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LIU, Jindong Leo

LIU, Jindong Leo

Ph.D. Candidate

BA in Digital Culture
King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

MPhil in Communication
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

(852) 3943-7713 (852) 2603-5007 jindongliu@link.cuhk.edu.hk

Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jindong-Liu-7
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5456-0148

 

Research Interests:

  • Human-Machine Communication
  • Critical/Cultural Studies of New Media
  • AI Companions
  • VR/AR Metaverse
  • Digital intimacy

Publications

Leo-Liu, J. (2023). Loving a “defiant” AI companion? The gender performance and ethics of social exchange robots in simulated intimate interactions. Computers in Human Behavior, 107620. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2022.107620
Tintiangko, J., Fung, A. Y. H., & Leo-Liu, J. (2023). Compelled TikTok creators? The ambivalent affordances of the short video app for Filipino musicians. Media, Culture & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/01634437231174356
Wang, J., Qu, J., & Leo-Liu, J. (2023). An Algorithmically-Woven Community: Disclosing Mental Illness and Connecting with Similar Others on an Algorithm-Mediated Platform in China. Social Media & Society [in press].
Fung, A., & Leo-Liu, J. (2023). Netflix and Korean Drama: Cultural Resonance, Affect and Consumption in Asia. In Introducing Korean Popular Culture (pp. 118-125). Routledge.
Leo-Liu, J. & Wu-Ouyang, B. (2022). A “soul” emerges when AI, AR, and Anime converge: A case study on users of the new anime-stylized hologram social robot “Hupo”. New Media & Society. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448221106030
Wei, R., Fan, J., & Leo-Liu, J. (2022). Mobile Communication Research in 15 Top-Tier Journals, 2006-2020: An Updated Review of Trends, Advances and Characteristics. Mobile Media & Communication. Doi: /10.1177/20501579221110324
刘锦东. (2022). 以全息AI女友为例：探讨人机传播研究议程与方法[J]. 视觉传播研究. (出版中).
Wu, B., & Liu, J. (2022). How language usage affects sojourners’ psychological well-being in a trilingual society: linguistic acculturation of Mainland Chinese students in Hong Kong. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1-19.
Liu, J., Wu, B., & Qu, J. (2022). Chinese Adolescents’ Struggle in Online Compulsory Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Foucauldian Perspective. Education and Information Technologies, 1-1.
Liu, J. (2021). Social Robots as the Bride? Understanding the Construction of Gender in a Japanese Social Robot Product. Human-Machine Communication, 2(1), 5.

Participation in Conference

Leo-Liu, J. & Wu-Ouyang, B. (2023). Negotiating Chineseness in a Social VR Platform: Acculturation of Chinese Nationals and Overseas in a Sinophone Community on VRChat. Chinese Internet Research Conference (CIRC), Chiang Mai. (Top student paper award).
Leo-Liu, J. (2023). Why Japanese Anime Avatars on Global Social VR Platform? Subcultural and Transcultural Practices in VRChat. Paper presented at Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Conference, Washington DC.
Wang, J., Qu, J. & Leo-Liu, J. (2023). An algorithm-weaved community: Disclosing mental illness and connecting with similar others on an algorithm-mediated platform in China. Paper presented at 73rd Annual Conference of International Communication Association (ICA), Toronto, Canada.
Wang, J., Chen, A. & Leo-Liu, J. (2023). Is It Acceptable to Insult an AI? Analyzing Comments on Microsoft XiaoIce’s Posts on Chinese Social Media. Paper (Extended Abstract) presented at 73rd Annual Conference of International Communication Association (ICA), Toronto, Canada.
Leo-Liu, J. (2023). From anthropomorphic to sociopomorphic social robots: A short reflection. Paper presented at 73rd Annual Conference of International Communication Association (ICA) Pre-conference, Toronto.
Liu, J. (2022). AI Girlfriend can be Angry too: Discourse Analysis on Intimate Interactions with Hologram Social Robot “Hupo”. Paper presented at 72nd Annual Conference of International Communication Association (ICA), Paris (Hybrid).
Liu, J., Fung, A. Y. & Fu, H. (2022). Body politics and Douyin: “Co-creation” of rules for censoring online sexual contents. Paper presented at 72nd Annual Conference of International Communication Association (ICA), Paris (Hybrid).
Wei, R., Fan, J., Liu, X., & Liu, J. (2022). Mobile Communication Research in 15 Top-Tier Journals, 2006-2020: An Updated Review of Trends, Advances and Characteristics. Paper presented at 72nd Annual Conference of International Communication Association (ICA), Paris (Hybrid).
Liu.J. & Wu, B. (2021). A “soul” emerges when AI meets Anime via hologram: a qualitative study on users of new anime-style hologram social robot “Hupo”. Top Paper (3rd place) presented at the Annual AEJMC Conference 2021, Virtual Conference.
Wu,B. & Liu, J. (2021). How Language Usage Affects Psychological Well-being in a Trilingual Society: Linguistic Acculturation of Mainland Chinese Students in Hong Kong. Paper presented at 71st Annual Conference of International Communication Association (ICA), Virtual Conference.
Liu, J., Wu, B., Qu, J. (2020). Compulsory online education in China during the COVID-19 outbreak: disciplines, media dependency and surveillance. Paper presented at The International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) 2020 Online Conference, Virtual Conference.
Wu, B., Liu, J., Qu, J. (2020). The role of formal social support in promoting health-related messages to middle-aged and elderly adults: a case study during the COVID-19 outbreak. Paper presented at The International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) 2020 Online Conference, Virtual Conference.
Liu, J. (2020). Fall in Love With Bots: The Anthropomorphisation of Social Bots and Co-Evolutions Between Humans and Machines. Paper presented at 70th Annual Conference of International Communication Association (ICA), Virtual Conference.
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