Erika Ningxin Wang
Biographic Data
| ID | 307978 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erika Ningxin Wang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erika Ningxin |
| FAMILY NAME | Wang |
| SIGNATURE | WANG E N |
| AFFILIATIONS | King's College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0009-7896 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 44 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
“My Non-Existing Organ”: Transitional Objects, Compensatory Romance, and the Affective Enclaves of Chinese Female Idol Fandom
This article examines how young Chinese female fans of the idol group ONER construct and defend gendered subjectivities through digitally mediated intimate practices across Weibo, Douban, and private WeChat groups. Drawing on 24 months of multi-sited digital ethnography across seven Chinese cities, the study documents two identificatory positions, the girlfriend-fan and the mum-fan, and two material-semiotic practices through which these identifi…
Cyber-nationalism and celebrity: The Zhehan Zhang controversy
Chinese celebrity dossier: The Politics of Censorship Governance
Participatory Censorship With Illusory Empowerment: Algorithmic Folklore and Interpretive Labor beyond Fandom
This article explores the cultural complexities of participatory censorship among young Chinese netizens, particularly within and beyond fan communities, through a digital ethnographic lens. By examining the interplay between social media practices and state governance, the study introduces the concepts of algorithmic folklore and interpretive labor to elucidate how fans engage in censorship as both a routine task and a form of ideological negoti…
A male idol becoming a girl? Nisu fans' sexual fantasy about male stars
The emergent movement of reverse Sue (Nisu) in China refers to the practice of (especially female) fans imagining themselves as having a strong male role to their idols' weak female role. In this process, female fans take on a powerful, active role to protect and look after their male idols in female form. Examining how Nisu fans interact with other types of fans and negotiate a mainstream gender discourse dominated by traditional heterosexual no…
What if academic publishing worked like fan publishing? Imagining the Fantasy Research Archive of Our Own
Researchers, universities, and academic libraries develop a range of tools and platforms to make scholarship more accessible. What could these scholarly communications and open access projects learn from examples set by fandom and fan activists, for example, the fan works platform Archive of Our Own (AO3)? This conceptual paper, the result of a brainstorming session by scholars and librarians, proposes that a Fantasy Research Archive of Our Own s…
Scapegoating Fandom: Digital Colonialism, Capitalism, and Chinese Party-State Power
In June 2021, the Cyber Administration of China (hereafter CAC) began the “ qinglang” (clear-up) campaign targeting online fan communities in China. The stated goal of the campaign is to control fans' collective behavior, including “hitting the charts” ( dabang ), excessive consumption of endorse
Squid Game outside the wall: Fandom nationalism in China and negotiation with state power
In the post-COVID era, the prevalence of “fandom nationalism” on Chinese social media has led to the development of two distinct attitudes toward Squid Game among Chinese netizens. Some nationalist netizens are dedicated to accusing Squid Game of plagiarism or dismissing it as a “cultural invasion.” Another group of fans, due to the ever-tightening Chinese Internet governance, use fandom nationalism as a disguise to protect themselves against cyb…
Fan Conflicts and State Power in China: Internalised Heteronormativity, Censorship Sensibilities, and Fandom Police
Fans as consumers of cultural products have received a great deal of attention from sociologists and cultural studies academics in recent years, and research on the relationship between fans and state power is gradually gaining traction. Through a 12-month digital ethnography of a large-scale fan conflict surrounding The Untamed, a popular ‘Boys’ Love’-adapted drama in China, we uncover a complex picture of two-way exploitation between fans and s…
Beyond the multidisciplinary in fan studies: Learning how to talk among disciplines
In light of the Fan Studies Network's statement regarding fan studies being overrun with whiteness, we are in a unique position to engage in scholarship that challenges the overwhelmingly white and Global North–centric structures that define how we study fan cultures. Multidisciplinarity, which may be understood as disciplines laid side by side, should be contrasted with interdisciplinarity, which requires true dialogue. Despite recent field-shif…
Fan Conflicts and State Power in China: Internalised Heteronormativity, Censorship Sensibilities, and Fandom Police
Fans as consumers of cultural products have received a great deal of attention from sociologists and cultural studies academics in recent years, and research on the relationship between fans and state power is gradually gaining traction. Through a 12-month digital ethnography of a large-scale fan conflict surrounding The Untamed, a popular ‘Boys’ Love’-adapted drama in China, we uncover a complex picture of two-way exploitation between fans and s…
Participatory Censorship With Illusory Empowerment: Algorithmic Folklore and Interpretive Labor beyond Fandom
This article explores the cultural complexities of participatory censorship among young Chinese netizens, particularly within and beyond fan communities, through a digital ethnographic lens. By examining the interplay between social media practices and state governance, the study introduces the concepts of algorithmic folklore and interpretive labor to elucidate how fans engage in censorship as both a routine task and a form of ideological negoti…
Squid Game outside the wall: Fandom nationalism in China and negotiation with state power
In the post-COVID era, the prevalence of “fandom nationalism” on Chinese social media has led to the development of two distinct attitudes toward Squid Game among Chinese netizens. Some nationalist netizens are dedicated to accusing Squid Game of plagiarism or dismissing it as a “cultural invasion.” Another group of fans, due to the ever-tightening Chinese Internet governance, use fandom nationalism as a disguise to protect themselves against cyb…
Cyber-nationalism and celebrity: The Zhehan Zhang controversy
Beyond the multidisciplinary in fan studies: Learning how to talk among disciplines
In light of the Fan Studies Network's statement regarding fan studies being overrun with whiteness, we are in a unique position to engage in scholarship that challenges the overwhelmingly white and Global North–centric structures that define how we study fan cultures. Multidisciplinarity, which may be understood as disciplines laid side by side, should be contrasted with interdisciplinarity, which requires true dialogue. Despite recent field-shif…
What if academic publishing worked like fan publishing? Imagining the Fantasy Research Archive of Our Own
Researchers, universities, and academic libraries develop a range of tools and platforms to make scholarship more accessible. What could these scholarly communications and open access projects learn from examples set by fandom and fan activists, for example, the fan works platform Archive of Our Own (AO3)? This conceptual paper, the result of a brainstorming session by scholars and librarians, proposes that a Fantasy Research Archive of Our Own s…
Scapegoating Fandom: Digital Colonialism, Capitalism, and Chinese Party-State Power
In June 2021, the Cyber Administration of China (hereafter CAC) began the “ qinglang” (clear-up) campaign targeting online fan communities in China. The stated goal of the campaign is to control fans' collective behavior, including “hitting the charts” ( dabang ), excessive consumption of endorse
Squid Game outside the wall: Fandom nationalism in China and negotiation with state power
In the post-COVID era, the prevalence of “fandom nationalism” on Chinese social media has led to the development of two distinct attitudes toward Squid Game among Chinese netizens. Some nationalist netizens are dedicated to accusing Squid Game of plagiarism or dismissing it as a “cultural invasion.” Another group of fans, due to the ever-tightening Chinese Internet governance, use fandom nationalism as a disguise to protect themselves against cyb…
Fan Conflicts and State Power in China: Internalised Heteronormativity, Censorship Sensibilities, and Fandom Police
Fans as consumers of cultural products have received a great deal of attention from sociologists and cultural studies academics in recent years, and research on the relationship between fans and state power is gradually gaining traction. Through a 12-month digital ethnography of a large-scale fan conflict surrounding The Untamed, a popular ‘Boys’ Love’-adapted drama in China, we uncover a complex picture of two-way exploitation between fans and s…
A male idol becoming a girl? Nisu fans' sexual fantasy about male stars
The emergent movement of reverse Sue (Nisu) in China refers to the practice of (especially female) fans imagining themselves as having a strong male role to their idols' weak female role. In this process, female fans take on a powerful, active role to protect and look after their male idols in female form. Examining how Nisu fans interact with other types of fans and negotiate a mainstream gender discourse dominated by traditional heterosexual no…
Cyber-nationalism and celebrity: The Zhehan Zhang controversy
Chinese celebrity dossier: The Politics of Censorship Governance
Participatory Censorship With Illusory Empowerment: Algorithmic Folklore and Interpretive Labor beyond Fandom
This article explores the cultural complexities of participatory censorship among young Chinese netizens, particularly within and beyond fan communities, through a digital ethnographic lens. By examining the interplay between social media practices and state governance, the study introduces the concepts of algorithmic folklore and interpretive labor to elucidate how fans engage in censorship as both a routine task and a form of ideological negoti…
“My Non-Existing Organ”: Transitional Objects, Compensatory Romance, and the Affective Enclaves of Chinese Female Idol Fandom
This article examines how young Chinese female fans of the idol group ONER construct and defend gendered subjectivities through digitally mediated intimate practices across Weibo, Douban, and private WeChat groups. Drawing on 24 months of multi-sited digital ethnography across seven Chinese cities, the study documents two identificatory positions, the girlfriend-fan and the mum-fan, and two material-semiotic practices through which these identifi…
Political science (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Asian Culture and Media Studies (8 works) · Media studies (8 works) · Fandom (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Art (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Business (3 works)