Current PhD Research Projects

Bingjie LE

  • The Impact of Media Narratives and Digital Engagement on Intangible Cultural Heritage Safeguarding

Chongchong WANG

  • The Impact of Social Media on Body Image Among Chinese Female Fans of K-Pop Girl Groups

Guanyu LUO

  • The Cinema of Lou Ye

Hongyi TAO

  • AI and Immersive Digital Technologies for Intangible Cultural Heritage: Enhancing Immersion and Cultural Authenticity in Museum Experiences — The Case of Kunqu Opera

Jie JI

  • Reframing China from the Global South

Menglei LI

  • War or Peace? A Comparison of the Framing of the 2023 Gaza War in Chinese and American News Coverage

Ming ZHENG

  • Social Bots and Emotional Contagion in Shaping the Image of China’s Technology Power on X

Qingran PAN

  • Exploring the TPACK levels of music educators and its influencing factors: a mixed-methods study in Nanjing, China

Qiuyi ZHAO

  • "Double Constraints" on the Construction of Women's Images in TV Dramas from 2013-2023

Shiyu TANG

  • Unique Henan - Land of Dramas as a Theatrical Theme Park: Artistic Creation, Audience Reception, and the Challenges of Cross-Culture Adaptation

Shuhan LIN

  • The Representation of the Maoist Past in the Postmemory Generation Chinese Cinema

Tianren LIU

  • Beyond Visual Aesthetics: How Spatialized Ambient Soundscapes Reshape Immersive Experience in XR

Wanwan CHEN

  • Digital Preservation of Intangible Cultural Heritage in China: Analyzing the Impact of Short Video Storytelling on Douyin (2020-2025)

Xiaolin SUN

  • Immersive Storytelling for Presenting Ethnic Minority Culture in Museums: Insights from a Case Study of Miao Culture

Xin PAN

  • Ludo-spectatorship as Gaming and Metagaming: Exploring the Pleasures of Assemblage

Yizhe CUI

  • The Strategy of an Authentic Persona: How to Make Influencing a Sustainable Career

Yuan CHEN

  • Towards a Circular Framing Model in Financial Journalism: The Relationships Between Financial Journalists, News Frames, and Stakeholders in China in the Digital Age

Yuchen XU

  • Audience immersion in Shanghai's Small-Scale Immersive Theatre

Yue ZHAO

  • Chinese Cinema and Soft Power

Yuning ZHANG

  • Challenges and Navigation: Exploring Rural Chinese Women’s Experiences of Digital Divides through Adverse Digital Incorporation and Platform Affordances

Yuyao DING

  • Self-Media Opinion Leaders in the Heterogeneous Communication of Public Policy on Sina Weibo

Yuying CHEN

  • Digital motherhood in China: Presenting and Deconstructing Motherhood for Contemporary Chinese New Mothers in State and Social Media

Zihan ZHAO

  • Historical Reenactment and Storytelling Construction with the Role of Danmuku in Bilibili’s Historical Documentaries

Zhengyi WU

  • Virtual Production as an Intermediate Screen: Reshaping Contemporary Moving Image Practices in China