TikTok boom 

 - London   Canbury Press,  2021 
 - 277 pages ; 24 cm 
<br/><br/> China's dynamite app and the superpower race for social media 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781912454792 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>HM SOCIOLOGY
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Communication in politics<br/>Social media--Political aspects--China<br/>Social media--Political aspects--United States<br/>