Xiang Ren
@xiangren.bsky.social
Media scholar at University of Sydney, researching media industries, digital publishing, AI and platform regulation, and Chinese media.
Social media apps are transforming the book world in China. Please check out my latest piece for The Conversation on how Douyin (China’s TikTok) and WeChat are changing the way people read—going far beyond #BookTok theconversation.com/in-china-soc...
In China, social media apps are changing how people buy and read books – selling more than physical bookshops do
China’s version of TikTok, Douyin, and its biggest social media app, WeChat, are transforming reading in China – with more influence than BookTok.
theconversation.com
January 20, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Social media apps are transforming the book world in China. Please check out my latest piece for The Conversation on how Douyin (China’s TikTok) and WeChat are changing the way people read—going far beyond #BookTok theconversation.com/in-china-soc...