I onboarded Bibo halfway for his expertise. The study reveals journalists’ constrained freedom (caught between state regulation and platform governance), offering new insights into how platform power operates across geopolitical tensions and intersects state interest comm.

New pub🚨: What happens when Chinese journalists must use U.S.-owned, China-banned platforms to reach global audiences? 4 years ago, I had 26 in-depth interviews with journalists navigating this double bind. Now after a long journey it finally came out!

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Another call for submissions due in one month, an ICA preconference co-sponsored by @cdcspenn.bsky.social : cts.ku.dk/projects/to-...

If you want to know more about how Chinese foreign-aimed journalists leverage foreign social media platforms, as well as the challenges they face as their journalistic practices are increasingly platform-based and digitally oriented, do not miss this excellent essay by @wanghaitucker.bsky.social.