Abstract
Tencent MyApp (yingyong bao), a dominant Android app store developed by one of China’s largest internet companies, Tencent, has been instrumental in shaping China’s recent economic and social life. Tencent’s MyApp is itself an app but also an app store that distributes and sells apps. Using this dual role that Tencent plays in a vast and rapidly changing digital landscape, this chapter
considers how Chinese app stores and their infrastructures shape communication and culture, specifically with respect to migrant and creative workers in China.
considers how Chinese app stores and their infrastructures shape communication and culture, specifically with respect to migrant and creative workers in China.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Appified |
Subtitle of host publication | Culture in the Age of Apps |
Editors | Jeremy Wade Morris, Sarah Murray |
Place of Publication | Michigan USA |
Publisher | University of Michigan Press |
Pages | 42-50 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Edition | 1st |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780472124350 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780472074044, 9780472054046 |
Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Externally published | Yes |