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The rural video influencers in China: on the new edge of urbanization

Author
Zhang, Xinwen
Abstract
On the new media platforms in China, especially the video platforms, some rural content has become quite influential, which is, to some extent, inconsistent with people's impression of the vulnerable position of rural areas the urban-rural inequality. This thesis studied some of the most popular the rural content producers with the close reading of their videos, explaining how they frame themselves and their artworks and what kind of "rurality" is performed to the audiences. While the audience might assign them as rural figures, these people were on the edge of the urban and the rural as they had a shared history as some people who were from the rural areas, spent a period of their lives as migrant workers, and finally became video influencers performing some kind of rural lifestyle.
Description
68 pages
Date Issued
2020-05Subject
influencer; migrant worker; nongmingong; rural-urabn relationship; urbanization
Committee Chair
McNeal, Robin
Committee Member
Campana, Andrew
Degree Discipline
Asian Studies
Degree Name
M.A., Asian Studies
Degree Level
Master of Arts
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
Type
dissertation or thesis
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