Chinese Journal of Communication

New pub alert! Drawing on social influence theory, Zhang et al. analyze national survey data from China to examine how perceived majority opinion affects GM support via perceived risks and benefits. #CJC #GeneticModification Read here: doi.org/10.1080/175447…

New pub alert! Wang and Huang analyze a Douban group as a Sang-specific affective space where Chinese youth share diaries and memes to sustain a collective mood of ambivalent endurance. Read here:doi.org/10.1080/175447…

New pub alert! Beyond platform labour, Qiu et al. explore female employees in China’s leading platform companies, revealing how algorithms’ strategic value drives a hierarchical system marginalising women. Read here: doi.org/10.1080/175447…

New pub alert! A study by Deng et al. shows that Vietnamese female marriage migrants in China use social media for entertainment and social interaction, but are constrained by access limitations, path dependency, and the digital divide. Read here: doi.org/10.1080/175447…

New pub alert! Shiau examines the gendered political economy of fame, self-branding, and affective labor in platformized entertainment through Born for the Spotlight, a Chinese-language Netflix serial that fuses reality TV and scripted drama. Read here: doi.org/10.1080/175447…

New pub alert! Yang et al. employ the theoretical framework of techno-moral change to highlight the soft impacts of dating apps on shaping Chinese international students’ perceptions of interpersonal relationships in foreign environments. Read here: doi.org/10.1080/175447…

New pub alert! Jiang et al. conducted an online survey to examine the associations between personal, interpersonal, and cultural factors and older adults’ eHealth use in Singapore.  Read here: doi.org/10.1080/175447…

New pub alert!  Fang and Qiu’s study examines the extent to which romantic chatbots accommodate users’ personalized affective needs by applying Communication Accommodation Theory. Read here: doi.org/10.1080/175447… #CJC #Publication #Chatbots

New pub alert! Using a mixed-methods analysis of Chinese social media, Jiang and Guo’s study reveals that ethnosexual hierarchies, platform commodification, and gender tensions drive hate speech targeting interracial marriage. Read here: doi.org/10.1080/175447…

New pub alert! A study by Zhang et al. proposes a moral-affective dimension of professional jurisdiction to examine the understudied mob-style press criticism in China’s journalism. Read here: doi.org/10.1080/175447… #CJC #journalism #China

New pub alert! How do Chinese taxi drivers feel about autonomous vehicles? A study by Zhan et al. examines the complex views of taxi drivers caught between tech progress and job precarity. 🤖🚕 Read here: doi.org/10.1080/175447…

New pub alert! A study by Yin et al. shows that Chinese adolescents’ perceived stress predicts online aggression, mediated by fear of missing out and ego depletion, with gender moderating the stress–FoMO link. Read here:  doi.org/10.1080/175447…

New pub alert! @Haili_Li examines female players’ disengagement and re-engagement with Chinese otome games. The findings highlight the intricate and paradoxical nature of female players’ romantic desires and their otome gaming practices. Read here: doi.org/10.1080/175447…

New pub alert! Using Zhihu as a case, this study shows how knowledge sharing drives the production and transformation of intangible capital, as cultural, social, and economic forms interact and flow to generate long-term benefits. Read here: doi.org/10.1080/175447…

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Our special issue “Whither China? Chinese Communication Research at the New Conjuncture” has finally been published in @CJC_Journal tandfonline.com/toc/rcjc20/18/3

New pub alert! Zhang’s new article traces how middle-aged and older fans build “emotional heterotopias” of refuge and participation that later face stigma and marginalization on China’s short-video platforms. Read here: doi.org/10.1080/175447…

New pub alert! A study by Chang et al. shows how the Chinese concept of yuan(缘) integrates time, space, and emotion to shape sociotechnical imaginaries of mobile dating. Read here: doi.org/10.1080/175447…

New pub alert! Huang et al. show how governments, users, and other stakeholders shape platform governance, yet value differences hinder collaboration, prompting platforms to adopt varied strategies in response. Read here: doi.org/10.1080/175447…

New pub alert! A study by He, Dong, and Lv examines how a digital government platform, Swift Response to Public Complaints, shapes responsive interactions between grassroots officials and citizens. Read here: doi.org/10.1080/175447…