With a mixed-method study, @qingyuesun.bsky.social and colleagues examine the industrialized influencer labor in China's multichannel networks, where "creativity, authenticity, and intimacy are institutionally structured and reproduced at scale" ijoc.org/index.php/ij...

New article in International Journal of Communication @ijoc-usc.bsky.social 😊👏Grateful to my wonderful co-authors! “The Industrialization of Digital Entrepreneurship: The Case of Beauty Influencers in China’s Multichannel Networks Economy”👉 Open access: ijoc.org/index.php/ij...

👏👏Very happy to see this piece out in New Media & Society!!! Open Access!!! 😊Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Happy to be part of this amazing project!!! My chapter looks at aespa’s worldview and transmedia strategies. One of the best things about K-pop is how it invites fans into expansive worlds that go far beyond music itself.

Yay!! Excited to see this collection finally coming together! Can’t wait to read it👏🥳

📢😊Excited to share my new piece just out in International Journal of Cultural Studies @ijcs-journal.bsky.social “Pawns in the power struggle” looks at how Chinese content creators navigate the messy pressures of MCNs, platforms, and state control. Read here 👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

🥳👏Excited to share my new article just published in FemMediaStudies! “Sisters, are you running out of menstrual supplies??”: Exploring #SistersFightPandemicWithEase and Tactical Hashtag Feminism in the COVID-19 Crisis." 📖Read it here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/52RFF...

Check out my new book review📢A great read for anyone interested in digital feminism! Unmasking Feminist Resistance and Queer Media Activism in China: A Review of Digital Masquerade - Qingyue Sun, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Content 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:

Published my first piece as a Forbes contributor yesterday. thanks for sharing, @arturoarriagada.bsky.social !