From livelihood to livestream: Temporal opportunities of Chinese street vendors
Published online on August 04, 2025
Abstract
New Media & Society, Ahead of Print.
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 ...