Remaking Guangzhou

Geo-Identity and Place-Making on Sina Weibo

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5715673
AutoresWilfred Yang Wang (0000-0002-6105-848X, autor de correspondencia)
Año2015
Volumen156
Número1
Páginas29-38
Fecha de publicación2015-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaMedia International Australia (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1329-878X • E-ISSN: 2200-467X
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1329878x1515600105
OpenAlexW2168517078
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas17

This study uses the concept of 'place-making' to consider the formation of geo-identity on Sina Weibo, one of the most popular microblogging services in China. Besides articulating state-public confrontation during major social controversies, Weibo has been used to recollect and re-narrate the memories of a city, such as Guangzhou, where dramatic social and cultural changes took place during the economic reform era. This study aims to explore how Weibo sustains political engagement through maintaining Guangzhou people's sense of belonging to their city. By collecting data from a Weibo group over a period of twelve months, I argue that Weibo politics not only takes place during a contentious events, but is sustained within the realm of everyday life. This study has the potential to contribute to the limited knowledge of Weibo use during non-contentious period in China, hence broadening the notion of popular polity in the age of social media

Aesthetics · China · Everyday life · Media studies · Microblogging · Political science · Politics · Polity · Realm · Social media · Sociology · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Computer Science · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Law · Philippine History and Culture