What does this research mean for the field?

While short video platforms increase the social visibility of rural Chinese women, the resulting empowerment is superficial and illusory, ultimately reinforcing existing patriarchal power hierarchies and traditional gender roles rather than disrupting them. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.CONTRADICTORY. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.CHALLENGES_CONSENSUS.

What question did this study set out to answer?

This study aims to explore the empowerment experienced by rural women in China through short video platforms.

March 4, 2025Acta PsychologicaOpen Access

Viewing the ‘invisible women’: A qualitative study on the empowerment effect of Chinese rural women in the context of short video platforms

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LCLe CaoGuangxi University of Science and Technology

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Qualitative study reveals empowerment and constraints faced by rural women on video platforms, suggesting a complex relationship with societal norms.

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This study aims to explore the empowerment experienced by rural women in China through short video platforms.
Conducted in-depth interviews with 17 rural female users of the Kuai platform.
Analyzed experiences using a three-tiered coding framework with Nvivo11.
Adopted a feminist qualitative approach.
Identified internal empowerment through self-determined content creation and negotiated identity performance.
Highlighted external empowerment via algorithm-driven social connections.
Proposed the concept of superficial empowerment, revealing constraints by algorithmic biases and societal expectations.

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Le Cao (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a228c728a4701dbb7915082 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104864

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Qualitative study reveals empowerment and constraints faced by rural women on video platforms, suggesting a complex relationship with societal norms.

Viewing the ‘invisible women’: A qualitative study on the empowerment effect of Chinese rural women in the context of short video platforms

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Viewing the ‘invisible women’: A qualitative study on the empowerment effect of Chinese rural women in the context of short video platforms

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