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As of June 2023, 765 million internet users in China—71 percent of the country's online population—regularly participate in livestreaming across a wide range of activities, including gaming, entertainment, education, and e-commerce. Despite its widespread presence, the livestreaming industry remains a subject of ambivalence in popular discourse. In this talk, Shaohua Guo will discuss her current project on the politics of livestreaming in China, exploring how this multibillion-dollar industry has sparked controversy, generated anxiety, and inspired hope in unprecedented ways within contemporary society.

 

Shaohua Guo is Associate Professor of Chinese at Carleton College. She received her Ph.D. from The University of Texas at Austin and her M.A. and B.A. from Beijing Normal University. Her research interests focus on contemporary Chinese studies, digital media studies, and cultural studies. She is the author of The Evolution of the Chinese Internet: Creative Visibility in the Digital Public (Stanford University Press, 2021). Her articles have appeared in Journal of Asian Studies,Modern Chinese Literature and CultureMedia, Culture and Society, and Communication and the Public, among others.

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