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Jack Qiu @jackqiu.bsky.social · Jul 13

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Jack Qiu @jackqiu.bsky.social · Jul 13

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Full recording of opening ceremony #IAMCR2025 #IAMCRSingapore #NTUsg #wkwsci

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Jack Qiu @jackqiu.bsky.social · Jul 12

Welcome all 1700+ participants to #IAMCR2025 #IAMCRSingapore #wkwsci look forward to seeing everyone at the opening ceremony tomorrow!

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Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South @iasnuq.bsky.social · Jul 12

We're now in a wide-ranging keynote conversation between @mkraidy.bsky.social and @jackqiu.bsky.social, probing the meanings of Asia, InterAsia, and the digital, and what it means to theorize from the South.

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Jack Qiu @jackqiu.bsky.social · Jul 12

Thank you @mkraidy.bsky.social and #NUQProud colleagues. A stimulating discussion that was. Wonderful way to start #IAMCR2025 #IAMCRSingapore !

Marwan M. Kraidy @mkraidy.bsky.social · Jul 12

This was a fun and informative @nuqatar.bsky.social @iasnuq.bsky.social preconference keynote conversation with @jackqiu.bsky.social about InterAsian Digitalities at #IAMCR2025 #NUQProud

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Jack Qiu @jackqiu.bsky.social · Jun 18

Thank you @iamcr.org !

IAMCR @iamcr.org · Jun 18

🚨 New from IAMCR & Wiley!
The Handbook of Digital Labor explores global views on digital work — from platform economies to AI and automation.

A must-read for researchers, activists & policymakers.
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#DigitalLabor #IAMCR #MediaStudies #PlatformWork

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Jack Qiu @jackqiu.bsky.social · Jun 7

See our presentations, top paper sessions, exhibition booth, and new hires: www.ntu.edu.sg/wkwsci/news-...

NTU Singapore @ ICA 2025

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Jack Qiu @jackqiu.bsky.social · Jun 7

Join us at Nanyang Reception if you are heading for #ICA25 in Denver! #wkwsci #NTUsg

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Enda Brophy @enda-b.bsky.social · Jun 5

Amid the unfolding cataclysm that is the world right now, a tiny bit of good news. The Handbook of Digital Labour landed on our doorstep this week and its publication is special for a few reasons. Much gratitude to @jackqiu.bsky.social‬ Shinjoung Yeo & Richard Maxwell for their editorial work.

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Christian Fuchs @fuchschristian.bsky.social · Apr 17

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.... @iamcr.org @jackqiu.bsky.social A new IAMCR handbook on Digital Labour Studies...

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Jack Qiu @jackqiu.bsky.social · Feb 12

New pub 📢 "SoftBank: Empire-building, capital formation & power in Asian digital capitalism" New Political Economy
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SoftBank: empire-building, capital formation & power in Asian digital capitalism

Venture capital (VC) firms in Silicon Valley have long enabled digital enterprises from Meta to Google. This article investigates SoftBank, a Japanese conglomerate whose Softbank Vision Fund (SVF1)...

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Mél Hogan / The Data Fix @melhogan.bsky.social · Feb 2

Life is Communication:
A Review of Life:
A Transdisciplinary Inquiry

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Life is Communication: A Review of Life: A Transdisciplinary Inquiry

Published in Environmental Communication (Ahead of Print, 2025)

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Jack Qiu @jackqiu.bsky.social · Jan 29

Happy Lunar New Year!

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Jack Qiu @jackqiu.bsky.social · Jan 9

Thank you #ICA!

International Communication Association @icahdq.bsky.social · Dec 20

In this month's newsletter, get to know ICA member 🌟Jack Qiu🌟.
https://buff.ly/49LwM0m

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Jack Qiu @jackqiu.bsky.social · Dec 25

Merry Christmas everyone! Season's Greetings from #WKWSCI! ✨🎄

Thank you for being a part of our #WeeFamily – your support, collaboration, and dedication make our community truly special.

Wishing you a peaceful holiday season full of joy and love!

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Jack Qiu @jackqiu.bsky.social · Dec 5

Fantastic special issue! 三十年河东!

Guobin Yang @guobin-yang.bsky.social · Dec 4

Part 1 of our special issue "Thirty Years of the Internet in China" is out, open-access, with 10 articles & an Introduction
journals.sagepub.com/toc/ctpa/9/4. The remaining 14 pieces are out OnlineFirst. Thank you to our contributors! @annenbergpenn.bsky.social @cdcspenn.bsky.social

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Mirca Madianou @madianou.bsky.social · Nov 22

A great primer and teaching resource on the work of Frantz Fanon by my brilliant @mediacomgold.bsky.social colleague Marcela Pizzaro

Media, Communications & Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths @mediacomgold.bsky.social · Nov 22

This brilliant new short animated film about #Fanon made by MCCS's Marcela Pizzaro, now up on @aljazeera.com:

www.aljazeera.com/amp/program/...

Race Historicised: Fanon & Colonial Psychosis | DigiDocs

Fanon is a short film that explores the fascinating story of Frantz Fanon.

www.aljazeera.com

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Jack Qiu @jackqiu.bsky.social · Nov 23

Welcome all to Wee Kim Wee School, NTU, Singapore!

Bhanu Bhakta Acharya, PhD @acharyabhanu.bsky.social · Nov 17

Call for Abstract Submission !!!

The next IAMCR 2025 Conference will be held in Singapore from 13 to 17 July 2025.

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Jack Qiu @jackqiu.bsky.social · Nov 23

Congratulations!

CDCS: Center on Digital Culture and Society @cdcspenn.bsky.social · Nov 22

Congratulations to former CDCS doctoral fellow
@zoezhao.bsky.social
on receiving the Outstanding Dissertation Award from the Association of Chinese Communication Studies at #nca2024
for her dissertation "The Rise of Platform Game Work in China "

Jack Qiu @jackqiu.bsky.social · Nov 23

Hello bsky world!

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