Strangers in the Borderlands: WeChat and ethical ambiguity in Yunnan, China

He, Haishi; Tan, Chris K. K.

doi:10.1080/17544750.2020.1769701

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“…The situation changed with ethnographic works on how the portable internet through its various software and hardware infrastructure influences the lives of the majority Han population (Chen et al, 2018;de Seta & Proksell, 2015;Liu, 2017;McDonald, 2016;Plantin & de Seta, 2019;Wang, 2016;Zhao, 2017). Studies looking at similar topics, only considering various ethnic minorities, quickly followed suit (Cabras, 2022;He & Tan, 2020). In fact, they were behind the already established trend in academic work in the PRC, where a significant number of studies discussed how Weixin influences, strengthens, preserves, transmits, or reinvents minority cultures.…”

Section: The Nuosu-yi and The Weixin-mediated Chinese Internetmentioning

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Smartphone as Ritual Fan

Karlach

2023

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This article explores the engagement of the bimo – the Liangshan ethnic Nuosu-Yi literati-ritualists of Sichuan Province, China – with Weixin (WeChat), a ubiquitous Chinese all-in-one app. Utilizing a nethnographic approach – an ethnography of culturally conditioned simultaneous online and offline practices – I argue that by using the smartphones in ways unforeseen by their developers, the bimo are poaching the property of those who designed the app primarily for the Chinese-speaking majority. The usage of technology stipulated by the modernization push of the Chinese authoritarian state then transforms both the bimo and technology. The resultant techno-culture not only builds upon, reinvents, develops and reinforces the allegedly diminishing Nuosu-Yi folkways – especially inter-clan competition – but also feeds the state-approved Yi folklore. The dialogic reconciliation of the top-down computerization of society and the bottom-up socialization of technology reveals itself as intrinsically connected to the culturally conditioned use of technology in our everyday lives.

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Section: The Nuosu-yi and The Weixin-mediated Chinese Internetmentioning

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Smartphone as Ritual Fan

Karlach

2023

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“…How people morally respond to available technologies and the factors explaining those reactions must be explored. Although prior research has investigated how individuals morally perceive and react to behaviors from machines and robots (Awad et al, 2019;Bigman & Gray, 2018;Gamez et al, 2020) or social media platforms, such as WeChat (He & Tan, 2021), research on consumers' moral reactions toward those technologies is limited.…”

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Artificial Intelligence and Declined Guilt: Retailing Morality Comparison Between Human and AI

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Several technological developments, such as self-service technologies and artificial intelligence (AI), are disrupting the retailing industry by changing consumption and purchase habits and the overall retail experience. Although AI represents extraordinary opportunities for businesses, companies must avoid the dangers and risks associated with the adoption of such systems. Integrating perspectives from emerging research on AI, morality of machines, and norm activation, we examine how individuals morally behave toward AI agents and self-service machines. Across three studies, we demonstrate that consumers’ moral concerns and behaviors differ when interacting with technologies versus humans. We show that moral intention (intention to report an error) is less likely to emerge for AI checkout and self-checkout machines compared with human checkout. In addition, moral intention decreases as people consider the machine less humanlike. We further document that the decline in morality is caused by less guilt displayed toward new technologies. The non-human nature of the interaction evokes a decreased feeling of guilt and ultimately reduces moral behavior. These findings offer insights into how technological developments influence consumer behaviors and provide guidance for businesses and retailers in understanding moral intentions related to the different types of interactions in a shopping environment.

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Morality Retail: The Case of Dutch Store, Crafted Stories, and Its Common Good Strategy

Glover

2024

Fashion for the Common Good

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Strangers in the Borderlands: WeChat and ethical ambiguity in Yunnan, China

Cited by 4 publications

References 48 publications

Smartphone as Ritual Fan

Smartphone as Ritual Fan

Artificial Intelligence and Declined Guilt: Retailing Morality Comparison Between Human and AI

Morality Retail: The Case of Dutch Store, Crafted Stories, and Its Common Good Strategy

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