The perceived purposes of social media use on various chinese platforms: annotation of master's thesis / Zhou Shiqi ; BSU, Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Department of Social Communication ; Academic supervisor: Marharyta S. Fabrykant

Abstract

The purpose of this master's thesis is to focus on the self-attribution mechanism and cross-platform differences of the purpose of use of Chinese social media platforms, aiming to break through the Western-centric research framework and build a theoretical model with local explanatory power.