From livelihood to livestream: Temporal opportunities of Chinese street vendors
Published online on August 04, 2025
Abstract
New Media & Society, Volume 28, Issue 8, Page 4029-4046, August 2026.
Chinese street vendors use Douyin streaming to navigate precarious livelihoods in a platform economy. While existing research examines digital labor and emerging business models, it overlooks how informal workers manage the dual roles of running offline ...
Chinese street vendors use Douyin streaming to navigate precarious livelihoods in a platform economy. While existing research examines digital labor and emerging business models, it overlooks how informal workers manage the dual roles of running offline ...