Reposted by Qian Huang 黄倩Chenchen Zhang 🤦🏻♀️ @chenchenzhang.net · 24/11/2025🚨new open-access article!🚨 what do drastically different representations of the Paris Olympic opening ceremony on Chinese social media tell us about competing narratives of civilization & transversal alignment in digital reactionary politics? academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic... 14410
Qian Huang 黄倩 @qianhuang.bsky.social · 25/10/2025I look forward to serving the community in the coming years! 020
Reposted by Qian Huang 黄倩The Little Red Podcast @littleredpodcast.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Our episode on China’s incel community explored discourse on gender expectations in Chinese society. @qianhuang.bsky.social from the University of Groningen weighs in on how state and incel perspectives differ on articulating women’s roles. Listen to the full episode: omny.fm/shows/the-li... 021
Reposted by Qian Huang 黄倩The Little Red Podcast @littleredpodcast.bsky.social · 04/09/2025How does the Chinese manosphere compare to the Western one? In our latest episode, guests @qianhuang.bsky.social and Ling Tang weigh up on similarities and differences between incel discourse across cultures. Listen to the full episode: omny.fm/shows/the-li... 121
Reposted by Qian Huang 黄倩The Little Red Podcast @littleredpodcast.bsky.social · 21/08/2025In the latest in our series on belief, we’re examining the emergence of incels in the world’s largest manosphere. China’s growing incel community is fuelled by state-approved nationalism and simple demographics—by one estimate, 30 million Chinese men won’t find a life partner. (1/3) 176
Reposted by Qian Huang 黄倩keep your electric eye on me @ubisurv.net · 31/07/2025Mass #voyeurism scandal hits #China… how can the misuse of almost invisible cameras be regulated? #surveillance www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...theguardian.comAnger grows in China over reports of online groups sharing explicit photos of womenChinese media said more than 100,000 were members of Telegram group that shared pictures taken without consent 012
Qian Huang 黄倩 @qianhuang.bsky.social · 18/07/2025A milestone! I’m awarded a VENI Grant (€ 320k) by NWO for a 4-year project. I will compare digital visibility negotiation practices of public intellectuals in 3 sectors in China and NL to conceptualize cautious labor. I am extremely thankful for the support of RUG FA and so many colleagues/friends. 060
Reposted by Qian Huang 黄倩Chenchen Zhang 🤦🏻♀️ @chenchenzhang.net · 30/06/2025did I contentify this blog post? yes I did by creating a thumbnail image! 031
Qian Huang 黄倩 @qianhuang.bsky.social · 20/06/2025After 2 years of dedicated work, our special issue is finally out! We present to you 19 articles in Convergence. Together with my brilliant co-editors — Jing Zeng, Hiromi Tanaka & @saifshahin.bsky.social — we rethink digital visibility negotiation grounded in Asia. Read our intro: shorturl.at/4xLZJdoi.orgSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 1136
Reposted by Qian Huang 黄倩François Mouillot @fmouillot.bsky.social · 24/04/2025My latest on social media platforms and logics of knowledge production in East Asian independent music, out in Convergence now: doi.org/10.1177/1354... Special thanks to @qianhuang.bsky.social for helping bring this out into the world!journals.sagepub 071
Reposted by Qian Huang 黄倩CDCS: Center on Digital Culture and Society @cdcspenn.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Here is the program of our 4/25 Symposium on Reframing Leisure, Humor, and Play in Global Digital Culture www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/.... @annenbergcargc.bsky.socialasc.upenn.eduCDCS Symposium: Reframing Leisure, Humor, and Play in Global Digital CultureCDCS Symposium: Reframing Leisure, Humor, and Play in Global Digital Culture 1106
Reposted by Qian Huang 黄倩Leiden Asia Centre @leidenasiacentre.nl · 12/02/2025During this month’s CKN Knowledge Session, the latest developments around Chinese social media platform #xiaohongshu were discussed🔎. Many thanks to Dr. @qianhuang.bsky.social and Dr. @carwynmorris.bsky.social for presenting their insights! Learn more on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9sO... 121
Reposted by Qian Huang 黄倩Ziying Meng @ziyingm.bsky.social · 09/01/2025How do content creators learn about a dozen platforms and push their content into the ‘for you’ page?🤔 In this new OA paper in New Media & Society, I explore transnational creators' algorithmic and visibility practices across multiple Chinese and US-based platforms. 🔗 shorturl.at/f0mAC 2106
Reposted by Qian Huang 黄倩Viola Zhou @violazhou.bsky.social · 15/01/2025If you are interested in learning more about #Xiaohongshu #RedNote, @restofworld.org has published many in-depth stories about the community: My story on XHS as an ultra-consumerist app, showing young women a polished, bougie, often-unattainable way of life. restofworld.org/2023/xiaohon...restofworld.orgXiaohongshu is teaching young Chinese women how to buy the perfect lifeKnown as China’s “lifestyle bible,” the social media platform is an aspirational living guide or a consumerist trap. 39135
Reposted by Qian Huang 黄倩Jeremy Goldkorn @goldkorn.bsky.social · 15/01/2025From 2018 but good context: art19.com/shows/tech-b... Some cultural context: thechinaproject.com/2023/06/07/h... thechinaproject.com/2022/11/17/p... thechinaproject.com/2023/06/06/w... thechinaproject.com/2023/08/10/w... thechinaproject.com/2023/06/20/w...art19.com Ep. 31: Alibaba and the Little Red Book (Xiaohongshu): Powering Ecommerce With Content 021
Reposted by Qian Huang 黄倩Rest of World @restofworld.org · 14/01/2025Americans are joining the Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu AKA RedNote en masse to protest an imminent TikTok ban. New from @kinlinglo.bsky.social and @violazhou.bsky.social restofworld.org/2025/tiktok-...restofworld.orgU.S. TikTokers flock to Xiaohongshu, baffling and bonding with Chinese usersAmericans are joining the Chinese social media app en masse to protest an imminent TikTok ban. 58834
Qian Huang 黄倩 @qianhuang.bsky.social · 15/01/2025As promised, a reading list about Xiaohongshu is available now with the help of many Chinese social media researchers: qianxeniahuang.super.site/resources/xi.... Special thanks to @carwynmorris.bsky.social for co-editing this. I am only hosting this on my personal website for logistic reasons.qianxeniahuang.super.siteEngaging with Xiaohongshu (RED/REDnote/LittleRedBook): A Reading ListIn the mold of other reading lists and bibliographies that have inspired us (see Digital Ethnography Collective Reading List, TikTok Researcher Network, and Doing Fieldwork in a Pandemic), and given t... 05137
Reposted by Qian Huang 黄倩Carwyn Morris @carwynmorris.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Engaging with #Xiaohongshu ( #RED / #REDnote / #LittleRedBook): A Reading List. @qianhuang.bsky.social and I curated this crowdsourced reading list on Xiaohongshu - qianxeniahuang.super.site/resources/xi... We're happy to add more suggestions! Hosted by Qian to make it accessible in China. 33818
Qian Huang 黄倩 @qianhuang.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Content creators on TikTok worldwide have been rebuilding their communities on Xiaohongshu (or ‘Red Note’), which generates much research interest. It’s all great, but there are some points I have to get out of my chest. If you are planning to research or comment on the ‘TikTok Refugee’, pls read: 24320
Reposted by Qian Huang 黄倩CDCS: Center on Digital Culture and Society @cdcspenn.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Our symposium "Academe in the Age of Social Media: Scholarly Inquiry at Risk?" opens later today. Details here: www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/... @ascmediarisk.bsky.socialasc.upenn.eduAcademe in the Age of Social Media: Scholarly Inquiry at Risk?Join the Center for Media at Risk and the Center on Digital Culture and Society for a symposium examining the relationship between social media and the academy. 0116
Reposted by Qian Huang 黄倩Stephen Yang! @stephenyang.bsky.social · 26/11/2024‼️ First single-author pub in iJoC: ijoc.org/index.php/ij... Through 2 years of fieldwork and 27 interviews, I trace how participants of underground electronic' dance music scenes reconfigured their shared culture of secrecy with the advent of smartphones. 3286
Reposted by Qian Huang 黄倩Brooke Erin Duffy @brookeerinduffy.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Hey friends studying influencers, creators, livestreamers and the like... Be sure to check out our ICA Pre-conference on "Debating Creator Culture," which is slated for June 11, 2025. Submissions are open through January 31. More details here: www.ccsn.site/ica 25421