HE, Renyi

HE, Renyi

Ph.D. Candidate

B.A. in Journalism
Renmin University of China, Beijing, China

B.A. in History
Renmin University of China, Beijing, China

M.A. in Journalism
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Research Interests:

  • Digital Media Culture
  • Communication Technology and Social Transformation

Publications

Journal articles

He, R. & Huang, X. (Accepted). Conceptualizing gossip as counterdiscourse: Analysis of an online groupie community and communicative injustice. International Journal of Cultural Studies.

He, R. (2024). Gender-equal sexism: A covert and subtle form of gender discrimination. Feminist Media Studies. 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2024.2335664

He, R. & Huang, X. (2024). Shared concerns versus ideological preferences: The New York Times’ coverage of Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics and Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Global Media and China. 9(2), 221-236.

He, R. & Chang, J. (2024). More than just a box: Music storage medium and the mediatization of Chinese rock culture. Critical Arts. 37(5), 93-107.

He, R. (2023). Hashtag nationalism: A discursive and networked hashtag activism. Media, Culture & Society, 45(7), 1471-1488.

He, R. (2023). Nationalized anti-feminism: A collusion between nationalism and gender-equal sexism. European Journal of Cultural Studies, https://doi.org/10.1177/13675494231191486

He, R. & Tian, H. (2023). Social media influencer and source credibility: Endorsing content moderation on Douyin. International Journal of Communication, 17, 5760-5780.

Chang, J., He, R. & Ren, H. (2021). The semiotic guerrilla: Internet subcultures as political resistance in China. Journal of Media and Communication Studies, 13(4), 110-120.

Book chapters

He, R. (Forthcoming). Populism and gender. In: L. Roberts (Ed.), The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Politics and Gender. Sage.

He, R. (Forthcoming). Nationalism and gender. In: L. Roberts (Ed.), The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Politics and Gender. Sage.

He, R. (Forthcoming). Neoliberalism and gender. In: L. Roberts (Ed.), The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Politics and Gender. Sage.

Book review

He, R. (2024). Performing Fear in Television Production: Practices of an Illiberal Democracy by Siao Yuong Fong, Global Media and China. https://doi.org/10.1177/20594364241267702

Journal articles in Chinese (CSSCI)

Zhou, S. & He, R. (2023). Media affordances: An ecological psychology perspective to understanding digital media. Journal of Northwest Normal University, 60(4), 75-82.

Chang, J. & He, R. (2022). Materiality, emotion, network: Reconstruction of digital journalism. Chinese Editors Journal, 4, 29-35.

Chang, J. & He, R. (2022). The news ecosystem theory: Origin, evolution and prospects. Journal of Jiangxi Normal University, 55(2), 101-110.

Chang, J. & He, R. (2022). Network: A core concept to analyze digital journalism practices. News and Writing, 3, 5-14.

Chang, J. & He, R. (2022). Media rituals in the digital age: Communication practices of the CPC’s centennial celebration. Journalism and Mass Communication Monthly, 2, 21-29.

Chang, J. & He, R. (2021). A brief history of digital news production: Media logic and ecological transformation. Journalism Research, 11, 1-14+121.

Anderson C. W. & He, R. (2021). Twenty years of news ecosystem research: Historical trajectories and future developments. Chinese Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 3,18-31.

Conference Proceedings and Presentations

He, R. (2024). Non-semitic antisemitism: Chinese right-wing populism in online discussion of 2023 Israel-Hamas War. The 110th Annual Conference of National Communication Association (NCA), New Orleans, LA, USA.

He, R. (2024). Excluding men from feminist movement as a way of actualizing feminist digital citizenship: A case of feminist activism in China. The 107th Annual Conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Xu, M. & He, R. (2024). Knowledge production and digital distinction of micro-intellectuals on Chinese digital platform Zhihu. The 107th Annual Conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Philadelphia, PA, USA.

He, R. & Anthony, Y. H. Fung. (2024). Conceptualizing social media capital: Visibility management, sharing food photos on Instagram, and surveillance culture. The 21st Chinese Internet Research Conference (CIRC), Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.

He, R. (2024). The “misuse” of the concept “affordance” in digital journalism research in China: Relation, perception, and fluidity. The Third Annual China Digital Journalism Conference, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.

He, R. (2024). The mediatization of Chinese rock culture: The political and commercial logic of Chinese media and the image of Chinese rock. Media Industries 2024, King’s College London, London, UK.

He, R. (2024). Social media influencer and source credibility: Endorsing content moderation on Douyin. The New Order of Cyber Regulation: Power, Control and Governance, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong.

He, R. & Huang, X. (2023). Shared concerns versus ideological preferences: The New York Times’ coverage of Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics and Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. The 106th Annual Conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Washington DC, USA.

Wei, R. Zhou, S. Huang, K. & He, R. (2023). Communicating environment protection via VR: Effects of realism and spatial presence on risk perception. CCA research session at the 106th Annual Conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Washington DC, USA.

He, R. (2023). Hashtag nationalism: A discursive and networked hashtag activism. The 73rd International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada.

He, R. (2021). Analysis of the trends of the concept “affordance” in Europe and the United States. The 1st Annual China Digital Journalism Conference, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.

He, R. (2021). Managing the younger generation: Popular propaganda in China. The 2021 International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), Nairobi, Kenya.

He, R. & Tian, H. (2021). The mediatization of counterculture within authoritarian political contexts: A case study of Chinese rock music. The 71st International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference, Virtual Conference.

Tian, H. & He, R. (2021). Sanctified stigma: Anti-feminist discourse in the Chinese digital space. The 71st International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference, Virtual Conference.

He, R. (2020). Hashtag in digital activism in China: Narrative, network, and new environment. The 2nd Qihao New Media Young Scholars Forum, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.

He, R. (2019). Political discourse on Chinese internet: From Grass Mud Horse to Peppa Pig. The 69th International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference, Washington DC, USA.

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