🎉 Wrapped up #CIRC25 at Peking University – what an inspiring few days discussing the future of the Chinese internet in the AI era!
Grateful to all organisers, speakers, and new connections. Bonus: a JD.com visit + Beijing duck overload 🤗
#AI #DigitalChina #AcademicLife

Just spotted that our #ICA25 panel was featured by the @reutersinstitute — a bit late, but still a lovely surprise! 🎉

Really appreciate this kind of infrastructure to make journalism + AI research more visible beyond the academic bubble.

📰 Panel feature: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/here-are-panels-presentations-and-posters-ica-2025-featuring-researchers-reuters-institute

Also, the article I presented is now out in Digital Journalism:
🧠 https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2025.2502851

#JournalismStudies #AIandJournalism #DigitalChina #ICA2025 #AcademicResearch #ReutersInstitute #GenerativeAI #NewsInnovation

Here are the panels, presentations and posters at ICA 2025 featuring researchers from the Reuters Institute

Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism

So honored to have my PhD research featured by Karlstad University! 🎓

📰 “Journalism Rewired: How AI Is Reshaping News in China and Beyond”

What happens when AI meets journalism in China’s tightly controlled media environment? And what can it tell us about the future of news everywhere?

Read the full story 👉 https://www.kau.se/en/news/journalism-rewired-how-ai-reshaping-news-china-and-beyond

#AI #Journalism #DigitalChina #MediaStudies #PhDLife #AIethics #NewsInnovation #PlatformPower #AcademicResearch

Journalism Rewired: How AI Is Reshaping News in China and Beyond

What happens when AI meets journalism in one of the world’s most tightly controlled media environments? Joanne Kuai, newly graduated PhD in Media and Communication Studies at Karlstad University, dives into China’s AI-powered newsrooms - and what they reveal about the future of journalism everywhere.

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#DigitalChina #TechGrowth #DataEconomy

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Wanghong Urbanism: Towards a New Urban-Digital Spectacle

What happens when a place achieves celebrity status on social media? Amy Y. Zhang, Asa Roast and Carwyn Morris introduce the term “wanghong urbanism” to theorize the construction of urban-digital spectacle and discuss the implications of the phenomenon for cities in China and beyond.

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