Guobin Yang @guobin-yang.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I contributed a few lines to an El Pais story on how some Young Chinese embrace Mao’s writing 50 years after his death. Especially happy to see remarks by Sebastian Veg and Daniel Leese: substack.com/@guobinyang/... 010
Reposted by Guobin YangAnnenberg School at Penn @asc.upenn.edu · 20/05/2026A new study by Adetobi Moses, upcoming doctoral graduate at the Annenberg School for Communication, offers a window into how communities process collective trauma and makes the case for oral histories as a powerful tool for preserving memories of the COVID-19 pandemic:asc.upenn.eduOral Histories Help Communities Reckon with COVID-19 033
Reposted by Guobin YangYangyang Cheng @yangyangcheng.bsky.social · 08/05/2026144 years ago this week, the Chinese Exclusion Act became law. Restrictions at both the border and the interior shaped Chinese lives in the US for generations. Their lasting impacts are still felt on both sides of the Pacific. Four new books explore the complexities. I write @madeinchinajournal.com:madeinchinajournal.comThe Pacific as a Mirror | Made in China JournalOne evening in the early 1960s, physicist Chen Ning Yang took a train from New York City to Long Island. An elderly Chinese man sat next to him and the two struck up a conversation. Born in the centra... 02912
Guobin Yang @guobin-yang.bsky.social · 20/04/2026With a series of reflections penned by symposium participants. romeoffice.georgetown.edu/events/the-h...romeoffice.georgetown.eduThe Human Impact of the AI Revolution: Chinese and Western PerspectivesThe global struggle for technological and economic preeminence in artificial intelligence is in full swing. With the rapid deployment of generative AI we are moving quickly into a world in which what ... 000
Guobin Yang @guobin-yang.bsky.social · 09/04/2026It's today! @asc.upenn.edu @cdcspenn.bsky.social www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...asc.upenn.eduCenter on Digital Culture and Society 2026 SymposiumGood Vibes Only? How Affects and Emotions Are Mediated for Justice in Digital Culture 011
Reposted by Guobin YangCDCS: Center on Digital Culture and Society @cdcspenn.bsky.social · 05/03/2026CDCS is excited to announce the 2026 Symposium: “Good Vibes Only? How Affects and Emotions Are Mediated for Justice in Digital Culture.” 👉 Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/cdcs-2026-... 053
Guobin Yang @guobin-yang.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Virus alert! If you received an email about "BBQ weekend" invitation, it was NOT sent by me. Don't open the link in the email. 000
Reposted by Guobin YangPenn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations @penn-us-china.bsky.social · 17/02/2026We are thrilled to issue the call for applications (global.upenn.edu/future-of-us...) for our fourth fellowship cohort, made possible by generous support from @carnegie.org and the Henry Luce Foundation. Applications are due March 17. 065
Reposted by Guobin YangYena Lee @yenalee.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Excited to give a talk on brokerage in feminist movments next week at the Center for Korean Studies. I will also be exploring the implications of networked leadership on algormithmically curated and creator-centric platforms based on my book project. korea.sas.upenn.edu/events/broke... 052
Guobin Yang @guobin-yang.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Six years ago today, Wuhan started its 76-day lockdown. So close yet so far 03213
Reposted by Guobin YangMaximilian Mayer @maximilianiras.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Our volume “The Digitalisation of Memory Practices in China: Contesting the Curating State” with fantastic chapters about the intersection of digital technologies & memory politics in China is freely accessible. It introduces new ways to study heritage and memory struggles in authoritarian states.jstor.org The Digitalisation of Memory Practices in China: Contesting the Curating State on JSTOR How is memory in China curated in the digital era?This pioneering volume investigates the transformation of collective memory in China amid rapid technological ... 164
Reposted by Guobin YangAnnenberg School at Penn @asc.upenn.edu · 14/01/2026While big tech and market forces get much of the blame for the decline of news media, Professor Barbie Zelizer makes the bold claim in her new book that problematic journalistic practices that became entrenched during the Cold War are responsible for the current issues facing journalism:asc.upenn.eduHow the Cold War Broke the News 021
Guobin Yang @guobin-yang.bsky.social · 09/01/2026An IAMCR-sponsored online launch of East Asian Media Culture on Jan 29. Registration required: iamcr.org/webinars/eas... @cdcspenn.bsky.social 031
Guobin Yang @guobin-yang.bsky.social · 08/01/202623rd China Internet Conference, June 22-23, 2026 @ China Institute, Univ of Alberta. Cara Wallis & I'll give keynotes. My topic is “Of earthy flavor and AI flavor: On distinguishing flavors in an age of cyber artificiality and uncertainty." Nice funding for students www.ualberta.ca/en/china-ins...ualberta.ca23rd Chinese Internet Research Conference 011
Reposted by Guobin YangPenn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations @penn-us-china.bsky.social · 29/12/2025We are thrilled to announce the Fellows of the Transpacific and Asian Dialogue on China, a new initiative designed to contribute to policy deliberations across the Asia-Pacific region over the novel & complex challenges posed by China’s rise. Read more at: global.upenn.edu/future-of-us... 1115
Reposted by Guobin YangAnnenberg School at Penn @asc.upenn.edu · 23/12/2025As media institutions lose their funding, Dean Sarah Banet-Weiser invited professors @victorpickard.bsky.social and Duncan Watts (@csspenn.bsky.social) to discuss the role of journalism in our democracy. Listen to Annenberg Conversations on your favorite podcast app, or visit our website. 033
Guobin Yang @guobin-yang.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Grateful to our awesome in-house writer Hailey Reissman for writing up this story. Just in time to mark the sixth anniversary of the COVID outbreak 040
Reposted by Guobin YangDean, School of Arts & Sciences, University of Pennsylvania @pennsasdean.bsky.social · 05/12/2025The latest research publications from Arts & Sciences includes Hardeep Dhillon of History writing about immigration, Xin Sun of Biology on nitrite accumulation in marine oxygen minimum zones, and Guobin Yang of Sociology and Communication on genre borrowing in Chinese digital culture. @upenn.eduomnia.sas.upenn.eduResearch Roundup Ocean Build up Digital Culture and Birthright CitizenshipRecent work from faculty in our History, Biology, and Sociology departments. 011
Guobin Yang @guobin-yang.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Glad to see @sas.upenn.edu Omnia’s new Research Roundup captures my recent article on genre borrowing practices in Chinese digital culture, together with two other fascinating projects by @sas.upenn.edu faculty omnia.sas.upenn.edu/story/resear... @cdcspenn.bsky.socialomnia.sas.upenn.eduResearch Roundup Ocean Build up Digital Culture and Birthright CitizenshipRecent work from faculty in our History, Biology, and Sociology departments. 062
Reposted by Guobin YangElisabetta Ferrari @bettyferrari.bsky.social · 01/12/2025I had a lot of fun talking about my @ucpress.bsky.social book on this @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast! Thanks to Megan Finn for letting me chat about Silicon Valley, activism, and the book on mutual aid I'm writing now. 🎧 in your fave podcast app or here: newbooksnetwork.com/appropriate-...newbooksnetwork.comElisabetta Ferrari, "Appropriate, Negotiate, Challenge: Activist Imaginaries and the Politics of Digital Technologies" (U California Press, 2024) - New Books Network 1135
Reposted by Guobin YangProf Deborah Lupton, MPH PhD @dalupton.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Our position statement rejecting the use of GenAI for reflexive qualitative research can be found here papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.com<span>We reject the use of generative artificial intelligence for reflexive qualitative research</span>We write as 416 experienced qualitative researchers from 38 countries, to reject the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) applications for Big Q Qu 03219
Guobin Yang @guobin-yang.bsky.social · 02/11/2025Getting up early to catch the AI bird in Hong Kong. Conference info here: eduhknmsmcon.com 040
Guobin Yang @guobin-yang.bsky.social · 15/10/2025First day of #aoir2025! Glad to see non-English presentations (with English translation) and local histories on a panel about AI infrastructures 020
Reposted by Guobin YangYena Lee @yenalee.bsky.social · 11/10/2025Excited to be hosting this symposium next April! Looking forward to a vibrant discourse on affect and activism 😎 021
Guobin Yang @guobin-yang.bsky.social · 09/10/2025guobin-yang.blogspot.com/2025/10/thre...guobin-yang.blogspot.comThree cheers for "anecdotal evidence" in new article on "Genre borrowing in Chinese digital culture"sociology, China, communication studies, journalism, digital activism, digital culture, technology, media studies 050
Guobin Yang @guobin-yang.bsky.social · 07/10/2025In this piece on "genre borrowing" I study why netizens use Sima Qian's "arrayed biography" (列传) form to write biographies of Li Wenliang & how the narrative devices of this ancient genre align with the logic of digital culture. Open access! @asc.upenn.edu journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 2165
Reposted by Guobin YangAssociation of Internet Researchers (AoIR) @aoir.bsky.social · 07/10/2025#AoIR2025 is next week! Easiest programme to read on a mobile is on the Sched app: aoir2025ruptures.sched.com 072
Guobin Yang @guobin-yang.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Thank you Jeff for giving a fabulous talk! We were honored to host you! 000
Guobin Yang @guobin-yang.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Folks in Philly, don't miss @jwassers.bsky.social 's talk today at the Center for the Study of Contemporary China @sas.upenn.edu @upenn.edu cscc.sas.upenn.edu/events/2025/...cscc.sas.upenn.eduFrom Beijing to Bangkok and Back Again: Songs and Slogans from the Time of Tiananmen to the Era of the Milk Tea Alliance and White Paper Protests | Center for the Study of Contemporary China 221
Reposted by Guobin YangYena Lee @yenalee.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Excited to kick off my postdoc @cdcspenn.bsky.social @asc.upenn.edu with a colloquium on Monday, September 29th ✨ I’ll be sharing from my dissertation-to-book project titled, "Creator Logic-in-Practice: Political Content Creators and the Negotiation of Influence in the Post-Networked Era."asc.upenn.eduCDCS Colloquium: Yena LeeCreator Logic-in-Practice: Political Content Creators and the Negotiation of Influence in the Post-Networked Era 0145
Reposted by Guobin YangDavid Humphrey @hagured.bsky.social · 17/09/2025I have a chapter on Japan's TVer in this new volume on East Asian platforms and media, edited by Dal Yong Jin and Kyong Yoon. Lots of great work here by @guobin-yang.bsky.social, @hlynn5.bsky.social, @otomedoctor.bsky.social, and others. doi.org/10.4324/9781...doi.orgEast Asian Media Culture in the Age of Digital Platforms | Narratives,Focusing on the convergence of popular culture and digital platforms in the East Asian context, this book delves into the increasing role of East Asia, not only 1114
Reposted by Guobin YangSociological Forum @soc-forum.bsky.social · 05/09/2025❓What Review Article topic are you most interested in seeing at Sociological Forum? Tell us more by commenting below! 1️⃣ Immigration/migration/asylum 2️⃣ Online qualitative research methods 3️⃣ Sociology of AI/technology 4️⃣ Academic Freedom 📊 Show results 042
Guobin Yang @guobin-yang.bsky.social · 05/09/2025“Good Vibes Only? How Affects and Emotions Are Mediated for Justice in Digital Culture” www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/... @asc.upenn.edu @cdcspenn.bsky.social lasc.upenn.eduCall for Abstracts: 2026 CDCS Symposium 041
Reposted by Guobin YangPlatforms & Society @platformsnsociety.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Paper alert: in one or our latest apers, #AndrewWirzburger writes about #reviewbombing on the game #platform #Steam, arguing that review bombing serves as a political tool while being problematized by Steam as social misconduct. Read more at journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 094
Guobin Yang @guobin-yang.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Congratulations to Stephen Hartnett on the publication of his new book! msupress.org/978161186543... 030
Guobin Yang @guobin-yang.bsky.social · 26/08/2025CSCC @upenn.edu @sas.upenn.edu has a fantastic lineup of speakers for the fall semester, starting next week with Prof @yanlong-soc.bsky.social 's talk on her award-winning new book! cscc.sas.upenn.edu/events/2025/...cscc.sas.upenn.eduAuthoritarian Absorption: The Transnational Remaking of Infectious Disease Politics in China | Center for the Study of Contemporary China 041
Reposted by Guobin YangMedia@Risk @ascmediarisk.org · 20/08/2025American journalism has serious problems. But how did we get here? @bzelizer.bsky.social’s new book 📚 How the Cold War Broke the News📚 uncovers the surprising roots of journalism’s decline and offers a plan to make it better. Pre-order now: bit.ly/4mqcr68 01911
Guobin Yang @guobin-yang.bsky.social · 16/08/2025Here is my latest blog update guobin-yang.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-en...guobin-yang.blogspot.comI enjoy contributing chapters to edited volumes.sociology, China, communication studies, journalism, digital activism, digital culture, technology, media studies 030
Guobin Yang @guobin-yang.bsky.social · 24/07/2025Updates about some recent publications guobin-yang.blogspot.com/2025/07/july...guobin-yang.blogspot.comJuly 2025 updatessociology, China, communication studies, journalism, digital activism, digital culture, technology, media studies 020
Guobin Yang @guobin-yang.bsky.social · 13/06/2025I spotted a few books! @linzhang.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social #ica25 1254
Reposted by Guobin YangBenno Weiner @bennoweiner.bsky.social · 11/06/2025"Every chapter is a gem"! Lovely review by @guobin-yang.bsky.social of How Maoism was Made. "Weiner’s chapter... reveals the [early Maoist] state’s ethnopolitical anxieties and efforts to create ethnic minority categories." @aaronwmoore.bsky.social lareviewofbooks.org/article/two-...lareviewofbooks.orgTwo Maoisms | Los Angeles Review of BooksGuobin Yang dives into two new books on Mao-era China. 072
Guobin Yang @guobin-yang.bsky.social · 07/06/2025In this review of two new books, I link to earlier report on Mao by @liyuan6.bsky.social & Xi by @eosnos.bsky.social lareviewofbooks.org/article/two-... @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social @asc.upenn.edu @jwassers.bsky.sociallareviewofbooks.orgTwo Maoisms | Los Angeles Review of BooksGuobin Yang dives into two new books on Mao-era China. 065
Guobin Yang @guobin-yang.bsky.social · 29/05/2025There is some talk about the revival of blogging. For starters, I've updated my Blogger site after almost three years! guobin-yang.blogspot.comguobin-yang.blogspot.comGuobin Yang's Blogsociology, China, communication studies, journalism, digital activism, digital culture, technology, media studies 051
Guobin Yang @guobin-yang.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Amazing discovery! Thanks to a piece (www.hssonline.cn/homeNav?site...) I wrote for the Chinese journal Foreign Literature, I came upon a new publishing platform "HSS Online" launched by Foreign Language & Teaching Press in Beijing. It features instant AI translation of Chinese texts into English!hssonline.cnI found a great article to share with you. 020
Guobin Yang @guobin-yang.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Exciting to have 2 interviews out this month with 2 great journals: one on Chinese internet culture in Spanish www.revistadelauniversidad.mx/articles/923... and the other on Communication as Translation in Chinese: cjjc.ruc.edu.cn/CN/Y2025/V47... @asc.upenn.edu @revistaunam.bsky.socialrevistadelauniversidad.mxEl internet y las redes sociales en China | Sandra Barba, Guobin Yang 0102
Reposted by Guobin YangCAMRI @camri.bsky.social · 20/05/2025#UoWMEDIA50 Conference keynote speakers are Payal Arora, @couldrynick.bsky.social, @linadencik.bsky.social and @guobin-yang.bsky.social camri.ac.uk/50-years-of-...camri.ac.ukAnniversary Conference - Keynote Speakers - CAMRIProf. Payal Arora Pessimism to Promise: Building Inclusive Tech with the Global South Abstract When it comes to new tech, the mainstream headlines are bleak: Algorithms control and oppress. AI will... 081
Reposted by Guobin YangJeff Wasserstrom @jwassers.bsky.social · 12/05/2025In January, I met @atasoyemrah.bsky.social at Warwick & we talked about our shared fascination w/dystopian fiction. This led to a productive back & forth on not just Orwell but also Huxley's relevance for the present. Glad to see it out in @uk.theconversation.com theconversation.com/nineteen-eig...theconversation.comNineteen Eighty-Four and Brave New World should be read in tandem to understand today’s troubled timesIn an era when all sorts of systems of control limit our freedoms, many don’t quite fit the template that Orwell or Huxley imagined – but combine elements of both. 062
Reposted by Guobin YangRevista de la Universidad @revistaunam.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Guobin Yang, especialista en cultura digital, nos explica el panorama del internet en China: desde su origen en los años 90 hasta la actualidad, ¿en qué consiste la plataformización y el activismo en línea? www.revistadelauniversidad.mx/articles/923...revistadelauniversidad.mxEl internet y las redes sociales en China | Sandra Barba, Guobin Yang 173
Reposted by Guobin YangPenn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations @penn-us-china.bsky.social · 07/05/2025We are thrilled to announce the selection of our third fellowship cohort, seventeen truly outstanding next generation China scholars and analysts you can read more about here: global.upenn.edu/future-of-us... 1236