New pub alert! Liu’s study investigates the impact of social media platform swinging (SMPS) on teenagers’ academic performance. The findings reveal that SMPS negatively affects academic performance through its influence on sleep and burnout. Read here: doi.org/10.1080/175447…

Wang et al. examine the characteristics of an emotional atmosphere through short video comments. A correlation was found between cluster size and emotional valence, with the relationship trend varying between macro- and micro-clusters. Read here: doi.org/10.1080/175447…

Lu et al. examined the interaction effects of attention to COVID-19 information and perceived source credibility on the evaluation of government performance in the Hubei province of mainland China. Read here: doi.org/10.1080/175447…

🌟Open-access alert! Dai, Ji & Chen disclosed how the online collaborative and self-organizing community during the 2021 Zhengzhou rainstorm rescue has the potential of becoming "a new mode of mediatized governance". Read here: doi-org.easyaccess2.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/10.1080/175447… #CJC

Liu et al. used the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, an unprecedented public health catastrophe that caused substantial damage to human life, to test the mediating role of media immersion between media exposure and behavioral intention.  Read here:doi.org/10.1080/175447…

New pub alert! Yuan Zhu Yuan Zhu (Jasmine) and Lulu Yuan Lulu Yuan explored Nisu, a BL fandom phenomenon in China. The paper discusses how Nisu fans formulate a networked structure of feelings that weaves the community into an “affective public”. Read here: doi.org/10.1080/175447…

New pub alert! Pan et al. explored the factors influencing the usage intentions of Chinese-language podcast users. It extends the value-based adoption model framework by introducing the novel variables perceived concomitance and past behavior. Read here: doi.org/10.1080/175447…

New pub alert! Kobayashi et al. examine the reception of China's propaganda in Japan, showing that both left- and right-wing Twitter users accepted the claim that the 2019 Hong Kong protests were CIA/NED-instigated riots. Read here: doi.org/10.1080/175447…

Wenqian Xu, Weijia Li and Helena Sandberg examine digital gaming among older adults in China. Findings show they integrate games into daily life, navigate power dynamics, and internalize aging-related imaginaries. Read here: doi.org/10.1080/175447…

New pub alert! By introducing the concept of “instant memory”, Jingzhi Chen and Junyao Cheng explored the commemorative texts surrounding the “Dr. Li Wenliang event” on the Internet in Mainland China at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Read here: doi.org/10.1080/175447…

New pub alert! Zhang and Liu investigated content moderation on Chinese online platforms and revealed a tiered mechanism balancing mainstream values, commercial interests, and sociocultural trends. Read here: doi.org/10.1080/175447…

New pub alert! By using online discussions about Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) as a case study, Liu and Zhang’s research challenges the effectiveness of national identity, as proposed by the Common Ingroup Identity Model (CIIM). Read here: doi.org/10.1080/175447…

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New pub alert! Chia, Lu, and Lau published a new paper, exploring how adult children provide information that casts doubt on influenza vaccines to older adults. Read here: doi.org/10.1080/175447…

Song & Tang analyze the TikTok controversy in the U.S. to show how state power is reasserting itself in digital capitalism, as rising geopolitical tensions disrupt Silicon Valley’s venture-capital-driven, neoliberal model. Read here: doi.org/10.1080/175447…

New pub alert! Stevanovic’s study explores algorithmic agency in Shanghai’s dining-out culture, revealing a cyclical sociotechnical network of consumer interests shaped through human–algorithm interaction, surveillance, and taste-making. Read here: doi.org/10.1080/175447…

New pub alert! Peng’s article proposes a decade-long cyberculture of self-mockery. This study foregrounds its generative mechanisms rooted in China’s digital economy and users’ everyday memetic practices infused with contradictory emotions. Read here:doi.org/10.1080/175447…

New pub alert! Li’s study reveals how Chinese overseas students’ embodied communication during COVID-19 transformed biopolitical constraints into new forms of transnational communities. Read here:doi.org/10.1080/175447…

New pub alert! A new study by Shen, Jiang, and Yu shows that neutral fact-checking outperforms politically biased content by boosting credibility, encouraging habitual fact-checking, and strengthening trust in platforms like Facebook. 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…