New media users in China: I: A nodes perspective

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Graphs -- Tables -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Three Clues of New Media Development and "Nodification" of Users -- Section 1 From the Portal Era to Pan-Media Era: The Evolution of New Media Communication -- 1. Expansion of New Media Communication Channels -- a. Portal Websites, Information Mobile Applications: Editor Supervision and Undifferentiated Push Notification -- b. Search Engines: Multi-Source Search and Algorithm Scheduling -- c. Social Media: Human Network and Mass Communication -- d. Customized Recommendation Platforms: Personality Analysis and Algorithm Match -- e. Video, VR/AR Platforms: On-site Experience and Social Communication -- f. Professional Service Platforms: Life Scenes and Information Push Notifications -- 2. Change of New Media Communication Models -- a. Mass Portal Model in the Web1.0 Era -- b. Individual Portal Model in the Web2.0 Era -- 3. Expansion of New Media Communication Agents -- Section 2 From Cyberspace to Internet Society: Reinforcement of the Social Property of New Media -- 1. Cyberspace, Virtual Society, and Network Society -- 2. Characteristics of the Internet Society -- 3. Spatial Characteristic of the Internet Society: Unbound Flowing Space from the Reality -- 4. Fundamental Elements of the Internet Society: Personalized Nodes and Service Hubs -- a. Fundamental Nodes of Internet Society: Individuals that have multiple virtual roles and can self-identify -- b. Hubs in the Internet Society: Network Service Platforms -- 5. Node Interaction: Key to Impacting the Internet Society Structure -- a. Interactive Means among Nodes: Mediated Interaction with Multiple Forms and a Diverse Structure -- b. Aggregating Units of Nodes: Groups -- 6. Power Structure of the Network Society: Open and Flowing.