dc.contributor.advisor | Hammond, Daniel | |
dc.contributor.advisor | McLeister, Mark | |
dc.contributor.author | Huang, Yingjie | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-02-19T15:03:20Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-02-19T15:03:20Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-11-30 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1842/37502 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.7488/era/786 | |
dc.description.abstract | Current studies of the Chinese Internet and society describe Chinese Internet
users’ activities as the mobility transferred from the offline to the online world.
They also regard the Chinese Internet and Communication Technologies (ICT)
as liberating which support democratic development. These studies
understood the power of Chinese Internet users in disseminating information
but neglected the new developments of Chinese ICT. This means they have
ignored the power of Chinese Internet user in consuming entertaining content.
This power might become the base of constructing community spirit, which
will help construct the online communities, especially the ones practising
consumption on entertainment content, such as anime, comics and games
(ACG). This is the research gap that this thesis fills.
By using participant observation and micro-level analysis, this thesis seeks to
explain the participation of live streamers and viewers and their construction
of the community in live streaming channels on the Chinese site Bilibili. This
case was selected because existing studies have not told the impacts of
popular live streaming and Bilibili’s commercialisation on forming community
spirit in live stream channels. Contributing to the existing studies of Chinese
Internet and society, this thesis argues that the participation of live streamers
and viewers shows the collective mobility of users in carrying out consumption
of online entertaining content in the fast developing Chinese live streaming
industry. This thesis also examines the role of the Chinese government in
regulating live streaming sites by both restricting information provision of live
streaming sites and requiring the submission of live streamers’ identification
information. This thesis contributes to understanding the actors of the Chinese
government, site and users in the development of a Chinese online
community. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | The University of Edinburgh | en |
dc.subject | Chinese Internet and Communication Technologies | en |
dc.subject | Chinese ICT | en |
dc.subject | online communities | en |
dc.subject | micro-level analysis | en |
dc.subject | Bilibili | en |
dc.subject | live streaming impacts | en |
dc.subject | live streaming industry | en |
dc.subject | regulation | en |
dc.title | Deconstructing Chinese online community: users' participation in Bilibili live stream channels | en |
dc.type | Thesis or Dissertation | en |
dc.type.qualificationlevel | Doctoral | en |
dc.type.qualificationname | MPhil Master of Philosophy | en |