Performing Positive Energy: Mediated Self-Representation of Chinese Migrant Workers on Douyin.

This article analyzes the genre of rented-room short videos on Douyin, a major Chinese short video and live-streaming platform, to explore how rural-to-urban migrant workers perform positive energy as a strategy to navigate state narratives, platform regulations, and algorithmic bias. These videos r...

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Publicado en:	Velvet Light Trap: A Critical Journal of Film & Television no. 96; pp. 16 - 29
Autor principal:	Ding, Suchen
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	University of Texas Press Fall2025
Materias:	Precarity Self-presentation Rural-urban migration Chinese people Affect (Psychology) Digital inclusion TikTok (Web resource) Gig economy China
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