25/03/2021    (Thursday) 17:00-18:00 E34-3007 What is Data for? Contemporary Lessons from the 1970’s.  In this paper I discuss the nature of data and in particular the role of data in the questions that the

25/03/2021    (Thursday) 13:00-14:00 E21B-G002 Global Digital Culture Industry: The Case of TikTok/Douyin This talk unpacks the integrated ways in which Douyin makes trending items (爆款) for monetization. Differing from the umbrella term “viral video,”

18/03/2021    (Thursday) 13:00-14:00 E21B-G002 Monetised Digital Platforms: The discursive, multi-modal techniques of China’s female and male wanghong (internet celebrities) The development and spread of the internet and social media technologies across China have provided

04/03/2021    (Thursday) 13:00-14:00 E21B-G002 Reaching for the stars: DingTalk and the Multi-platform creativity of a ‘one-star’ campaign. The rapid development of social media and mobile technologies has given rise to numerous forms of creative

04/02/2021    (Thursday) 13:00-14:00 E21B-G002 The power of liberal-conservative ideology and its connection with media use Instead of focusing on a single study, this talk will discuss the role of ideology in American politics

22/01/2021    (Friday) 13:00-14:00 E21B-G002 Sketching landscapes in discourse analysis (1978–2018): Key scholars, influential works, and trending research topics John Swales’ 1986 article ‘Citation analysis and discourse analysis’ was the first to apply citation analysis