The manufacturing of (Un)stability: Possible but improbable stability in long-term content moderation on Chinese social media platforms
Published online on March 10, 2026
Abstract
New Media & Society, Ahead of Print.
This article examines how content moderation, often framed as precarious and invisible labor, has become a relatively stable occupation for many workers in China. Based on ethnographic fieldwork and 21 semi-structured interviews, we conceptualize this ...
This article examines how content moderation, often framed as precarious and invisible labor, has become a relatively stable occupation for many workers in China. Based on ethnographic fieldwork and 21 semi-structured interviews, we conceptualize this ...