“This WeChat account has been suspected of spreading malicious rumors and has been temporarily blocked…” is the message BBC reporter Stephen McDonell received earlier this year, after posting photos of a live event on his WeChat account. No commentary. Just a few shots of Hongkongers commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre — a ...
Amid rising concerns about low public trust in mainstream news media institutions, a Rutgers study found that real-life and online social media interactions can strongly influence a person’s trust in newspapers, TV, and online journalism — but when it comes to online social media interactions, cynical views are the most influential. The study, published in ...
Of the 3.43 billion Internet users globally, about 2.28 billion of them use social media in some capacity on a regular basis. While social media has acted as a tool that connects people across the world by blurring the lines of race, religion, and culture, it has also introduced a new set of problems and ...
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) invests heavily in shaping public opinion by withholding all information that threatens its power and spreading propaganda that increases people’s reverence toward the Party. In recent times, the regime has ramped up its propaganda campaign through all forms of media, whether it be movies, games, music, or social media. Propaganda ...
Senator Marco Rubio has asked the U.S. administration to investigate the Chinese social media app TikTok after reports that the company is censoring content worldwide according to Beijing’s policies. Rubio has asked the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), which is tasked with overseeing foreign acquisitions that might impact national security, to ...
Misinformation and propaganda have always been the tools used by Beijing to spread its communist propaganda campaign to the masses. The Chinese government has been using these two tools to discredit and deride Hong Kong protests on social media platforms like YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook. However, social media companies have reportedly wised up and are ...
China’s repressive policies against the Uyghur minorities in Xinjiang are getting labeled as state-sanctioned racism. Zhao Lijian, the deputy chief of mission for the Chinese embassy in Pakistan, wanted to counter this through tweets from his Twitter account. But instead of providing proof that Beijing is not torturing the Uyghurs, Zhao tried to justify the ...
Millions of people across the world conduct live streams and interact with their fans on a regular basis. In one country, live streaming has taken off in a big way — China. According to ASKCI Consulting, the Chinese live streaming market is expected to hit US$10.84 billion by the end of this year. And by ...
When it comes to ad campaigns, I’m often a bit skeptical, especially about the messages that most advertisements spread these days. But recently I came across one very unique ad campaign that really touched me and made me think about my own behavior. Liking isn’t helping “Liking isn’t helping.” is the headline of a provoking ad ...
A Canadian arrested in China suffered three weeks of hell inside a local jail for making insensitive remarks about the country on WeChat. Not only was he sent back home without his Chinese wife and child, but the person is also being subjected to an online defamation campaign that aims to make his life difficult ...
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