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Conference Presentations
2021, 'Wanghong as liminal creative labour in China', presented at 18th Chinese Internet Research Conference, online, 25 June 2021 - 27 June 2021
,2021, 'Creators, Communities and Connectedness: A roundtable on global dimensions of social media entertainment and wanghong', presented at International Communication Association’s 71st Annual Conference, Denvor, Colorado and online, 27 May 2021 - 31 May 2021
,2020, 'Metrics of popularity in the making: The case of video streaming platforms in China', presented at International Communication Association’s 70th Annual Conference, online, 21 May 2020
,2019, 'Creator governance in China’s online video streaming market', presented at International Communication Association’s 69th Annual Conference Post-conference on Creator Governance, Washington, 29 May 2019
,2018, 'Precarity and politics on online literature platforms in China', presented at International Symposium on Chinese Digital Publishing and Reading: Evolving Models and Emergent Cultural Practices, pre-conference to the 26th annual conference of The Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing, University of Western Sydney, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, 09 July 2018 - 09 July 2018
,2018, 'On-demand Mobile Workforce on Ride-hailing Platforms in China: A Reality Check', presented at Mobile and Agile: Changing Social Formations in China panel, Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia, the University of Sydney, Sydney, 03 July 2018 - 05 July 2018
,2018, 'Is China's culture really going out? Examining the evidence base', presented at Social Technologies, User Communities and Cultural Knowledge in China and Australia Conference, Curtin University, Perth, 21 February 2018 - 23 February 2018
,2017, 'Studying Communitainment: Mapping a Research Agenda for the Social Media Entertainment Industry - China', presented at International Communication Association’s 67th Annual Conference, San Diego, California, USA., 25 May 2017 - 29 May 2017
,2017, 'Digital methods plus Digital China', presented at Cultures of Knowledge: Creative Economy and China Summer School and Conference, Curtin University, Perth, 07 February 2017 - 12 February 2017
,2016, 'Professionalising amateur practice and platform strategies in the online video space in China', presented at International Communication Association’s 66th Annual Conference, Fukuoka, Japan, 09 June 2016 - 13 June 2016
,2015, 'Collaboration reconfigured: the evolving landscape of cross-strait entertainment TV market', presented at Culture+: Digital power: an Australia-China Dialogue, Curtin University, Perth, 30 November 2015 - 01 December 2015
,2014, 'Across the Taiwan strait: content and talent flow in online video sectors', presented at International Communication Association Regional Conference, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, 01 October 2014 - 03 October 2014
,2013, 'Unlocking the potential and busting the myths: Five fundamental questions to ask in designing social media strategies', presented at social media and collaborative value production, Australia Mirror News Media Group, Queensland University of Technology, 02 July 2013 - 02 July 2013
,2013, 'Beyond the game of cat and mouse: Challenges of discoverability and piracy in mobile gaming market', presented at The International Conference on New Directions in the Development of Creative and Media Industries, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 27 June 2013 - 28 June 2013
,2012, 'The formalisation of grassroot fansubbing in China', presented at Informal Culture and Adaptive Innovation in Asia. Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) 19th Biennial Conference, University of Western Sydney, Parramatta, 11 July 2012 - 13 July 2012
,2012, 'A new form of collective resistance to copyright ideology: The wave of micro-movies in China', presented at Social Media and Cross-border Cultural Transmissions: Technologies, Policies, Industries, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, 21 June 2012 - 22 June 2012
,2011, 'Between the formal and the informal: The case of China online video market', presented at Informal Innovation, CCI Symposium 2011, the University of New South Wales, 15 November 2011 - 18 November 2011
,2011, 'Exploring urban space through mobile phone: A case of brand experience co-creation in China', presented at Digital Cities 7: Real World Experience. 5th International Conference on Communities and Technologies, 29 June 2011 - 02 July 2011
,2010, 'Teasing out consumer creativity on mobile media', presented at Ignite 10! Creative Industries Postgraduate Conference, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, 27 October 2010 - 29 October 2010
,2010, 'Chindia: Innovation in Online Film Distribution', presented at International Communication Association (ICA) International Communication Association (ICA). 60th Annual Conference, Singapore, 22 June 2010 - 26 June 2010
,2009, 'Self-reinvention and Cooperation towards Mobile 2.0 – A Chinese Perspective', presented at Australian and New Zealand Communication Association Conference 2009, 08 July 2009 - 10 July 2009
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