9:00am
Opening Remarks
· Lu Wei, Zhejiang University
Moderator
· Hong Yu, Zhejiang University
9:15am-9:55am
Keynote Speech
· Yi-Hui Christine Huang, City University of Hong Kong
· Junhao Hong, The State University of New York at Buffalo
9:55am-10:55am
Panel One Chinese Platforms, Social Media and User Practices
Moderator
· Lin Fen, City University of Hong Kong
· Tianting Zhang, University of Missouri – Columbia
“Resilience and Precarity: Connective Actions and Affective Labors in Feminist Blogging”
· Xiaofei Han, Carleton University
“Taobao/Livestream Village Model? : “Platform Capitalism” Revisited through a Non-linear Lens”
· Han Fu, Chinese University of Hong Kong
· Anthony Fung, Chinese University of Hong Kong
“The harder I work, the luckier I get: How rural streamers perceive and deal with the algorithmic gaze on Taobao Live”
10:55am-11:30am
Panel Two Digital Connectivity and Media Use
Moderator
· Lin Fen, City University of Hong Kong
· Peter Lunt, University of Leicester
· Shuhan Chen, University of the Arts London
“Tradition and modernisation: digital connection and social relationships among Chinese youth”
11:30am-12:00am
Panel Three Journalism and Online Culture
Moderator
· Siyue Li, Zhejiang University
· Sibo Chen, Toronto Metropolitan University
“The political economy of environmental communication in, from, and about China”
12:00pm-1:00pm Lunch Break
1:00pm-2:00pm
Panel Four Venturing China’s Globalized Internet
Moderator
· Hong Yu, Zhejiang University
· Min Tang, University of Washington Bothell
“Tencent: The Political Economy of China’s Surging Internet Giant”
· Shinjoung Yeo, City University of New York
“Baidu: Geopolitical Dynamics of the Internet in China”
· Hong Shen, Carnegie Mellon University
“Alibaba: Infrastructuring Global China”
2:00pm-3:20pm
Panel Five Digital Governance
Moderator
· Siyue Li, Zhejiang University
· Xiaofen Ma, Renmin University of China
· Piper Liping Liu, University of Macau
· Lianshan Zhang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
“Contact Tracing Technologies: Reciprocal Benefits of Information Management and Health Benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic in China”
· Yuchao Zhao, Zhejiang Lab（Han Fu on behalf, Chinese University of Hong Kong）
“Platformization of grassroots governance in contemporary China: ‘Intelligent’ governmental platforms and street-level bureaucrats”
· Hongyu Wu, Zhejiang University
“A new type of connection between people and cities ---the ‘city brain’ as a code media and the public daily practic”
· Yu Zhao, Zhejiang University
“Understanding new technology adoption in convergent media organizations in China from individual and organizational perspectives: An extension of technology acceptance model”
· Yan Zhang, Zhejiang University
“Symbols, Ceremony, Hero or Values? Influencing Factors of the Intangible Cultural Heritage on Short Videos Communication”
3:20pm-3:30pm Coffee Break
3:30pm-4:30pm
Panel Six New Technologies and Communication Effects
Moderator
· Yu Zhao, Zhejiang University
· Nian Wang, Communication University of China
· Weihua Wu, Communication University of China
“Technological Advancement and Cultural Genealogy: A Study of the Local Paradigm of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Journalism in China”
· Jing Cai, Communication University of China
“A Research on Social Media Rumors of China with a Perspective of Risk
Construction Theory: based on the cases of 2020-2022 Covid-19 related rumors on JiaoZhen platform of Tencent”
· Xinzhou Xie, Peking University
· Haocheng Peng, Peking University
· Lin Shi, University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
“Exploring Communication Effect Factors of ‘Health Code’ Short Videos”
4:30pm-4:40pm
CAP Outstanding Service Award Ceremony
Moderator
· Zhao Alexandre Huang, Université Paris Nanterre
4:40pm-5:00pm
Meeting Editors from Communication and the Public
Moderator
· Zhao Alexandre Huang, Université Paris Nanterre
· Hong Yu, Zhejiang University
· Zhao Alexandre Huang, Université Paris Nanterre
· Yi-Hui Christine Huang, City University of Hong Kong
· Lin Fen, City University of Hong Kong
Acknowledgements
This pre-conference is sponsored by the College of Media and International Culture, Zhejiang University; ICA Popular Media and Culture Division; Communication and the Public