Jiangu Gong
Biographic Data
| ID | 148147 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jiangu Gong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jiangu |
| FAMILY NAME | Gong |
| SIGNATURE | GONG J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Malaya |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3785-7449 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 33 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 33 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Algorithmic muteness
Workers who plan, curate, and promote content fuel platforms’ traffic success, yet frequently experience their labor as leaving no meaningful trace. While critical scholarship links this estrangement to algorithmic management, how it reshapes the quality of workers’ relationship with their own labor remains underexplored. Drawing on Rosa’s Resonance Theory and 27 interviews with platform content operators at China’s leading internet companies, th…
Digital mutual aid narrative healing practices
China is undergoing significant demographic changes and social transformation. Shidu older adults, defined as individuals aged 60 and above who have lost their only child under the one-child policy and have not had or adopted another, experience profound psychological trauma and identity disruption. Traditional support systems offer limited assistance. In contrast, online social platforms present new opportunities for grief expression and empathe…
The Twin Transition
Firms facing the “twin transition” toward digital transformation and environmental sustainability face a critical resource allocation problem: Do capital‐intensive digital upgrades compete for resources with or catalyze investments in green innovation? We examine this issue within the context of China's Intelligent Manufacturing Demonstration Project (IMDP), a hybrid industrial policy combining digitalization and environmental targets. Using a st…
Understanding the academic field in China
Legitimation and delegitimation in online argumentative discourse on Weibo
The present study introduces the concept of online argumentative discourse to address a limitation in much existing social media discourse research, which often struggles to capture the interactional and evolving dynamics of online controversy as it unfolds in comment threads. It treats online disputes as a dynamic process rather than a static set of texts, in which participants publicly negotiate credibility, evidence, and norms of judgement. Em…
AI algorithms and gendered labor
The commercial and operational success of China’s leading digital platforms, such as Douyin and Taobao, relies on two critical elements: AI algorithms that distribute traffic, and a systematic labor division where male-dominated technical positions develop these algorithms while female-dominated operational roles (e.g. content operations, e-commerce, moderation) manage their outcomes. While existing research documents gendered labor division, emo…
Education arbitrage in Southeast Asia
Digital intimacy in lockdown
The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly reshaped everyday life, with long-term effects across multiple domains. While much existing scholarship has emphasised the negative consequences of the crisis, this article highlights its unexpected potentials by examining how single gay men in mainland China used Blued, the country's largest gay dating app, during lockdown. Grounded in domestication theory, we used in-depth interviews to explore how users app…
‘We’re here to spite our government’
Drawing on Fairclough’s model of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and intertextuality, this study examines how Chinese and Western media represent TikTok migrants in response to US digital platform restrictions. Through a comparative analysis of news coverage from Chinese outlets ( China Daily, Xinhua, and Global Times ) and Western outlets ( BBC, CNN, Reuters, and Associated Press) , this study identifies divergent discursive strategies and und…
Social media fatigue and the circulation of fake news
Reframing the Taliban
This article explores the media representation of the Taliban in Pakistan, China and the US following their 2021 return to power. Employing Fairclough’s (1992) critical discourse analysis framework outlined in his article in Discourse & Society 3(2), the study compares The New York Times, Dawn and China Daily narratives depicting the Taliban rule between 2021 and 2024. The authors reveal how national interests and geopolitical factors influence t…
Contentious publicness and visibility management
This article draws on the theoretical framework of contentious publicness, integrated with the concept of legal standing, to track the movement of environmental public interest litigation (EPIL) initiated by the Chinese non-governmental organization (NGO), Friends of Nature (FoN). The results showed that by utilizing the technological infrastructure provided by Weibo, FoN effectively brought the EPIL debate into the public sphere and media spotli…
Exploring the influence of spiritual leadership on proactive customers service performance
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) for Journalism Studies
Despite the field's interdisciplinary nature, academic specialization and the academic norm of in-field referencing have limited the scope of possibility that journalism studies may draw upon fields not part of its interdisciplinary repertoire. This paper invites readers to explore Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), a rich analytical tradition from qualitative psychology and health studies and demonstrates its applicability in journa…
Why Do We Listen to Audiobooks? The Role of Narrator Performance, BGM, Telepresence, and Emotional Connectedness
Audiobooks have gained significant popularity in China and other regions worldwide. While scholars and practitioners have extensively researched strategies to develop the audiobook market, limited attention has been given to the factors influencing audiences’ attitude toward audiobooks, which is a gap this study aimed to explore. Survey data was collected from a total of 537 consumers and analyzed using partial least squares structural equation m…
How the social media impact women’s psychological well-being in the patriarchal structure? The moderating effect of social capital
Despite the higher penetration of digital technologies, cultural power still rules in developing countries like Pakistan. Social media uses are gender- and culturally specific, contributing to psychological well-being and developing social capital. The results from Pakistani society recommend ensuring a secure digital experience for women to get maximum benefits from social media and enhance their psychological well-being
Pakistani Women Journalists
Grounded in the intersections of culture, gender and occupation, this paper explores the challenges and barriers faced by "elite" Pakistani women working in a journalistic profession steeped in male dominance shaped by patriarchal values. One-on-one in-depth interviews were conducted with nine highly experienced women journalists from television, radio, digital and print media. The findings reveal a range of occupational hazards confronting women…
English-language news representations of the Fukushima nuclear-treated-water discharge at the initial phase in Japan and neighbouring countries
There is a gap in our knowledge that has not been filled much yet: the interplay between uncertainty and transparency, as well as the social amplification of risk and potential manipulation, interconnected with the media agenda-setting theory in risk communication. To fill this gap, this study investigates how China’s, South Korea’s, and Japan’s leading English-language newspapers present their respective stands on the issue of the Fukushima nucl…
Mobile social media as a vehicle of health communication
The utilization of mobile communication can significantly enhance the availability and accessibility of public health information. To this end, various mobile social media platforms are recognized as multimodal discourses that can serve as powerful instruments in disseminating health-related information to a wider audience, thereby allowing for greater reach and improved health outcomes. This study retrospectively examined Malaysia’s third wave o…
Automatic Coding Mechanisms for Open-Ended Questions in Journalism Surveys
Answers from open-ended questions are a valuable part of journalism surveys. However, due to the expense and difficulties involved in manual coding, the current situation, in which open-ended questions are used and analyzed in large-scale web surveys, is not satisfactory. This article reviews the types, coding tasks, and automatic coding techniques of open-ended questions. We propose a five-step procedure on how to analyze open-ended questions th…
Do Privacy Stress and Brand Trust still Matter? Implications on Continuous Online Purchasing Intention in China
Do social media literacy skills help in combating fake news spread? Modelling the moderating role of social media literacy skills in the relationship between rational choice factors and fake news shar…
Twitter trolling of Pakistani female journalists
The incorporation of new media technology into journalistic practices led to online harassment, particularly of female journalists. The researchers investigated the tweets of four prominent Pakistani female journalists through the lens of post-colonial feminism and symbolic violence. The qualitative analysis of 239 tweets revealed themes that corroborated the dominance of sociocultural and political grounds in undermining the status of women and …
Exploring Cultural Meaning Construction in Social Media
Hall's encoding/decoding model has been widely used in mass media, but its potential in social media studies has not been explored thoroughly. To this end, this paper aims to broaden the fundamental principles and assumptions of the model and apply them to audience engagement and interaction in constructing cultural meaning through social media. By analysing the YouTube channel of Liziqi (Vlogger), this study adopts a two-stage content analysis t…
Intertextuality and ideology
As one of the major venues for articulating and disseminating national agendas and opinion discourse, national newspapers play a critical role in promulgating ideology. Underpinned by Intertextuality and Social Actor Theory, this study explores intertextual aspects of China Daily’s reporting of COVID-19 to unearth hidden ideology behind texts. The analysis reveals diversified voices from multiple actors around the globe, with China’s official lea…
Exploring Cultural Meaning Construction in Social Media
Hall's encoding/decoding model has been widely used in mass media, but its potential in social media studies has not been explored thoroughly. To this end, this paper aims to broaden the fundamental principles and assumptions of the model and apply them to audience engagement and interaction in constructing cultural meaning through social media. By analysing the YouTube channel of Liziqi (Vlogger), this study adopts a two-stage content analysis t…
Is the Pandemic a Boon or a Bane? News Media Coverage of Covid-19 in China Daily
During the current worldwide pandemic, media coverage of COVID-19 influenced popular perceptions and provided guidance on how to deal with the crisis. However, prior research may have been limited by a singular approach and the portrayal of COVID-19 in mainstream newspapers in China has not been fully explored. This study utilised mixed-methods research, incorporating automated analysis (n = 308 articles) and manual (n = 52 articles) thematic ana…
Small world sampling
One primary concern in researching journalistic practice and media production is the difficulty of gaining research access to media organizations and their media professionals. This paper theorizes Small World Sampling method for identifying and recruiting participants for qualitative research. Based on an ethnographic interview study involving 32 journalists at six different international news organizations, our Small World Sampling method creat…
Intertextuality and ideology
As one of the major venues for articulating and disseminating national agendas and opinion discourse, national newspapers play a critical role in promulgating ideology. Underpinned by Intertextuality and Social Actor Theory, this study explores intertextual aspects of China Daily’s reporting of COVID-19 to unearth hidden ideology behind texts. The analysis reveals diversified voices from multiple actors around the globe, with China’s official lea…
Pakistani Women Journalists
Grounded in the intersections of culture, gender and occupation, this paper explores the challenges and barriers faced by "elite" Pakistani women working in a journalistic profession steeped in male dominance shaped by patriarchal values. One-on-one in-depth interviews were conducted with nine highly experienced women journalists from television, radio, digital and print media. The findings reveal a range of occupational hazards confronting women…
Twitter trolling of Pakistani female journalists
The incorporation of new media technology into journalistic practices led to online harassment, particularly of female journalists. The researchers investigated the tweets of four prominent Pakistani female journalists through the lens of post-colonial feminism and symbolic violence. The qualitative analysis of 239 tweets revealed themes that corroborated the dominance of sociocultural and political grounds in undermining the status of women and …
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) for Journalism Studies
Despite the field's interdisciplinary nature, academic specialization and the academic norm of in-field referencing have limited the scope of possibility that journalism studies may draw upon fields not part of its interdisciplinary repertoire. This paper invites readers to explore Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), a rich analytical tradition from qualitative psychology and health studies and demonstrates its applicability in journa…
English-language news representations of the Fukushima nuclear-treated-water discharge at the initial phase in Japan and neighbouring countries
There is a gap in our knowledge that has not been filled much yet: the interplay between uncertainty and transparency, as well as the social amplification of risk and potential manipulation, interconnected with the media agenda-setting theory in risk communication. To fill this gap, this study investigates how China’s, South Korea’s, and Japan’s leading English-language newspapers present their respective stands on the issue of the Fukushima nucl…
Cinematography for female objectification
The transition in Pakistani cinema and terming it as a rival of cinema heavily depends on the bowing technique of item songs, which is deliberately fueling the negative representation of females. The qualitative analysis of item songs underlines the representation of women and sheds light on aspects regarding how the objectification of women in item songs is done in a patriarchal society and what values are assigned based on gender. The analysis …
Technology empowerment
Media attention, dependency, self-efficacy, and prosocial behaviours during the outbreak of Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused disruption not only in the global health and economic sectors, but also in the field of journalism. As media has played and continues to play a pivotal role in disseminating information during the pandemic crisis, it is critical to examine how media influences the behaviour of their target audience. Subsequently, this study aimed to examine the relationship between media attention, dependency, self-efficacy, and p…
Established and Nascent Entrepreneurs
Mental health problems currently affect a quarter of the world's population. Recent research in western societies has started to examine the relationship between entrepreneurship and mental health problems such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and dyslexia. However, little has been done to categorize entrepreneurs into different types and investigate how their levels of mental health and well-being correspond to these types. Thi…
Is the Pandemic a Boon or a Bane? News Media Coverage of Covid-19 in China Daily
During the current worldwide pandemic, media coverage of COVID-19 influenced popular perceptions and provided guidance on how to deal with the crisis. However, prior research may have been limited by a singular approach and the portrayal of COVID-19 in mainstream newspapers in China has not been fully explored. This study utilised mixed-methods research, incorporating automated analysis (n = 308 articles) and manual (n = 52 articles) thematic ana…
Small world sampling
One primary concern in researching journalistic practice and media production is the difficulty of gaining research access to media organizations and their media professionals. This paper theorizes Small World Sampling method for identifying and recruiting participants for qualitative research. Based on an ethnographic interview study involving 32 journalists at six different international news organizations, our Small World Sampling method creat…
Pathways Linking Media Use to Wellbeing during the Covid-19 Pandemic
During prolonged social isolation, media exposure is often intensified increases as individuals turn to the Internet, social media, television, and newspapers for information, communication, entertainment, and more. This exploratory study explores the correlations among media use, anxiety, and wellbeing in China during the COVID-19 pandemic. A survey questionnaire was designed to measure the following five constructs: media dependency, media atte…
Moderating effect of gender between social media needs and psychological wellbeing
This study investigated the correlation between social media usage and psychological wellbeing among university students as well as the moderating role of gender between this relationship. A conceptual model was developed to empirically test and explore the effects of five social media needs derived from the Uses and Gratification theory on Ryff's six dimensions of psychological wellbeing. Structural equation modeling analysis results revealed th…
Mobile social media as a vehicle of health communication
The utilization of mobile communication can significantly enhance the availability and accessibility of public health information. To this end, various mobile social media platforms are recognized as multimodal discourses that can serve as powerful instruments in disseminating health-related information to a wider audience, thereby allowing for greater reach and improved health outcomes. This study retrospectively examined Malaysia’s third wave o…
Automatic Coding Mechanisms for Open-Ended Questions in Journalism Surveys
Answers from open-ended questions are a valuable part of journalism surveys. However, due to the expense and difficulties involved in manual coding, the current situation, in which open-ended questions are used and analyzed in large-scale web surveys, is not satisfactory. This article reviews the types, coding tasks, and automatic coding techniques of open-ended questions. We propose a five-step procedure on how to analyze open-ended questions th…
Do Privacy Stress and Brand Trust still Matter? Implications on Continuous Online Purchasing Intention in China
Do social media literacy skills help in combating fake news spread? Modelling the moderating role of social media literacy skills in the relationship between rational choice factors and fake news shar…
Twitter trolling of Pakistani female journalists
The incorporation of new media technology into journalistic practices led to online harassment, particularly of female journalists. The researchers investigated the tweets of four prominent Pakistani female journalists through the lens of post-colonial feminism and symbolic violence. The qualitative analysis of 239 tweets revealed themes that corroborated the dominance of sociocultural and political grounds in undermining the status of women and …
Exploring Cultural Meaning Construction in Social Media
Hall's encoding/decoding model has been widely used in mass media, but its potential in social media studies has not been explored thoroughly. To this end, this paper aims to broaden the fundamental principles and assumptions of the model and apply them to audience engagement and interaction in constructing cultural meaning through social media. By analysing the YouTube channel of Liziqi (Vlogger), this study adopts a two-stage content analysis t…
Intertextuality and ideology
As one of the major venues for articulating and disseminating national agendas and opinion discourse, national newspapers play a critical role in promulgating ideology. Underpinned by Intertextuality and Social Actor Theory, this study explores intertextual aspects of China Daily’s reporting of COVID-19 to unearth hidden ideology behind texts. The analysis reveals diversified voices from multiple actors around the globe, with China’s official lea…
Why Do We Listen to Audiobooks? The Role of Narrator Performance, BGM, Telepresence, and Emotional Connectedness
Audiobooks have gained significant popularity in China and other regions worldwide. While scholars and practitioners have extensively researched strategies to develop the audiobook market, limited attention has been given to the factors influencing audiences’ attitude toward audiobooks, which is a gap this study aimed to explore. Survey data was collected from a total of 537 consumers and analyzed using partial least squares structural equation m…
How the social media impact women’s psychological well-being in the patriarchal structure? The moderating effect of social capital
Despite the higher penetration of digital technologies, cultural power still rules in developing countries like Pakistan. Social media uses are gender- and culturally specific, contributing to psychological well-being and developing social capital. The results from Pakistani society recommend ensuring a secure digital experience for women to get maximum benefits from social media and enhance their psychological well-being
Pakistani Women Journalists
Grounded in the intersections of culture, gender and occupation, this paper explores the challenges and barriers faced by "elite" Pakistani women working in a journalistic profession steeped in male dominance shaped by patriarchal values. One-on-one in-depth interviews were conducted with nine highly experienced women journalists from television, radio, digital and print media. The findings reveal a range of occupational hazards confronting women…
English-language news representations of the Fukushima nuclear-treated-water discharge at the initial phase in Japan and neighbouring countries
There is a gap in our knowledge that has not been filled much yet: the interplay between uncertainty and transparency, as well as the social amplification of risk and potential manipulation, interconnected with the media agenda-setting theory in risk communication. To fill this gap, this study investigates how China’s, South Korea’s, and Japan’s leading English-language newspapers present their respective stands on the issue of the Fukushima nucl…
‘We’re here to spite our government’
Drawing on Fairclough’s model of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and intertextuality, this study examines how Chinese and Western media represent TikTok migrants in response to US digital platform restrictions. Through a comparative analysis of news coverage from Chinese outlets ( China Daily, Xinhua, and Global Times ) and Western outlets ( BBC, CNN, Reuters, and Associated Press) , this study identifies divergent discursive strategies and und…
Social media fatigue and the circulation of fake news
Reframing the Taliban
This article explores the media representation of the Taliban in Pakistan, China and the US following their 2021 return to power. Employing Fairclough’s (1992) critical discourse analysis framework outlined in his article in Discourse & Society 3(2), the study compares The New York Times, Dawn and China Daily narratives depicting the Taliban rule between 2021 and 2024. The authors reveal how national interests and geopolitical factors influence t…
Contentious publicness and visibility management
This article draws on the theoretical framework of contentious publicness, integrated with the concept of legal standing, to track the movement of environmental public interest litigation (EPIL) initiated by the Chinese non-governmental organization (NGO), Friends of Nature (FoN). The results showed that by utilizing the technological infrastructure provided by Weibo, FoN effectively brought the EPIL debate into the public sphere and media spotli…
Exploring the influence of spiritual leadership on proactive customers service performance
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) for Journalism Studies
Despite the field's interdisciplinary nature, academic specialization and the academic norm of in-field referencing have limited the scope of possibility that journalism studies may draw upon fields not part of its interdisciplinary repertoire. This paper invites readers to explore Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), a rich analytical tradition from qualitative psychology and health studies and demonstrates its applicability in journa…
Psychology (18 works) · Sociology (17 works) · Political science (14 works) · Computer Science (11 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Social Media and Politics (9 works) · China (8 works) · Media studies (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Media Studies and Communication (7 works)