Dechun Zhang

Adaptive Sovereignty: China’s Evolving Legislative Framework for Transnational Data Governance | Article | Politics and Governance Ruoxin Su, Dechun Zhang

My new paper, coauthored with Ruoxin Su, “Adaptive Sovereignty: China’s Evolving Legislative Framework for Transnational Data Governance,” introduces the adaptive sovereignty model—blending state control with selective regulatory flexibility. Now in Politics and Governance: doi.org/10.17645/pag...

New in JCEA: Personal Political Characteristics and Trust in State Media: A Case Study of China
Xin Tong analyzes how political traits shape trust in Chinese state media using Asian Barometer data—offering insights into media trust in authoritarian contexts.
🔗 doi.org/10.17477/jce...

New in JCEA: Navigating the Audience Costs of Humanitarian Aid for Rising States: A Case Study of India’s COVID-19 Response
Xiaojuan Qiu & Liya Yan explore how India balanced sovereignty, legitimacy, and public perception in managing aid during the pandemic.
🔗 doi.org/10.17477/jce...

Between Nationalist Propaganda and Public Mobilization: People’s Daily’s Nationalist Discourses and Their Public Responses on Chinese Social Media Abstract. This study offers new perspectives on the evolving trajectory of state-led nationalist discourses and their engagement with online publics by exa

My new coauthored paper with Jun Liu & Hsuanlei Shao, “Between Nationalist Propaganda and Public Mobilization,” is out in Oxford Intersections. We use computational analysis to explore how China’s propaganda shapes nationalist discourse and how the public responds on Weibo. doi.org/10.1093/9780...

Thrilled to be part of the team for this newly launched ICA journal! Excited for the journey ahead under the leadership of @bowmanspartan.bsky.social

Looking forward to seeing great contributions—consider submitting your work to help shape this exciting new publication!

Global Perspectives in Communication | Oxford Academic Global Perspectives in Communication

@gpccomm.bsky.social (GPC) was officially launched at #ICA25 by Editor-in-Chief @bowmanspartan.bsky.social. The journal welcomes submissions across a wide range of topics. I’m also pleased to join the editorial board as GPC begins this exciting new chapter.

Learn more: academic.oup.com/gpc

🎓 I successfully defended my PhD today at Leiden University!
Huge thanks to my supervisors, Prof. Florian Schneider & Dr. Hwang Yih-Jye, and to colleagues at LIAS & University of Copenhagen for the incredible support.
On to the next chapter! 🙌

How can you tell if your paper is a good editorial fit for us? We're very open to the "anything under the tent" at @icahdq.bsky.social. If a paper had been priorly accepted at #ICA25 (or even earlier), let us know in your editorial letter - that's at least a good signal for fit!

At #ICA25, we hosted around two dozen early career scholars for a peer review workshop. A few takeaways, for those interested, follow in this thread.

NOTE: We hear a rumor that @icahdq.bsky.social might share some more details on the workshop later, and we'll be there also. =)

ICA friends, You’re warmly invited to join us for the launch event of Global Perspectives in Communication, the new official journal of ICA.

📍 Mineral Ballroom A, Hyatt Regency Denver
🕕 Today, 6:00–7:00 PM

We look forward to celebrating with you!

Join us on Friday, 30 May (11:00–12:15 CET) for a presentation of our findings from analyzing 2.8 million X posts by Chinese and Russian accounts, with Jun Liu and me.

Hosted by the @giga-hamburg.de

#GIGA #ChinaSeries

Chinese nationalism in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis Prof.dr. F.A. Schneider dr. Y. Huang

I’m happy to share that my PhD defence will take place on June 25, 2025. I’ll share my research on China’s digital nationalism in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis.

If you’re interested, you’re very welcome to join. Here’s the link with all the details:
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...

Join us on 30 May (11.00-12.15 CET) to listen to @dechunzhang.bsky.social and Jun Liu talking about state-sponsored propaganda based on posts from Chinese and Russian accounts on X

@giga-hamburg.de #GIGAChinaSeries

Excited to welcome everyone to join us at @giga-hamburg.de , where I'll be giving a guest talk on our new research with Dr. Jun Liu, "From Tweets to Tactics: Unpacking State-Sponsored Propaganda Campaigns on Twitter."

Deadline in a week for submitting your abstract for the JCCA special issue on Digital China, edited by @dechunzhang.bsky.social and Wenting Yu. Check out the call for papers below
journals.sagepub.com/page/cca/cal...

⏰ Only *ONE WEEK* left to submit your abstract for the JCCA Special Issue"Digital China 🛜: Technology, Governance, and the Reshaping of Society" (Drs. DeChun Zhang @dechunzhang.bsky.social & Wenting Yu)

Deadline: April 25, 2025

@giga-hamburg.de | @sagepub.com | @chusinan.bsky.social

Thrilled to deliver a guest lecture at Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics on China’s digital politics for master’s students. A rewarding experience with an engaging discussion!

If you work on digital China, we warmly invite you to contribute to our special issue. There is still one month left to submit!

How China will end up the biggest winner from UK and US foreign aid cuts As countries lose vital foreign aid from the UK and US, some fear governments could turn to China to seek funding packages saddled with unsustainable debts. Alicja Hagopian reports

My previous paper, China’s “Weaponized” Vaccine: Intertwining Between International and Domestic Politics, is quoted in The Independent‘s article on China’s foreign aid strategy. www.independent.co.uk/world/china-...

If you are doing research on “Digital China”, please consider this special issue!

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I with Dr. Wenting Yu are organizing a special issue at @jcca-gigahamburg.bsky.social (journals.sagepub.com/page/cca/cal...) titled “Digital China: Technology, Governance, and the Reshaping of Society.” Please consider submitting and spreading the word. If you have any questions, feel free to DM me

Work with me at JCEA. We are seeking an Assistant Managing Editor to work with Chief Editor Prof. Dr. Han Woo Park and me. Please apply!

I’m guest editing a Chinese Journal of Communication SI on “Transnational #Migration to/from #China: The Role of #Digital Platforms, Publics, and Policies.” Please consider submitting or circulating the call in your networks.

#callforpapers #cfp #academicsky #commsky #socialmedia #communication

My department is hiring an Assistant Professor of Black Creative Practice and Arts Management.

jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

✨Out now: The Fall Issue (Nr. 30) of the Political Communication Report!✨
“What does PolComm Stand for? Normative Dimensions of Political Communication Research & Theorizing”
📖 Full issue: politicalcommunication.org/issue/fall-2...

A 🧵 on the essays featured in this issue:

📣 Call for #ecprgc25
🔔We invite paper proposals on #GenAI and #digitalauthoritarianism
🔗https://ecpr.eu/Events/Event/Content?ID=1482&EventID=269
📅Deadline: January 6
🪑 @hosseinkermani.bsky.social
@ecpr.bsky.social

According to the Digital News Report, media criticism is correlated with media distrust

Our data documents a higher proportion of people exposed to news media criticism in countries where people say they distrust the media

Read our chapter in full reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news...

The Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia is pleased to announce the publication of the 2024 Winter Issue, Vol. 23, No. 2.

The full issue is open access and available through the following link: koreascience.or.kr/journal/OSTR...

DSA: Risk Assessment & Audit Database

The number of risk assessments are coming in #DSA #commsky #eusky

Check this overview ⬇️

X, Facebook, Instagram, Google, YouTube, TikTok are there

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Coooool. Looking forward to seeing you in Denmark! 😀😀😀😀😀