In the 2010s, as messaging apps replaced SMS to become the main communication technologies for millions of people around the world, WhatsApp rose above its rivals to become a global communication platform.
In this book, Amelia Johns, Ariadna Matamoros-Fernandez and Emma Baulch provide a comprehensive account of WhatsApp's global growth. They begin with its emergence from a messaging app to its purchase by Meta in 2014, which, they argue, trans...
