Linette Lim

New paper out! Using a text scaling approach on 17,000+ Chinese state media articles (2014–2023), I examine how international media are portrayed as external threats - and when this hostility intensifies. Article: doi.org/10.1080/135697… Free (first 50): tandfonline.com/eprint/2MNPVU5…

Congrats! 🫡 In our joint nomination, @leejunhyoung & I detailed how @AlexDukalskis combines rigorous academic guidance with genuine support for student well-being. Such a well deserved win (one of just two awardees) for the best mentor an early career scholar can wish for! 💐

Wrapped up my Media Politics under Authoritarianism class! Though we focused on autocracies, we discussed threats in democracies, like news avoidance & platform capture. Part of the solution lies in questioning biases & resisting essentialism- traits I felt many students embodied

Some outstanding graphs and charts by Bloomberg

Surprise surprise. The Hong Kong police is now treating the mass self-mobilisation of citizen-led volunteers in aid of victims of the Tai Po fires as a national security threat, with Chief superintendent Lee Kwai-wah (who is sanctioned by the US for his leading role in Beijing’s crackdown on dissent in HK) from the National Security Division inspecting relief operations sites for “evidence” of national security crimes.

📑Applications are now open for the UCD Iseult Honohan Doctoral Scholarship 2026. Closing Date: 30 Jan 2026 ☑️Covers full fees (EU and Non-EU) ☑️Provides a living stipend of €25,000 per year for up to four years ☑️Is open to EU and non-EU applicants 👇ucd.ie/spire/study/pr…

Applications are open for two UCD Ad Astra Doctoral Scholarships💫 It covers: ☑️ Tuition fees (up to the non-EU rate) ☑️ A yearly stipend of €25,000 ☑️ An annual research budget of €4,000 Deadline: 6 February 2026 @ElisaADAmico @nik_khokhlov ucd.ie/spire/study/pr…

Speaks volumes that this is explicitly said. Perhaps a problem unique to a small, young country surrounded by large ethnostates. The US is multicultural too but it doesn't have issues around foreign influence exerted by say, Ireland or Italy, on citizens of Irish/Italian heritage

In my Media Politics under Authoritarianism class this week, we explored how to adapt a gay romance for Chinese TV whilst maintaining plausible deniability. We also discussed feminism & creative freedom. Showed students a clip of The Untamed. Their engagement made my week!

The findings carry implications for the integrity of global media in authoritarian contexts. Journalists broadly respond by concealing their activities or by conforming to localized restrictions, contributing to understanding of how state power is contested or reproduced. (3/3)

Particularly notable are indirect channeling tactics, such as legal ambiguity that deter reporting by creating an atmosphere of uncertainty for both journalists and their sources. Also significant is the role of mobilized citizens in obstructing journalistic activity. (2/3)

My first solo-authored publication is out in The International Journal of Press/Politics! Based on 50+ interviews with foreign correspondents in China, it explores how authoritarian media control operates and the responses it provokes (1/3) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/19…

Why do authoritarian states charge political opponents with non-political crimes? In our @The_JOP paper with @jenjpan & @xuyiqing, we examine how *Disguised Repression* undermines opponents’ moral authority and mobilization capacity. doi.org/10.1086/734267🧵

Had a great first APSA conference! Vancouver was a superb host city with amazing natural beauty & food. I learnt lots from all the panels I went to, made new connections, & caught up with old ones. Am particularly inspired by novel approaches to researching hard-to-study contexts

In #Vancouver for #APSA today? @liaoyenchieh & I will present our paper which uses Taiwan as a case & examines the efficacy of misinformation there w/o exposing human subjects to harmful content. The Political Information & Communication in Taiwan panel, 4pm at West Level 2, 217

Teaching my own module this term: Media Politics under Authoritarianism. In our 1st class, we examined media’s role in society. Applying Hanitzsch's journalist roles, students assessed that there aren't watchdogs & change agents in Irish media! Is this symptomatic of democracies?

#Breaking An interpreter translating Putin can be heard saying that human organ transplants could let "us live younger and younger, and perhaps even achieve immortality". Xi responded that it may be possible for people to live to 150 years this century. abc.net.au/news/2025-09-0…

Young Chinese scholar of Uyghur culture, missing since 2018, is reportedly sentenced to 15 years in prison hrichina.substack.com/p/young-chines… This stunningly harsh sentence is in fact typical during Xinjiang's abusive crackdown, where baseless prison terms are *12.5 years on average*.

A study of 45,000 Chinese state media articles containing "so called..."

"this research note demonstrates the utility of focusing on the ideas that propagandists wish to discredit. Doing so allows a window into the political ideas that authorities find threatening to their power."