SPEAKING

[panel] Content Creation and the End of Social Media, DISCO Network, University of Michigan. With Brooke Erin Duffy and Kelechi Okafor, in conversation with Catherine Knight Steel. 26Feb26, Online.

[workshop] The Digital Child and Entanglements with Social Media Fame, Children and the Digital workshop. Organized by Ylva Ågren and Anna Sparrman. 04–06Mar26, Gothenburg. Drawing on new book Child Influencers.

[roundtable] Publishing Roundtable, AANZCA WA. With Kylie Stevenson, Lelia Green, Sian Tomkinson, Giselle Woodley, Terence Lee, organized by Kelly Jaunzems and Lauren O’Mahony. 23Mar26, Perth. Launching new book TikTok and Youth Cultures.

[keynote] Memes, Capital, Creators, Genres: Insights on TikTok and Youth Cultures. 04–06May26, Influências, Brazil and online. Launching new book TikTok and Youth Cultures. 

WRITING

[editorial] Wanghong as a Field of Research: A Scholarly Advocacy; co-authored with Jian Xu

[journal article] Livestreaming During a Pandemic: Platforms, Cultures, and Pivots; co-authored with Jonathon Hutchinson

[journal article] Nordic influencer agencies and the discourse of gender: Negotiations at the individual, relational, structural, and anthropocene levels; co-authored with Hanna Reinikainen

[journal article] The Evolution of Cross-cultural Discourse about Xiaohongshu: From Little Red Book to RED to RedNote; co-authored with Hao Zheng

[journal article] The ‘Aussie line’: The internationalization of K-pop and Asian-Australian identity as cultural branding by agencies and idols; co-authored with Janey Umback

[journal article] Liziqi and Chinese Rural Influencers on YouTube: A bilingual review and algorithmic snowball sampling method for scoping a genre; co-authored with Chen Guo

[book chapter] The Virtual Human Industry in Greater China: A Stocktake of News Discourse; for Virtual Celebrity Cultures in Asia

[book chapter] Virtual K-pop: Korean Idols and Virtuality in the Age of the Metaverse; co-authored with Janey Umback and Rachel Berryman for Virtual Celebrity Cultures in Asia

[book chapter] ‘Newbie baby girl’ on Xiaohongshu: Chinese Neoliberal Feminism and Gender Performance; co-authored with Wuxuan Zhang and Zhiyi Wei for Routledge Companion to Media & Gender

[book chapter] ‘Jiepai’ fashion street shorts on Douyin and Xiaohongshu: Genre, etiquette, and tensions; co-authored with Zhiyi Wei for Fashion and Affect in the Digital Age: Emotional, Sensorial and Embodied Dimensions

[book chapter] Understanding influencer cultures: Key concepts, terminologies, and platforms from the Asia Pacific; co-authored with Naomi Robinson and N.K. Hong-Phuc for Routledge Handbook of Influencer Cultures in the Asia Pacific

[book chapter] Mapping influencer cultures: Landscape of research in the Asia Pacific; co-authored with Janey Umback and Jin Lee for Routledge Handbook of Influencer Cultures in the Asia Pacific

[book chapter] Privacy Handoffs: From Subject to Agent in the Creator Economy; co-authored with Alex Turvy for Routledge Handbook of Digital Privacy and Surveillance Throughout Life

[book chapter] Netflix Netizens Are Watching You: Tracing the pipeline of gendered vitriol from reality TV to fora and social media; co-authored with Bertha Chin

[report] Platformed Creator Discourse in English Markets; co-authored with Hao Zheng, Naomi Robinson, Darcy Morgan

[study] The gatekeepers of Influencer ethos: How incubators, agencies, and firms shape the socio-politics of the Nordic Influencer industry

[study] Asian Australian Diaspora and Identity on TikTok; with contributions from Denise Woods, Cass Sligh, Kelly Bailey

[study] Bubble Tea Markets and Cultures in Perth; with contributions from Denise Woods, Saadia Ahmed, Sugiyanto

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