Mengyang Zhao
Biographic Data
| ID | 3959452 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mengyang Zhao |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mengyang |
| FAMILY NAME | Zhao |
| SIGNATURE | ZHAO M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pennsylvania |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5952-1263 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Multiple positionalities, plural movements: A feminist and queer interrogation of Sinophone diaspora activism
The Labor of Reinvention: Entrepreneurship in the New Chinese Digital Economy
Ready worker two: Gendered labor regime of platform-based game work in China
This study delves into the gendered labor regime of platform game work in China, a burgeoning remote platform economy connecting customers with workers for entertainment or gameplay assistance. It reveals that offline gender divisions persistently seep into and solidify the logic of gender discipline in online gaming, channeling women into service-centric roles that face devaluation. Beyond the overt obstacles hindering women from lucrative gamin…
Extending the research on digital China: The transnational lens
The goal of this article is to reflect on and challenge some key presumptions in the existing research on digital China, and to critically extend this line of inquiry by engaging with the transnational perspective. We argue that the transnational lens, while acknowledging the vital role of the state, can reveal a more diverse set of actors and their dynamics. Theoretically, we borrow from critical studies that conceptualize and repackage Chinese-…
Bulut, E. (2020). A Precarious Game: The Illusion of Dream Jobs in the Video Game Industry
Solidarity Stalled: When Chinese Activists Meet Social Movements in Democracies
This study analyzes a largely unexamined phenomenon in the studies of transnational activism: immigrant activists' engagement in progressive social movements in their residence countries. Through participatory observation and interviews with the Chinese activist communities, this study explores how diaspora activists assess social movements in established liberal democracies in light of their experiences with organizing in a more repressive setti…
Chinese Diaspora Activism and the Future of International Solidarity
Media Freedom and Protest Events in the Global South
Objective This articles analyzes the relationship between media freedom and protest onset in 60 African and Latin American countries from 1993 to 2015. Additional analysis is conducted to explore such relationship for different types of protest events. Method The article is based on event history data generated from the Social Conflict Analysis Database, Freedom House, Polity IV, the World Bank, and the International Telecommunication Union, whic…
Networked Publics and Digital Contention: The Politics of Everyday Life in Tunisia
Networked Publics and Digital Contention: The Politics of Everyday Life in Tunisia." Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 15(2), pp. 193–194
Ready worker two: Gendered labor regime of platform-based game work in China
This study delves into the gendered labor regime of platform game work in China, a burgeoning remote platform economy connecting customers with workers for entertainment or gameplay assistance. It reveals that offline gender divisions persistently seep into and solidify the logic of gender discipline in online gaming, channeling women into service-centric roles that face devaluation. Beyond the overt obstacles hindering women from lucrative gamin…
Solidarity Stalled: When Chinese Activists Meet Social Movements in Democracies
This study analyzes a largely unexamined phenomenon in the studies of transnational activism: immigrant activists' engagement in progressive social movements in their residence countries. Through participatory observation and interviews with the Chinese activist communities, this study explores how diaspora activists assess social movements in established liberal democracies in light of their experiences with organizing in a more repressive setti…
Media Freedom and Protest Events in the Global South
Objective This articles analyzes the relationship between media freedom and protest onset in 60 African and Latin American countries from 1993 to 2015. Additional analysis is conducted to explore such relationship for different types of protest events. Method The article is based on event history data generated from the Social Conflict Analysis Database, Freedom House, Polity IV, the World Bank, and the International Telecommunication Union, whic…
Networked Publics and Digital Contention: The Politics of Everyday Life in Tunisia
Networked Publics and Digital Contention: The Politics of Everyday Life in Tunisia." Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 15(2), pp. 193–194
Media Freedom and Protest Events in the Global South
Objective This articles analyzes the relationship between media freedom and protest onset in 60 African and Latin American countries from 1993 to 2015. Additional analysis is conducted to explore such relationship for different types of protest events. Method The article is based on event history data generated from the Social Conflict Analysis Database, Freedom House, Polity IV, the World Bank, and the International Telecommunication Union, whic…
Chinese Diaspora Activism and the Future of International Solidarity
Bulut, E. (2020). A Precarious Game: The Illusion of Dream Jobs in the Video Game Industry
Solidarity Stalled: When Chinese Activists Meet Social Movements in Democracies
This study analyzes a largely unexamined phenomenon in the studies of transnational activism: immigrant activists' engagement in progressive social movements in their residence countries. Through participatory observation and interviews with the Chinese activist communities, this study explores how diaspora activists assess social movements in established liberal democracies in light of their experiences with organizing in a more repressive setti…
Extending the research on digital China: The transnational lens
The goal of this article is to reflect on and challenge some key presumptions in the existing research on digital China, and to critically extend this line of inquiry by engaging with the transnational perspective. We argue that the transnational lens, while acknowledging the vital role of the state, can reveal a more diverse set of actors and their dynamics. Theoretically, we borrow from critical studies that conceptualize and repackage Chinese-…
Ready worker two: Gendered labor regime of platform-based game work in China
This study delves into the gendered labor regime of platform game work in China, a burgeoning remote platform economy connecting customers with workers for entertainment or gameplay assistance. It reveals that offline gender divisions persistently seep into and solidify the logic of gender discipline in online gaming, channeling women into service-centric roles that face devaluation. Beyond the overt obstacles hindering women from lucrative gamin…
Multiple positionalities, plural movements: A feminist and queer interrogation of Sinophone diaspora activism
The Labor of Reinvention: Entrepreneurship in the New Chinese Digital Economy
Political science (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Politics (4 works) · China (3 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (3 works) · Digital Economy and Work Transformation (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (3 works) · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (2 works)