Between ‘audience lords’ and ‘rich fathers’: Triadic relational labour and contingent moral improvisation among Chinese tech creators on UGC platforms
European Journal of Cultural Studies
Published online on February 23, 2026
Abstract
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This article examines Chinese technology creators on Douyin and Bilibili as a peripheral creator culture situated outside institutional safeguards and professional ethics. Drawing on fifteen in-depth interviews, it conceptualises their work as triadic ...
This article examines Chinese technology creators on Douyin and Bilibili as a peripheral creator culture situated outside institutional safeguards and professional ethics. Drawing on fifteen in-depth interviews, it conceptualises their work as triadic ...