{"id":33088,"date":"2025-09-29T15:23:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T22:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/ias\/?p=33088"},"modified":"2025-09-29T15:23:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T22:23:32","slug":"min-tang-publishes-about-the-tiktok-controversy-and-information-geopolitics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/ias\/news\/2025\/09\/29\/min-tang-publishes-about-the-tiktok-controversy-and-information-geopolitics","title":{"rendered":"Min Tang publishes about the TikTok controversy and information geopolitics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p>Dr. Min Tang publishes a new paper about the high-profile and still unfolding TikTok melodrama on Chinese Journal of Communication. 足彩app哪个是正规的 co-authored paper, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/17544750.2025.2528825\">Whose head servant? TikTok\u2019s conundrum between digital capitalism and states<\/a>, highlights the increasing entanglement between the state interest and technology industry in the United States. While the popular short-video app downplays its links with the Chinese state and tries hard to integrate into the U.S. political economic system, it fails to convincingly connect to the U.S. military-digital complex. 足彩app哪个是正规的 TikTok case vividly illustrates the resurgence of state influence in digital capitalism as the traditional Silicon Valley model\u2019s reliance on venture capital and neoliberal operations is being tested against rising geopolitical rivalries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/ias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2025\/09\/IAS_News_abstract_-tangmin-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33089\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/ias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2025\/09\/IAS_News_abstract_-tangmin-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/ias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2025\/09\/IAS_News_abstract_-tangmin-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/ias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2025\/09\/IAS_News_abstract_-tangmin-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/ias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2025\/09\/IAS_News_abstract_-tangmin-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/ias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2025\/09\/IAS_News_abstract_-tangmin-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/ias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2025\/09\/IAS_News_abstract_-tangmin-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/ias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2025\/09\/IAS_News_abstract_-tangmin-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/ias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2025\/09\/IAS_News_abstract_-tangmin-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Abstract of the paper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Min Tang publishes a new paper about the high-profile and still unfolding TikTok melodrama on Chinese Journal of Communication. 足彩app哪个是正规的 co-authored paper, Whose head servant? 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