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      The Public Sphere and Weibo Microblogging Social Media Platforms in China

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      Conference name: Proceedings of EVA London 2023 (EVA 2023)
      Conference theme: Since 1990, the EVA London Conference has established itself as one of the United Kingdom’s most innovative and interdisciplinary conferences in the field of digital visualisation. The papers and abstracts in this volume cover areas such as the arts, culture, heritage, museums, music, performance, visual art, and visualisation, as well as related interdisciplinary areas, in combination with technology. The latest research and work by early career researchers, established scholars, practitioners, research students, and visual artists, can be found in this volume, published in full colour.
      Conference date: 10–14 July 2023
      Keywords: Activism, Censorship, China, Digital culture, Microblogging, Political communication, Public sphere, Social media, Weibo
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            This paper discusses the use of the social media platform Weibo in China, particularly regarding activism. It includes consideration of political and social expression on Weibo, both textual and visual, in the public sphere. Areas of discussion include how emotion affects the distribution of information, how platform profit is generated in the digital economy, and how attempts to harness public emotion to promote social agendas, including the suppression of dissenting opinions, are complex and nuanced. The differences between the West and China highlight both confrontational and non-confrontational methods for activism, especially where censorship is in force.

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            Publication date: July 2023
            Publication date (Print): July 2023
            Pages: 136-144
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            [0001]Department of Digital Humanities

            King’s College London

            London, UK
            [0002]School of Engineering

            London South Bank University

            London, UK
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            DOI: 10.14236/ewic/EVA2023.23
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            Copyright © © Han et al. Published by BCS Learning & Development. Proceedings of EVA London 2023, UK
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            Conference name: Proceedings of EVA London 2023
            Conference acronym: EVA 2023
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            Conference location: London
            Conference date: 10–14 July 2023
            Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)
            Conference theme: Since 1990, the EVA London Conference has established itself as one of the United Kingdom’s most innovative and interdisciplinary conferences in the field of digital visualisation. The papers and abstracts in this volume cover areas such as the arts, culture, heritage, museums, music, performance, visual art, and visualisation, as well as related interdisciplinary areas, in combination with technology. The latest research and work by early career researchers, established scholars, practitioners, research students, and visual artists, can be found in this volume, published in full colour.
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            Series title: Electronic Workshops in Computing

            ScienceOpen disciplines: Applied computer science,Computer science,Security & Cryptology,Graphics & Multimedia design,General computer science,Human-computer-interaction
            Keywords: Weibo,Activism,Public sphere,Censorship,Microblogging,Social media,Digital culture,China,Political communication

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