Firewalls and Walled Gardens:

Lv, Junyi; Craig, D. Broward

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“…Following a strategy theorized as “interplatformization,” China-based platforms are said to follow a collaborative, integrated approach, signaling a deep level of economic and infrastructural integration among competing platforms and thus a more frictionless experience for users (Lv and Craig, 2021). That said, since 2017, MyApp faced increased competition from handset manufacturers (for more on handset manufacturers as a site of platform power, see Seyram Avle’s contribution to this special issue).…”

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On super apps and app stores: digital media logics in China’s app economy

Jia

Nieborg

Poell

2022

Media, Culture & Society

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Aiming to enrich the conceptual vocabulary of platform and app studies, this article provides a critical political economic perspective on the media industry to understand how platform power is operationalized in the app economy. Using the China-based tech conglomerate Tencent as a case study, four mechanisms are discussed: conglomeration, financialization, platformization, and infrastructuralization. These mechanisms show how Tencent leveraged both a conglomerated corporate structure and access to finance capital. This was combined with the infrastructuralization of the MyApp app store and the WeChat platform by providing vertically integrated app development and distribution services, which are nested in Tencent’s holdings and investments. Taking Tencent as the starting point for theory building, this article attempts to “provincialize” US-based platform companies by charting Tencent’s corporate evolution and its path to mobile dominance.

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Section: Myapp: From Portal To App Storementioning

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On super apps and app stores: digital media logics in China’s app economy

Jia

Nieborg

Poell

2022

Media, Culture & Society

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Craig

Lin

Cunningham

2021

Wanghong as Social Media Entertainment in China

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A brief history of China’s livestreaming industry: Evolution along with state–business interactions

2023

Journal of Digital Media &Amp; Policy

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In contemporary China, livestreaming is one of the most popular communication technologies, continuously shaping the digital media landscape. In order to trace the evolution of China’s livestreaming industry, this study first situates it in the broader context of China’s digital economy and highlights how state–business interactions influence the development of China’s digital economy. This research then examines the development trajectory of China’s livestreaming industry from 2016 to 2022 by analysing regulatory and business documents. Three key phases for the development of China’s livestreaming industry are identified in the analysis. By doing so, this research reveals the complex and contingent dynamics between state and business in China’s livestreaming industry and how this industry has evolved into a complex and intricate cultural and commercial sector jointly regulated by industrial stakeholders and state regulators.

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Firewalls and Walled Gardens:

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On super apps and app stores: digital media logics in China’s app economy

On super apps and app stores: digital media logics in China’s app economy

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A brief history of China’s livestreaming industry: Evolution along with state–business interactions

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