WECHAT IN MODERN CHINESE JOURNALISM: TAKING "THE TENCENT NEWS" FOR INSTANCE

Wechat is a Chinese social application which has become popular in recent years. With the development of the new function "public platform" and "friend circle" in Wechat, its users have spread from the individuals to the companies and organizations, which made it a new tool and platform for information transmission. Today more and more Chinese news agencies and journalists have noticed the power of the Internet in journalism and many of them have created an official account on Wechat, which allows them to reach a larger amount of audience.