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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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Published in:Velvet Light Trap: A Critical Journal of Film & Television no. 96; pp. 16 - 29
Main Author: Ding, Suchen
Format: Article
Published: University of Texas Press Fall2025
Subjects:
Precarity
Self-presentation
Rural-urban migration
Chinese people
Affect (Psychology)
Digital inclusion
TikTok (Web resource)
Gig economy
China
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