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FOW023 - Michelle Proksell and the Chinternet (live @ 32c3 Sendezentrum)
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Introduction
- Guest: Michelle Proksell (Twitter: @proksell; WeChat: mutedrainbow)
- Michelle’s talk at 32c3
Michelle’s research 00:58
- WeChat
- Message in a Bottle: shake phone, find random people near you
- People Nearby: people active within a 1000m radius near you
- Michelle’s current research partner Gabriele de Seta
- Their paper on Chinese selfies: „The Aesthetics of Zipai: From Wechat Selfies to Self-Representation in Contemporary Chinese Art and Photography“
Examples. So many examples. 08:25
- „Demographics“ folder
- 美图秀秀 měitú xiùxiù: photo editing app (English name: Meitu Pic)
- Uniqlo: popular clothing store chain
- E-commerce on WeChat
- Business Insider: „WeChat is helping Chinese buy US homes“
- Tencent, huge internet company
- QQ, instant messenger platform
- WeChat has international appeal/international connections
- Weibo (literally „microblogging“) (often compared to Twitter to make it easier to understand for foreigners)
- Michelle’s „small data“ database, individual assessment, chance of infering something wrong not as high as with big data
- Fundraising through WeChat is also possible
- 红包 hōngbāo: „red envelope“, which is used to gift money (esp. on Chinese New Year) to children and unmarried women
- WeChat described as „China’s homegrown OS (Operating System)“
- can be used to play games
- not an OS in the traditional sense, but in the way its used and the broad functions it provides; driving a lot of app development
- 1.3 billion Chinese: still ~600 million people are still offline (Xi Jinping wants everyone online by 2020)
- Older phones more prevalent in rural areas, not as many smartphones as seen in urban areas. Worse/no 3G coverage in the countryside?
- Migrant workers (PIC 1. bunk 2. selfie with bed in background 3. group of people)
- indicator: bunk beds
- indicator: gestures
- ca 48:00
- „duang“, a Chinese neologism
- 51:40: Escalator memes
- 53:20 Tianjin explosion: „Pray for Tianjin“
- „“ originally intended as a high five, not hands folded in prayer
- Michelle enjoys fish pics
- 520 = 五二零 = wuerling ~> woaini = 我爱你
Q&A 1:01:30
Thank you, Sendezentrum!
64 episodes
Archived series ("Inactive feed" status)
When? This feed was archived on March 15, 2022 08:10 (). Last successful fetch was on November 11, 2021 20:22 ()
Why? Inactive feed status. Our servers were unable to retrieve a valid podcast feed for a sustained period.
What now? You might be able to find a more up-to-date version using the search function. This series will no longer be checked for updates. If you believe this to be in error, please check if the publisher's feed link below is valid and contact support to request the feed be restored or if you have any other concerns about this.
Manage episode 126319857 series 177049
Introduction
- Guest: Michelle Proksell (Twitter: @proksell; WeChat: mutedrainbow)
- Michelle’s talk at 32c3
Michelle’s research 00:58
- WeChat
- Message in a Bottle: shake phone, find random people near you
- People Nearby: people active within a 1000m radius near you
- Michelle’s current research partner Gabriele de Seta
- Their paper on Chinese selfies: „The Aesthetics of Zipai: From Wechat Selfies to Self-Representation in Contemporary Chinese Art and Photography“
Examples. So many examples. 08:25
- „Demographics“ folder
- 美图秀秀 měitú xiùxiù: photo editing app (English name: Meitu Pic)
- Uniqlo: popular clothing store chain
- E-commerce on WeChat
- Business Insider: „WeChat is helping Chinese buy US homes“
- Tencent, huge internet company
- QQ, instant messenger platform
- WeChat has international appeal/international connections
- Weibo (literally „microblogging“) (often compared to Twitter to make it easier to understand for foreigners)
- Michelle’s „small data“ database, individual assessment, chance of infering something wrong not as high as with big data
- Fundraising through WeChat is also possible
- 红包 hōngbāo: „red envelope“, which is used to gift money (esp. on Chinese New Year) to children and unmarried women
- WeChat described as „China’s homegrown OS (Operating System)“
- can be used to play games
- not an OS in the traditional sense, but in the way its used and the broad functions it provides; driving a lot of app development
- 1.3 billion Chinese: still ~600 million people are still offline (Xi Jinping wants everyone online by 2020)
- Older phones more prevalent in rural areas, not as many smartphones as seen in urban areas. Worse/no 3G coverage in the countryside?
- Migrant workers (PIC 1. bunk 2. selfie with bed in background 3. group of people)
- indicator: bunk beds
- indicator: gestures
- ca 48:00
- „duang“, a Chinese neologism
- 51:40: Escalator memes
- 53:20 Tianjin explosion: „Pray for Tianjin“
- „“ originally intended as a high five, not hands folded in prayer
- Michelle enjoys fish pics
- 520 = 五二零 = wuerling ~> woaini = 我爱你
Q&A 1:01:30
Thank you, Sendezentrum!
64 episodes
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