“哈哈(haha)” in WeChat Chinese Conversations by Weiting Yuan

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“哈哈(haha)” in WeChat Chinese Conversations by Weiting Yuan

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Quote-and-Reply in WeChat: A Conversation Analytic Study by Yajing Yang

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Quote-and-Reply in WeChat: A Conversation Analytic Study by Yajing Yang

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Professionalism vs. engagement: quality of SSc information on WeChat by Lei Wang, Lei Wang, Yue Xiong, Tingting Wu, Yingying Gao, Haojie Chen, Xin Chu, Baofeng Zhu, Jing Cao, Tao Cheng, Mingjun Wang

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The impact of active social media use on the mental health of older adults by Ning Wei, Dingqiang Sun, Jian Li

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The “Slightly Smiling Face” Emoji in WeChat: A Conversation Analytic Investigation by Zhuolei Li

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WeChat gamification: mobile payment impact on word of mouth and customer loyalty by Asad Hassan Butt, Hassan Ahmad, Asif Muzaffar, Waseem Irshad, Muhammad Usman Mumtaz, Talha Zubair Ahmad Khan

“…Purpose – This study aims to investigate how gamification, namely, WeChat’s cultural gifting function, improves emotional involvement among three generations (Y, X and silver) in mobile payments. …”
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The “Slightly Smiling Face” Emoji in WeChat: A Conversation Analytic Investigation by Zhuolei Li

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Which emoji are markers of sarcasm among Chinese teenagers using the WeChat app? by Jing Cui, Yu R. Dandan, Bo Yang, Youping Jing

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Relevance theory perspective of emojis used by Chinese younger and older adults in WeChat by Yuhan Tian, Donghong Liu

“…Furthermore, employing a mixed method, this study investigated how younger and older individuals on WeChat used these five emoji functions. The results demonstrated that the younger and older groups exhibited variations in how they chose emojis to achieve relevance. …”
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Geolocating a WeChat user based on the relation between reported and actual distance by Wenqi Shi, Xiangyang Luo, Fan Zhao, Ziru Peng, Qingfeng Cheng, Yong Gan

“…In view of the difficulty to pinpoint users’ location in the real world due to WeChat location protection strategy, a WeChat user geolocation algorithm based on the reported and actual distance relation analysis is proposed. …”
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A systematic review of the use of WeChat in teaching Chinese as a foreign language by Liu Weiming

“…Relevant studies were identified by using keyword sets such as “WeChat Chinese language”, “WeChat Mandarin”, “WeChat Hanyu” and “WeChat Putonghua”. …”
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Social Support via WeChat? Explorations of Chinese Rural–Urban Women’s Happiness by Linxin Wang

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Clinical effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy on alcohol-dependent patients: an observation with the WeChat platform by Jing Chen, Mincai Qian, Conghao Sun, Min Lin, Weili Tang

“…With the general use of the social software WeChat, it is feasible to implement mobile health on the WeChat platform.Aim We aimed to explore the clinical effect of WeChat platform used in the cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) on the maintenance period of alcohol dependence and addiction.Methods Seventy alcohol-dependent patients in the withdrawal maintenance stage admitted into our hospital were randomly divided into the CBT on WeChat platform group (the experiment group, n=35) and the general clinical treatment using sertraline group (the control group, n=35) with block randomisation grouping. …”
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Exploring the role of mobile payment adoption in China: An empirical analysis of Alipay and WeChat Pay by Wei He, Kamal Abubker Abrahim Sleiman, Mohammed A.E. Suliman

“…Based on an empirical study, this research included 577 users of Alipay and WeChat Pay, who were analyzed using SPSS. Adoption intention to use m-payment depends mostly on expected regret, followed by perceived usefulness (PU) and perceived ease of use (PEOU), while the influence of anxiety does not negatively influence the adoption of the m-payment system. …”
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Evolving Neologisms and Ephemeral Discourse: WeChat Index Analysis of 2021’s Chinese Internet Buzzwords by Hendy Yuniarto

“…The WeChat Index data showed that seven out of the ten buzzwords experienced a decline in popularity after two years, while three buzzwords maintained an upward trend. …”
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Research on the effectiveness of health information dissemination via the “Shanghai CDC” WeChat public account by GUO Ying, WANG Xiaoxuan, XIA Wen, HUANG Xiaoyan, HU Xuanmeng, SHEN Qi, DONG Chen

“…ObjectiveTo explore the effectiveness of health information dissemination and its influencing factors using the "Shanghai CDC" WeChat public account as a case study, providing references for public health institutions to optimize the use of official new media platforms for effective publicity.MethodsA total of 1 030 headline articles published on the "Shanghai CDC" WeChat public account between 2016 and 2019 were analyzed using content analysis and non-parametric tests to examine the impact of factors such as titles and content categories.ResultsFrom 2016 to 2019, the number of WeChat public account followers increased by 280 000, with the articles accumulating over 8.8 million views. …”
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Exploration and reflection on empowering undergraduate practical education of orthodontics through WeChat public accounts by DUAN Peipei, YU Xinle, WANG Yunshi, HAN Xianglong

“…With the rapid development of information technology, WeChat official accounts have emerged as an essential tool in the education sector, standing out among numerous platforms due to their simplicity and versatile functions. …”
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An Exploratory Study on Chinese Females' Social Media Self-Presentation: A Case Study of WeChat by Ting Yang, Sangho Seo

“…Based on Goffman's dramaturgical theory and self-objectification framework, this study examined: 1) Chinese female's WeChat self-presentation, 2) the impact of WeChat usage on female self-objectification, and 3) the impact of self-objectification on WeChat self-presentation tactics. …”
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