Internet Philanthropy as China’s ‘Digital Solution’ to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Policies, Practices, Politics and Critique

Xu, Jian; Huang, Dianlin; He, Zhiguo

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“…The trend of influencer philanthropy also demonstrates “governance through the influencer.” As shown in our examples, some previous “big stomach king” influencers have already started to embrace philanthropy as an adjustive strategy to accommodate the government's call for “positive energy” influencers. Similarly, to respond to the government call to help achieve “common prosperity” (Kharpal, 2020), China's large digital platforms “gave back” to society, for example through “poverty alleviation [via] e‐commerce” (Peng et al, 2021) and various other micro‐philanthropy projects (Xu et al, 2021). Influencers based on these platforms are encouraged to actively participate in these philanthropic activities to promote a positive public image on the one hand, and to help platforms realize their social responsibilities on the other.…”

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Governing social eating (chibo) influencers: Policies, approach and politics of influencer governance in China

Zhang

2022

Policy & Internet

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Using the governance of social eating (chibo) influencers as a case study, this article demonstrates the policies, practices, discourses, and politics of China's state-centric model of influencer governance. We argue that influencers in China are in a relatively precarious position due to various regulations and restrictions imposed upon them by the state, platforms, and industry associations. They are frequently targeted in China's internet governance campaigns "for a more sanitary internet" and coerced to participate in social governance "for the creation of a better socialist society." They are therefore vulnerable within China's state-controlled digital economy, caught between risks and opportunities this governance affords. Their position in this governance regime has consequently enabled their creativity, flexibility, and resilience to "play on the edge" of recurring platform crackdowns and capricious government policies to survive in the ever-changing influencer industry. The coevolution of regulatory policies and focuses, and the shifting performativity of influencers, also makes China's influencer culture fast evolving and the governance itself more complex than elsewhere.

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Section: Precarity Of Being Influencer and Politics Of Influencer Gov...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Governing social eating (chibo) influencers: Policies, approach and politics of influencer governance in China

Zhang

2022

Policy & Internet

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Internet Philanthropy as China’s ‘Digital Solution’ to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Policies, Practices, Politics and Critique

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Governing social eating (chibo) influencers: Policies, approach and politics of influencer governance in China

Governing social eating (chibo) influencers: Policies, approach and politics of influencer governance in China

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