China has the world’s most operational social media population, with 91 percent of respondents saying they visited a social media site in the previous six months, compared with 30 percent in Japan, 67 percent in the United States, and 70 percent in South Korea (McKinsey & Company, 2017).China is among the most profoundly connected population on earth, and the smartphone revolution has seen this connectivity grow fast in recent years, more than in many Western countries(BJUI, 2017). China boasts the most Internet users in the world but blocks Facebook and Twitter, the most popular social networks. That’s encouraged domestic copycat networks from emerging and dominating the Chinese market. Sina Weibo and Renren are thriving equivalent social media sites used by millions of Chinese daily (The Daily Dot, 2017)
The Great Firewall of China is a very technically sophisticated internet censorship system and is in action all over the country. China has one of the highest number of web users in the world. China also has one of the most controlled internets, with processes engaged in making certain that its citizens cannot read about sensitive issues nor themselves post material the government believes to be threatening. (openDemocracy, 2017)The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. are the responsible body for filtering and censorship of online information.The number of internet users in China is extraordinary, and there is only so much that they can do to contain ‘challenging’ internet content. It also means that more Chinese citizens will gain the technical ability to find a means to bypass filtering methods (openDemocracy, 2017).
The link below provides a tool to see if a domain name is censored in china and allows you to view the domain via a Chinese proxy server.
http://www.greatfirewallofchina.org
Chinese Internet users are actively engaging in social media—especially home-grown social media platforms. Domestic social media platforms differ in various ways from Western platforms.Companies should learn how Chinese consumers use social media and take advantage of the platforms to manage consumer research and introduce new products (BJUI, 2017).
Social media has become deeply integrated into people’s lives and some have more friends online than off.As China’s population moves online, consumer behavior shifts. Numerous companies have failed to recognize the shifts in their marketing strategies. Social media has grown to become the shared commons where Chinese consumers offer opinions, ask for advice, and discuss brands. Ignoring the Internet could be considered a lost opportunity in the past, but in China today, ignoring social media is a business risk (Thomas Crampton, 2017).
References:
BJUI. (2017). The Social Media Revolution in Chinese Urology - BJUI. [online] Available at: http://www.bjuinternational.com/bjui-blog/the-social-media-revolution-in-chinese-urology/ [Accessed 26 Jan. 2017].
openDemocracy. (2017). The Great Firewall of China. [online] Available at: https://www.opendemocracy.net/china-correspondent/great-firewall-of-china [Accessed 26 Jan. 2017].
The Daily Dot. (2017). Charting the Chinese social media revolution. [online] Available at: http://www.dailydot.com/news/chinese-social-media-revolution/ [Accessed 26 Jan. 2017].
Thomas Crampton. (2017). Thomas Crampton – Social Media in China: The Same, but Different. [online] Available at: http://thomascrampton.com/china/social-media-china-business-review/ [Accessed 26 Jan. 2017].
And then I tried to post an innocent reel featuring some of my paintings and it was banned again, that the story of my social networks life. I swear there was no nipples no nudity, well some nudity but nothing to be ashamed. This is driving me nuts #contemporaryart #censoreship #communityguidelines #hyperrealism #canadianart (at Toronto, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmRsSWyrof3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
