![]() Throughout the summer, as Australia’s bushfires burned, WeChat became the primary platform for the Mandarin-speaking to follow the news and information about the fires, and engage in heated debates on the relationship between their occurrence and climate change. That there is a need to approach WeChat as a new civic space has been evident in Australia in recent months. These concerns range from the perennial fear that the Communist Party of China (CPC) is using WeChat to influence the election, to a generalised worry that politicians’ use of WeChat may pose a threat to national security.īut what is conspicuously missing in these commentaries is WeChat’s educational role in civic and political communication: to what extent does WeChat educate new citizens about Australia’s political system, democratic values and civic practice? As WeChat’s impact in Australia is increasingly felt, Australian media commentators have voiced a number of concerns about the platform. WeChat is the most widely used and influential Chinese social media platform.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |