TikTok boom

Contributor(s):

Stokel-Walker, Chris [Autor]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: London Canbury Press, 2021Description: 277 pages ; 24 cmISBN:

9781912454792

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Summary: TIKTOK BOOM: China's Dynamite App and the Superpower Race for Social Media by Chris Stokel-Walker ; ; TikTok is the fastest growing app in the world, and the first to challenge Silicon Valley's dominance of social media. Donald Trump claimed it was a threat to Us security tried to outlaw it. India has banned TikTok. ; Do the concerns about TikTok's Chinese ownership justify TikTok's treatment in the West? How has it taken over the world in just a few years, and what does its success mean for the future of technology? In TikTok Boom, journalist and author of YouTubers, Chris Stokel-Walker has interviewed hundreds of people connected to the short-form video app. He also goes behind the scenes at its ambitious Chinese owner, ByteDance, which is on its way to becoming Beijing's Google. ; TikTok Boom presents a nuanced, informed and incisive read on the characters and strategies behind the world's new tech order.

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TIKTOK BOOM: China's Dynamite App and the Superpower Race for Social Media by Chris Stokel-Walker ; ; TikTok is the fastest growing app in the world, and the first to challenge Silicon Valley's dominance of social media. Donald Trump claimed it was a threat to Us security tried to outlaw it. India has banned TikTok. ; Do the concerns about TikTok's Chinese ownership justify TikTok's treatment in the West? How has it taken over the world in just a few years, and what does its success mean for the future of technology? In TikTok Boom, journalist and author of YouTubers, Chris Stokel-Walker has interviewed hundreds of people connected to the short-form video app. He also goes behind the scenes at its ambitious Chinese owner, ByteDance, which is on its way to becoming Beijing's Google. ; TikTok Boom presents a nuanced, informed and incisive read on the characters and strategies behind the world's new tech order.