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By Eileen Le Han

This e-book deals an in-depth account of social media, journalism and collective reminiscence via a five-year research of Weibo, a number one chinese language micro-blogging platform, and prism of transitional China in a globalizing world. 
How does society keep in mind public occasions within the speedily altering age of social media? 
Eileen Le Han examines how different types of public occasions are shared, debated, and their ancient value and worthiness of remembrance highlighted on Weibo. Journalism performs an important half in mobilizing collective remembering of those occasions, in a society with swiftly altering issues at the platform, the tightening kingdom regulate, and nationalism at the rise. 
The first 5 years of Weibo mirror a dramatic swap in chinese language society, the place newshounds, media execs, and opinion leaders in different fields of craftsmanship, including traditional electorate without delay tormented by those alterations in daily life collaborate to witness the fast social transition. 

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