dianlin Huang



4. The "Making" of online celebrity – A case Study of Chinese rural same-sex male couple Anwei and Yebin

Tianyang Zhou and Lianrui Jia



5. Populist sentiments and digital ethos in the social media space: Revelations of Weibo celebrities in China

Zixue Tai, Xiaolong Liu and Jiang Liang

Part II: Chinese Social Media and (Re)Presentation



6. Framing food safety issues in China: The interplay of official discourse and civil discourse

Yang Wang



7. Face-work on social media: The presentation of self on Renren and Facebook

Xiaoli Tian



8. RenRen and social capital in contemporary China

Naziat Choudhury and David Holmes

Part III: Chinese Social Media and Disability



9. WeChat and the Voice Donor campaign: an example of ‘doing good’ on social media

Mike Kent, Katie Ellis, Joy Zhang, and He Zhang



10. Accessibility in China: a Peep at a Leopard through a tube

Yao Ding and G. Anthony Giannoumis



11. The Accessibility of Chinese Social Media Applications: A heuristic evaluation of WeChat app

Weiqin Chen, Way Kiat Bong and Nan Li

Part IV: Chinese Social Media in Greater China and Overseas



12. From (anti-mainland) sinophobia and shibboleths to mobilisation on a Taiwanese message board

Joshua Cader



13. The Chineseness of Chinese Internet companies