The Role of Social Media in Female Gender Construction Under Feminism
A Case Study of Xiaohongshu APP
These authors contributed equally.
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.211220.178How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Constructivism; Female; Social media; Xiaohongshu
- Abstract
In this rapidly developing new media era, a variety of social media is popping up. This paper takes Xiaohongshu as a case study to investigate the correlation between Xiaohongshu development and female users as well as analyse its impact on female construction. Based on data evaluation and literature research, the paper discusses the historical origin, development process and current situation of Xiaohongshu. According to the results, as one of the most popular apps in China, the success of Xiaohongshu is closely related to women, which also promotes women’s construction. It also confirms that the success of a media or a platform is based on the user’s grasp. These results shed light on how social media affected gender construction.
- Copyright
- © 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Jia Shi AU - Yang Sui AU - Xuyan Tang AU - Zimo Wang PY - 2021 DA - 2021/12/24 TI - The Role of Social Media in Female Gender Construction Under Feminism BT - Proceedings of the 2021 4th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 1040 EP - 1045 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211220.178 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.211220.178 ID - Shi2021 ER -