The SAGE Encyclopedia of Journalism

Meredith Wang

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By: Meredith Wang
In:The SAGE Encyclopedia of Journalism
Chapter DOI:https://doi.org/10.4135/9781544391199
Subject:Journalism, Mass Communication
Keywords:China; instant messaging; social media; social networking; social networks; young people

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QQ is an instant message software developed by Chinese tech giant Tencent. It is officially known as Tencent QQ and has an easily recognizable penguin logo. Started as an instant messaging software (QQ IM) when first released in 1999, Tencent soon began to offer users various additional features like email service (QQ mail), a social networking site that combines personal blog and social newsfeed (Qzone), online social games (QQ game), music streaming (QQ music), voice call, and video chat for groups. Tencent aims to develop QQ as a “one-stop online service platform” that can satisfy all their users’ communication, information sharing, and entertainment needs. Since its initial release, QQ has grown exceptionally. It reached 1 million users within a year and 50 million the next. ...

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  Wang, M. (Ed.) (2022). . (Vols. 1-4). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://doi.org/10.4135/9781544391199
  
  Wang, Meredith, ed. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Journalism. 4 vols. Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2022. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781544391199.
  
  Wang, M. ed., 2022. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Journalism. Vol. 4. Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. Available at: <https://doi.org/10.4135/9781544391199> [Accessed 22 Mar 2023].
  
  Wang, Meredith, editor. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Journalism. 4 vols. Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2022. Sage Knowledge, 22 Mar 2023, doi: https://doi.org/10.4135/9781544391199.
  
  Wang, Meredith. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Journalism Vol. 4. Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.; 2022. doi:10.4135/9781544391199
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