Neoliberal ethos, state censorship and sexual culture: a Chinese dating/hook-up app. Issue 5 (2nd September 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Liu, Tingting
• Is Part Of: Continuum. Volume 30:Issue 5(2016)
• Page Start: 557
• Page End: 566
• Publication Date: 2016-09-02
• Subjects: Motion pictures -- Australia -- Periodicals; Broadcasting -- Australia -- Periodicals; Mass media -- Periodicals; 306.05
• DOI: 10.1080/10304312.2016.1210794
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1030-4312

Abstract

Abstract: Based upon the case of Momo, a popular Chinese dating/hook-up social media, this article examines an understudied aspect of social media: the kinds of sexual activities a social media tends to encourage, facilitate and mediate, and the sexual ideologies a social media site/application chooses to align with in its advertising and promotional strategies. With a critical conversation with existing scholarships concerning the intersections between feminist/queer theories and media studies, the article considers how sexualities can constitute a useful lens for understanding social media so as to provide a glimpse into the complex interconnections between political, cultural, economic and the 'private' realms of sexual experience.