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CHAN, Oliver N.K.

CHAN, Oliver N.K.

Assistant Professor

B.S.Sc., M.Phil.
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Ph.D.
Cornell University

(852) 3943-1846 (852) 2603-5007 oliverchan@cuhk.edu.hk https://ngaikeungchan.com/

Research Interests

  • Algorithms and quantification
  • Gig economy
  • Platform governance
  • Critical data studies
  • Metric culture

 

 Current Research

  • Algorithmic labor management in the gig economy
  • Platform governance in comparative perspective
  • Imaginaries of (alternative) social media platforms

 

Teaching Interests

  • Critical media and communication studies
  • New media and society
  • Algorithmic culture

 

Advice to students

Never stop questioning.

Publication List :

Journal Articles

Kwok, C., & Chan, N. K. (2024). Human-automated collectives: Automating communication for social movement mobilization. New Media & Society, 26(9), 4992-5012.
https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448241251794		view>
Chan, N. K., Su, C. C., & Shore, A. (2023). Shifting platform values in community guidelines: Examining the evolution of TikTok’s governance frameworks. New Media & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448231189476view>
Butkowski, C., Chan, N. K., Berniker, T., Rodriguez, A., Schlather, K., Zhang, K. M., & Humphreys, L. (2023). Communication about sensors and communication through sensors: Localizing the Internet of Things in rural communities. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 28(5), zmad005. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcmc/zmad005view>
Chan, N. K. (2022). Algorithmic precarity and metric power: Managing the affective measures and customers in the gig economy. Big Data & Society, 9(2).https://doi.org/10.1177/20539517221133779view>
Kwok, C., & Chan, N. K. (2022). Datafication and implicated networks of demobilization: social movement demobilization in datafied societies. Social Movement Studies. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/14742837.2022.2128326 (Equal authorship)view>
Butkowski, C. P., Chan, N. K., & Humphreys, L. (2022). Community internet of things as mobile infrastructure: Methodological challenges and opportunities. Media and Communication, 10(3), 303-314. https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v10i3.5372view>
Vasudevan, K., & Chan, N. K. (2022). Gamification and work games: examining consent and resistance among Uber drivers. New Media & Society, 24(4), 866-886. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448221079028view>
Chan, N. K., & Kwok, C. (2021). The politics of platform power in surveillance capitalism: A comparative case study of ride-hailing platforms in China and the United States. Global Media and China. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/20594364211046769view>
Kwok, C., & Chan, N. K. (2021). Towards a political theory of data justice: a public good perspective. Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, 19(3), 374-390. https://doi.org/10.1108/JICES-11-2020-0117view>
Chan, N. K., & Kwok, C. (2021). Guerilla capitalism and the platform economy: Governing Uber in China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Information, Communication & Society, 24(6), 780–796. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2021.1909096 (Equal authorship)
Chan, N. K. (2021). Anticipatory futures: Framing the socio-technical visions of online ratings and reviews in Wired. Communication, Culture and Critique, 14(2), 274–292. https://doi.org/10.1093/ccc/tcaa034
Kwok, C., & Chan, N. K. (2020). The making of contentious political space: The transformation of Hong Kong’s Victoria Park. Space and Culture. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/1206331220912160
Chan, N. K. (2019). “Becoming an expert in driving for Uber”: Uber driver/bloggers’ performance of expertise and self-presentation on YouTube. New Media & Society, 21(9), 2048–2067. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444819837736
Chan, N. K. (2019). The rating game: The discipline of Uber’s user-generated ratings. Surveillance & Society, 17(1/2), 183–190. https://doi.org/10.24908/ss.v17i1/2.12911
Duffy, B. E., & Chan, N. K. (2019). “You never really know who’s looking”: Imagined surveillance across social media platforms. New Media & Society, 21(1), 119–138. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444818791318
Chan, N. K., & Humphreys, L. (2018). Mediatization of social space and the case of Uber drivers. Media and Communication, 6(2), 29–38. https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v6i2.1316
Chan, N. K. (2018). Place-making and communication practice: Everyday precarity in a night market in Hong Kong. Space and Culture, 21(4), 439–454. https://doi.org/10.1177/1206331217741085
Kwok, C., & Chan, N. K. (2017). Legitimacy and forced democratization in social movements: A case study of the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong. China Perspectives, 2017/3, 7–16. https://doi.org/10.4000/chinaperspectives.7375
Su, C, & Chan, N. K. (2017). Predicting social capital on Facebook: The implications of use intensity, perceived content desirability, and Facebook-enabled communication practices. Computers in Human Behavior, 72, 259–268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.02.058
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