WeChat: social network and smart city
The work focuses on the study of WeChat (main social network in China) and ist advanced functionalities which build intelligent society in China. The importance of this platform lies in the prohibition of Western social networks in China. For 7 years, WeChat has evolved as a "super social netwo...
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| Format: | article |
| Publication Date: | 2019 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) |
| Repository: | Docta Complutense |
| Language: | English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/93692 |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/93692 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | 004.78:316.77 Social network Smart society Technical innovation Ciencias de la Información 6308 Comunicaciones Sociales |
| Summary: | The work focuses on the study of WeChat (main social network in China) and ist advanced functionalities which build intelligent society in China. The importance of this platform lies in the prohibition of Western social networks in China. For 7 years, WeChat has evolved as a "super social network", from an instant messaging application to a hybrid including application, marketplace, payment method and operating systems, as an integrate means rather that just social network. In today's Western world, almost no network can be compared with WeChat in terms of its functionalities. It is a good example of promotion and development of the intelligent society because of its advanced funcionalities. The new usage and the rapid expansion of its integrated funtionality and impacts form the new communication consumption framework in China. This works shows how an intelligent society changes and develops through a social network, and detailed analysis of advanced technology and social network of WeChat to give a good example to Western countries which want to build intelligent society. |
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