Dating apps have become one of the most prominent and contentious topics in the realm of
intimacy among the wider public and academia. Media and communication researchers …

Video content creation by “amateur” private users has taken on professional (ie work)
characteristics. The emergence of user-centric video sharing services (eg YouTube, Twitch …

Live streaming has offered new opportunities for retailers to increase their sales, hence its
reception of continuous scholarly attention. However, understanding the antecedents of …

The potential abuse of dating applications (apps), including during the current lockdowns
due to COVID-19, has resulted in a growing community of research to learn to what extent …

Paid memberships and gifts are increasingly implemented in social media as content
monetization functions. Here, we outline the overarching trend toward gifting and …

Since public access to the Internet in Mainland China increased in the early 2000s, pop-
cultural (re) productions and imaginings that interrogate the rigid boundaries of gender …

Since the rise of the smartphone, apps have become entrenched in billions of users' daily
lives. Accessible across phones and tablets, watches and wearables, connected cars …

This book examines different forms and practices of queer media, that is, the films, websites,
zines, and film festivals produced by, for, and about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and …

Livestreamer-moderated matchmaking has gained wide popularity among the elderly
population in China. Compared to algorithm-mediated online dating, it is characterized by …

Recently, the smart phone app Kuaishou emerged in China with more than 400 million
registered users. An app where users upload pre-recorded videos and a small number of …