Chunfeng Lin
Biographic Data
| ID | 4266870 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Chunfeng Lin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Chunfeng |
| FAMILY NAME | Lin |
| SIGNATURE | LIN C |
| AFFILIATIONS | East China Normal University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0245-962X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The dance of shadows
In the intricate realm of international affairs, the relationship between foreign correspondents of The New York Times (NYT) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) can be likened to a refined tango, where the worlds of journalism and espionage converge. This study, inspired by this metaphor, delves into the complex relationship between the NYT and the CIA that spans two generations of the Sulzberger family. Drawing from the “James Reston Paper…
War on Papers
The Fetishized Identity Economy
The rise of short-video platforms has transformed identity into a hyper-commodified asset, merging performative self-presentation with algorithmic governance. This article introduces the fetishized identity economy (FIE), a theoretical framework that reinterprets Marxian commodity fetishism, Bourdieusian symbolic capital, and Baudrillardian hyperreality to analyze how digital personas are constructed, staged, and monetized. The FIE framework cent…
Modernizing propaganda in Republican China under a foreign gaze
During China’s Republican era (1912–1949), the Kuomintang (KMT) Nationalists experimented with propaganda in theory and practice as its propaganda moved from a traditionally preaching oriented mass culture to modern mass-media-based weaponry deemed as ‘paper bullets.’ Contrary to the commonly overstated role and influence of the Soviet Union and its theorists during this transition from a utilitarian to an aggressive, weaponized model of propagan…
Digital propaganda is not simply propaganda in digital garb
Drawing on a critical review of the existing literature on computational propaganda and disinformation, and employing a three-stage process—addressing the “New Wine in Old Bottles” problem, extracting foundational concepts, and constructing a four-pillar framework—this article proposes an expanded theory of propaganda. The theory posits that digital propaganda is shaped by four key dimensions: politico-economic, sociocultural, technological, and …
Red Tourism in China
This book analyzes the phenomenally profitable “Red Tourism” industry in China, in which visitors make pilgrimages to sites of historical significance to the Communist Party of China and the Chinese Revolution. The book examines Red Tourism in connection with the transforming power relations between the state and the private, communication in the socialist past, and the current round of capitalization, against the backdrop of the world’s second l…
Silhouette Journalism
Diplomatic normalization between the US and China in the early 1970s was a milestone in Sino-American relations. This article, through the lens of a few American journalists, specifically James Reston of The New York Times and his colleagues, explores how American reporting of China changed around this time. A term “silhouette journalism” is coined to conceptualize the normalization of China reporting in the US before the opening period. The arti…
Red Tourism
This article examines Red Tourism through a case study of Yan’an, China. Drawing upon social/critical scholarship on media and space, the author argues that Red Tourism is better conceived as a social space, both produced and productive. Specifically, from the qualitative data derived from this study and through a spatial analysis of architecture, urban planning, and the museum of Yan’an, the author argues that Red Tourism was created by the stat…
Social class as flow and mutability
This article draws on ethnographic research that examines the contemporary articulation of class identity in the postcolonial elite school setting of Old College high school in Barbados. From the qualitative data derived from this study, we argue that social class is better conceived as a series of flows, mutations, performances and performatives. We complicate the common-sense notion that class is a stable structure that allows for the categoriz…
Red Tourism
This article examines Red Tourism through a case study of Yan’an, China. Drawing upon social/critical scholarship on media and space, the author argues that Red Tourism is better conceived as a social space, both produced and productive. Specifically, from the qualitative data derived from this study and through a spatial analysis of architecture, urban planning, and the museum of Yan’an, the author argues that Red Tourism was created by the stat…
Social class as flow and mutability
This article draws on ethnographic research that examines the contemporary articulation of class identity in the postcolonial elite school setting of Old College high school in Barbados. From the qualitative data derived from this study, we argue that social class is better conceived as a series of flows, mutations, performances and performatives. We complicate the common-sense notion that class is a stable structure that allows for the categoriz…
Digital propaganda is not simply propaganda in digital garb
Drawing on a critical review of the existing literature on computational propaganda and disinformation, and employing a three-stage process—addressing the “New Wine in Old Bottles” problem, extracting foundational concepts, and constructing a four-pillar framework—this article proposes an expanded theory of propaganda. The theory posits that digital propaganda is shaped by four key dimensions: politico-economic, sociocultural, technological, and …
Red Tourism
This article examines Red Tourism through a case study of Yan’an, China. Drawing upon social/critical scholarship on media and space, the author argues that Red Tourism is better conceived as a social space, both produced and productive. Specifically, from the qualitative data derived from this study and through a spatial analysis of architecture, urban planning, and the museum of Yan’an, the author argues that Red Tourism was created by the stat…
Social class as flow and mutability
This article draws on ethnographic research that examines the contemporary articulation of class identity in the postcolonial elite school setting of Old College high school in Barbados. From the qualitative data derived from this study, we argue that social class is better conceived as a series of flows, mutations, performances and performatives. We complicate the common-sense notion that class is a stable structure that allows for the categoriz…
Silhouette Journalism
Diplomatic normalization between the US and China in the early 1970s was a milestone in Sino-American relations. This article, through the lens of a few American journalists, specifically James Reston of The New York Times and his colleagues, explores how American reporting of China changed around this time. A term “silhouette journalism” is coined to conceptualize the normalization of China reporting in the US before the opening period. The arti…
Red Tourism in China
This book analyzes the phenomenally profitable “Red Tourism” industry in China, in which visitors make pilgrimages to sites of historical significance to the Communist Party of China and the Chinese Revolution. The book examines Red Tourism in connection with the transforming power relations between the state and the private, communication in the socialist past, and the current round of capitalization, against the backdrop of the world’s second l…
Modernizing propaganda in Republican China under a foreign gaze
During China’s Republican era (1912–1949), the Kuomintang (KMT) Nationalists experimented with propaganda in theory and practice as its propaganda moved from a traditionally preaching oriented mass culture to modern mass-media-based weaponry deemed as ‘paper bullets.’ Contrary to the commonly overstated role and influence of the Soviet Union and its theorists during this transition from a utilitarian to an aggressive, weaponized model of propagan…
Digital propaganda is not simply propaganda in digital garb
Drawing on a critical review of the existing literature on computational propaganda and disinformation, and employing a three-stage process—addressing the “New Wine in Old Bottles” problem, extracting foundational concepts, and constructing a four-pillar framework—this article proposes an expanded theory of propaganda. The theory posits that digital propaganda is shaped by four key dimensions: politico-economic, sociocultural, technological, and …
The dance of shadows
In the intricate realm of international affairs, the relationship between foreign correspondents of The New York Times (NYT) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) can be likened to a refined tango, where the worlds of journalism and espionage converge. This study, inspired by this metaphor, delves into the complex relationship between the NYT and the CIA that spans two generations of the Sulzberger family. Drawing from the “James Reston Paper…
War on Papers
The Fetishized Identity Economy
The rise of short-video platforms has transformed identity into a hyper-commodified asset, merging performative self-presentation with algorithmic governance. This article introduces the fetishized identity economy (FIE), a theoretical framework that reinterprets Marxian commodity fetishism, Bourdieusian symbolic capital, and Baudrillardian hyperreality to analyze how digital personas are constructed, staged, and monetized. The FIE framework cent…
Political science (6 works) · China (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Media studies (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Asian Culture and Media Studies (3 works) · Economics (3 works)