Index

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Chen, Y., Mao, Z. and Qiu, J.L. (2018), "Index", Super-Sticky Wechat and Chinese Society, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 145-151. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78743-091-420181008

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INDEX

Advertising revenue

, 35

Alibaba

, 22, 31, 73

Alipay (payment platform)

, 70, 71, 73

Alleged gambling

, 31

Allen Zhang. See Zhang, Xiaolong

App Annie

, 14, 26

Apple Wallet

, 49

Apple’s App Store

, 70

Apple’s iOS

, 72

Arab Spring

, 42, 79

BBS-style Baidu Tieba

, 90

Beijing Armed Police, Second Hospital of

, 89, 90

Black box society

, 13

Cambridge Analytica disaster

, 114

Cash-free society

, 63

Censorship

, 14, 15, 40, 90, 93

policies

, 79

WeChat

, 99

Chatification

, 60

China Central Television (CCTV)

, 63

China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC)

, 13, 52, 53, 54, 62, 73

China Mobile

, 23, 29, 30, 52

China mobile culture in

, 22–32

China Southern Airlines Official Accounts

, 60, 61

China’s internet industry

, 21

Chinese Armed Police

, 90

Chinese Embassy’s Official Accounts

, 38

Chinese government

, 17, 32, 88

WeChat on political map of

, 39–42

Chinese internet users

, 62, 78, 90

Chinese Lunar New Year

, 84, 98

Chinese New Year

, 64

Chinese social media, social events on

, 78–80

Chinese typewriter

, 104, 105

Communication

, 11, 87

business

, 4

email as tool

, 57

instant messaging

, 23

pattern

, 57

personalised

, 58

text-based

, 53

voice-based phone

, 53–54

WeChat

, 4

‘Contra-flow’ of media products

, 111–112

‘Copy-cat’

, 111

Corporate software and platforms

, 13

Critical media studies

, 32

Cybersecurity Law of China

, 41

DealCatcher

, 4

Design, Architecture and Digital collections (DAD collections)

, 103

Dharamsala

, 110

Didi Chuxing

, 68

Digital

capitalism

, 108

platforms

, 45, 90

products

, 6

Discrete platforms

, 11

‘Dot-com bubble’

, 34

E-commerce and transactions

, 72

Email service

, 40–41, 57

Extender, WeChat

, 88–97

Extending role of WeChat

, 80–82

Facebook

, 35, 44, 85, 86, 106, 110, 112, 114

business pages

, 58

‘lite’ versions

, 4

Messenger

, 4

Timeline

, 49

Fan Yusu phenomenon

, 97

Fuchs’s assessment

, 32

Game Center on WeChat

, 51

Glue of virtual wallet

, 62–69

Golden platform

, 27–32

Google

, 79

Google Hangouts

, 4–5

Google Reader for news

, 4

Google Talk

, 5

Google + 

, 5

Groupon

, 4

Hashtags

, 87

‘Helping Zexi’ (WeChat Group)

, 92

High-profile events

, 31

Hong Kong Stock Market

, 33, 34

Hotmail service

, 41

Humans’ conceptual system

, 50

In-app purchase mechanism (IAP mechanism)

, 70

Information and communication technologies (ICT)

, 107, 108

Informational and service bazaar

, 49, 58

China Southern Airlines Official Accounts

, 60, 61

unfolded list of official accounts subscriptions

, 59

WeChat main user interface

, 59

Infrastructures of payment

, 71

Initiating role of WeChat

, 80–82

Initiator, WeChat

, 94–99

Instant messaging (IM)

, 23, 39, 51, 80

platform

, 36

service

, 21

Weibo Message

, 39

Internet Archive Wayback Machine

, 14

Internet Content Providers (ICPs)

, 23

Internet-based third-party payment methods

, 72

Japanese social networking app LINE

, 50

Journalists

, 83, 85, 97

‘Least data-consuming cell phone walkie-talkie’

, 51–52

Lucky money

, 63, 65, 76n2

Mass media

, 87

Media globalisation

, 111

Mega-platform

old dream for

, 20–22

rise of

, 1–5

Meitu (phone brand)

, 56

Messaging and scanning wallet

, 62

glue of virtual wallet

, 62–69

tipping dispute

, 68–71

WeChat Wallet Interface

, 66, 67

Messaging Red Packet

, 64, 73

Metaphor

, 49, 50

Mi Talk

, 52

Microsoft

, 39, 40

Migrant Workers’ Spring Festival Gala

, 97–98

MIH Limited

, 34

Military

, 90

Mini-Program

, 74, 119

Ministry of Commerce

, 31

Ministry of Culture

, 31

Mobile culture in China

, 22

comparing QQ and WeChat

, 27

promise and pitfalls of golden platform

, 27–32

Mobile phone

, 21, 106

Modern Chinese social technology

, 103–106

Moments

, 48, 54, 55, 60

Money

, 67, 71

laundering activities

, 31

messaging

, 66

peer-to-peer money transfer

, 110

Q Coins

, 30

texting

, 72

traditional red envelope

, 64

Monternet

, 23, 30

M-Pesa

, 72

MSN Messenger

, 22, 40–41, 42

My Posts Moments

, 117

My QR Code

, 65

Netflix

, 6

Network effect

, 8, 49

New Year greetings

, 64

New York Times, The

, 79

NewRank

, 91

Non-governmental organisations (NGOs)

, 84

Official Account service on WeChat

, 4, 38, 48, 58, 59, 72

Online activism among Chinese Americans

, 82–88

Online advertising

, 35, 36

Paipai (shop online platform)

, 25

Peer-to-peer money transfer

, 110

People Nearby function

, 50

People’s Bank of China (PBoC)

, 31

People’s Daily

, 32, 61, 90

Performance-based advertising revenues

, 36

Photo editing services

, 56

Pi Village Workers’ Literary Group

, 97

Platform infrastructure clashes, epitome of

, 68–71

Platform studies

, 9, 12

Playfulness

, 38

Polymedia

, 10–11

Priceline

, 4

Private-facing platform

, 54

Pro-government media and scholars

, 31

Public Accounts

, 58, 117

Putian medical group

, 89, 91

Q Coins

, 30, 31

QQ

, 12, 13

Games

, 25

Group Buy

, 73

Hotels

, 73

instant messaging service

, 21, 22, 25

mail

, 25, 57

Music

, 25

Show

, 35

Shuoshuo

, 37

users

, 24

QR Code

, 65

Quora

, 4

QZone (blog)

, 25, 35, 37, 56

Red Envelope

, 63

Red Packet in WeChat Pay function

, 12, 63, 72, 118

Revenues

, 35

Scan QR Code

, 65

Scan-to-pay

, 66, 73

Scanning and messaging wallet

, 49

Services Accounts

, 58

Shake function

, 50, 54

Shanghai-based private hospital

, 89

Silicon Valley, tech scene in

, 13–14

Silver-spoon app

, 19

mobile culture in China

, 22–32

old dream for mega-platform

, 20–22

WeChat on political map of Chinese government

, 39–42

WeChat role in business map of Tencent

, 32–38

Sina Weibo

, 39, 52, 56, 79

Six-second video clips sharing

, 56

Smart mobs

, 51

Smartphones

, 6

Social and visual walkie-talkie

, 49, 51

user interface for moments for social updates

, 55

user interface for voice messaging

, 53

Social events on Chinese social media

, 78–80

Social media

, 2, 3, 9, 10

at crossroads

, 113–114

Social networking sites (SNS)

, 86, 87

Socialisation

, 11, 59, 73, 87

Sociality

, 10, 11, 107

Software applications

, 6

State surveillance

, 15

Subscription Accounts

, 58

Super-sticky design and everyday cultures

, 47

informational and service bazaar

, 58–62

messaging and scanning wallet

, 62–74

social and visual walkie-talkie

, 51–58

Super-sticky WeChat

, 5–9

global influence of super-sticky model

, 109–113

and global society

, 105

modern Chinese social technology on exhibit

, 103–106

social media at crossroads

, 113–114

WeChat-ISE

, 107–109

Supplementing

, 80–82

Taobao

, 31, 73

TD Ameritrade

, 4

Tencent Holdings Limited

, 13, 22, 31, 32, 33, 37, 91, 108

stock-market valuation

, 112

strategy

, 27, 28

WeChat’s role in business map of

, 32–38

Tencent Weibo site

, 39

Tenpay

, 72–73

Text-based communication

, 53

Texting

, 60, 64

money via mobile phones

, 72

TheyChat

, 42

Timeline of WeChat

, 116–119

Tipping dispute

, 68–71

Tmall (online shopping site)

, 73

Tokyo’s Shibuya Crossing

, 51

TripAdvisor

, 4

Twitter

, 32, 84, 85, 87, 100, 112

corporate account

, 58

public-facing platforms

, 3

social media platforms

, 107

Value-added services (VAS)

, 35

Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A)

, 103, 104

Virtual currency Q Coin

, 35

Virtual wallet, glue of

, 62–69

Voice message

, 110

Walkthrough method

, 14

Wallet function

, 119

Wayback Machine

, 14

WeChat

, 1, 2, 3, 20, 47, 77

in business map of Tencent

, 32–38

comparison

, 7

extender

, 88–97

functions

, 49

groups and official accounts posts

, 84

initiator

, 94–99

logo for

, 37

on political map of Chinese government

, 39–42

process in

, 24

Red Packet

, 65

screenshot

, 93

Sending WeChat Red Packet

, 63

social events on Chinese social media

, 78–80

studying

, 9–15

super-sticky WeChat

, 5–9

as supplement

, 82–88

supplementing, extending and initiating

, 80–82

technological innovations

, 106

tipping system

, 70

transformation

, 49

WeChat-ISE

, 107–109

work-related tasks on

, 4

WeChat Official Account

, 69, 81

WeChat Pay

, 48, 63, 70, 72, 112

WeChat Wallet

, 31, 71, 73

interface

, 66

scan and message money

, 67

Weibo

, 90

Weibo Message

, 39

Weixin Smart Transport

, 4

‘WeProtest’

, 77

WhatsApp

, 3, 110

Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)

, 23, 29

Xiaomi

, 52

Xinhua News Agency

, 64, 90

YakChat

, 110

Yelp

, 4

YouChat

, 42

Zalo (Vietnamese social media app)

, 109–110

Zhang, Xiaolong

, 20, 71, 74