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Min Jiang | Director
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Dr. Min Jiang (Director) is Professor of Communication Studies at UNC Charlotte. She is also CyberBRICS Visiting Professor at FGV Law School (Rio, Brazil) and a secretariat member of the annual international Chinese Internet Research Conference (CIRC). Her research focuses on the intersections of Chinese Internet technologies, geopolitics and policies She has co-edited Digital Sovereignty in the BRICS Countries (Cambridge University Press, 2024) well as three special journal issues. She has published over 30 journal articles and book chapters. Media outlets including Reuters, Deutsche Welle, Foreign Policy, Financial Times and Al Jazeera English have interviewed her for her work.
Miao, W., Jiang, M. & Pang, Y. (2021). Historicizing Internet regulation in China: A meta-analysis of Chinese Internet policies (1994-2017). International Journal of Communication, 15, 2003–2026.
Jiang, M. (2020). A brief prehistory of China’s social credit system. Communication & the Public, 5(3-4), pp. 93-98. DOI: 10.1177/2057047320959856
Jiang, M. (2020). Cybersecurity policies in China. In Belli, L. (Ed.) CyberBRICS: Cybersecurity regulations in BRICS countries (pp.195-212). Berlin, Germany: Springer. [Peer reviewed]
Jiang, M. (2020). Cybersecurity country report: China. In Belli, L. (Ed.) CyberBRICS: Cybersecurity regulations in BRICS countries (pp.213-239). Berlin, Germany: Springer. [Peer reviewed]
Xiaofei Han | Associate Director
Carleton University
Xiaofei Han (Associate Director) is a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Journalism and Communication in Carleton University, Canada. Previously working as a digital marketing professional in Beijing, Xiaofei is interested in the shifting business models and growing monopolistic power of the leading internet companies in local contexts, especially their integration with offline manufacturing and agriculture in rural China. Her research on China’s platform economy is published in peer-reviewed journals, such as Internet Histories, Internet Policy Review, and Celebrity Studies. Xiaofei also teaches courses in regional platforms and global internet policy at Carleton.
Jia, L., & Han, X. (2020). Tracing Weibo (2009–2019): The commercial dissolution of public communication and changing politics. Internet Histories, 4(3), 304-332.
Han, X. (2021). Historicising Wanghong economy: connecting platforms through Wanghong and Wanghong incubators. Celebrity Studies, 12(2), 317-325.
Dr. Lianrui Jia | Associate Director
University of Sheffield
Dr. Lianrui Jia (Associate Director) is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Digital Media and Society at the University of Sheffield. Lianrui obtained her PhD in Communication and Culture from York University and has worked at University of Toronto as a SSHRC postdoctoral fellow. Her research focuses on the political economies of internet and media, policy and governance, and how financialization intersects with media development in China. She has published various book chapters and journal articles on platform economies, platform governance and data policies. You can find her work in International Communication Gazette, Internet Histories, Internet Policy Review, Media, Culture & Society, and European Journal of Cultural Studies.
Xiaoyue Zhang | Research Assistant
Carleton University
Shuo Li | Research Assistant
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE
Shuo Li (Research Assistant) is an MA student in the Department of Communication Studies at UNC Charlotte. He graduated from Zhejiang Industrial & Commercial University with a BA degree in Journalism and Communication. He has a research interest in Chinese Internet platforms, social media, online groups and media industry.
Jing (Kristen) Zhang | Alum
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Jing (Kristen) Zhang is a GMICP alum. She is currently a Ph.D. student in the Department of Communication and Media at the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor. She graduated with an MA from the Department of Communication Studies at University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and Fudan University with a BA degree in communication studies. Her research interests include communication technologies and society, social media, and media industry.
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