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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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	TBS Barcelona Libre acceso	HM742 STO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		B02902
Book	TBS Barcelona Libre acceso	HM742 STO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		B04136

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.