I am a Lecturer in Digital Media and Society at the University of Sheffield’s Department of Sociological Studies in the UK. I also serve as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Digital Media and Policy and an Editorial Board Member for the Journal of Cultural Economy. Previously, I was a SSHRC Postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Arts, Culture and Media at University of Toronto, Scarborough.
Broadly speaking, I research the political economies of communication, media policy and regulation, and the Chinese internet. I have also worked on the Canadian Media Concentration Research Project, York Centre of Asia Research and Canadian Spectrum Policy Research Project.
Latest News
Mar. 2021 My postdoc project on Chinese Platform Power is awarded a two-year competitive Postdoctoral Fellowship by Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
Feb. 2021 My post on Chinese platform anti-monopoly is out with East Asia Forum.
Oct. 2020 I passed dissertation defence with no revision.
September. 2020 My latest publication on comparing Chinese mobile app privacy is out with Internet Policy Review.
July. 2020 My post on Chinese mobile politics is out with MIT Internet Sovereignty Blog.
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