Ka-Wei Pang
Biographic Data
| ID | 4607423 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ka-Wei Pang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ka-Wei |
| FAMILY NAME | Pang |
| SIGNATURE | PANG K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3449-1875 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Queer fantasy economy: Rethinking queerbaiting through Thai Y-series drama and industry
This article introduces the concept of “queer fantasy economy” as a compelling framework for analyzing the production, representation, and reception of commercially produced queer media. Taking the Thai Y-series drama—a rapidly expanding genre that originated in Thailand and has gained widespread popularity in non-Anglophone regions from Asia to Latin America—as a case study, we examine the recurring allegations of queerbaiting in the transnation…
"This is a deepfake!": Celebrity scandals, parodic deepfakes, and a critically speculative ethics of care for fandom research in the age of artificial intelligence
Fans are increasingly aware of deepfakes—believable AI-fabricated videos—and are therefore more skeptical of unverified information, even when visual evidence appears convincing. This article offers a methodological reflection on analyzing a deepfake event in which fans produced and circulated AI-generated disinformation to playfully undermine the credibility of a celebrity's video scandal. We explore the complex human-community-machine interacti…
Queer Media from the Global South: The Emerging Girls Love (GL) Media Industry of Southeast Asia
This article examines the recent rise of Girls Love (GL) media featuring women’s same-sex romance, produced in Thailand. While Boys Love (BL) media has gained mainstream attention since the mid-2010s, GL has received less industrial and scholarly attention. Despite Thailand’s relatively long history of producing BL television series for the global audience, its first GL series, GAP (Thai: ทฤษฎีสีชมพู, “Pink Theory”) premiered only in 2022. The su…
Fandom meets artificial intelligence: Rethinking participatory culture as human–community–machine interactions
Fandom as an interpretive community is the frontier for rich insights into the multi-layered interactions and practices between individual users, communities and intelligent machines. To understand the challenges and opportunities Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents to contemporary media and culture, we discuss how fans engage with AI, as fandom provides meaningful insights into interactions between individual technology users, the collective a…
Fandom meets artificial intelligence: Rethinking participatory culture as human–community–machine interactions
Fandom as an interpretive community is the frontier for rich insights into the multi-layered interactions and practices between individual users, communities and intelligent machines. To understand the challenges and opportunities Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents to contemporary media and culture, we discuss how fans engage with AI, as fandom provides meaningful insights into interactions between individual technology users, the collective a…
Queer Media from the Global South: The Emerging Girls Love (GL) Media Industry of Southeast Asia
This article examines the recent rise of Girls Love (GL) media featuring women’s same-sex romance, produced in Thailand. While Boys Love (BL) media has gained mainstream attention since the mid-2010s, GL has received less industrial and scholarly attention. Despite Thailand’s relatively long history of producing BL television series for the global audience, its first GL series, GAP (Thai: ทฤษฎีสีชมพู, “Pink Theory”) premiered only in 2022. The su…
Queer fantasy economy: Rethinking queerbaiting through Thai Y-series drama and industry
This article introduces the concept of “queer fantasy economy” as a compelling framework for analyzing the production, representation, and reception of commercially produced queer media. Taking the Thai Y-series drama—a rapidly expanding genre that originated in Thailand and has gained widespread popularity in non-Anglophone regions from Asia to Latin America—as a case study, we examine the recurring allegations of queerbaiting in the transnation…
Fandom meets artificial intelligence: Rethinking participatory culture as human–community–machine interactions
Fandom as an interpretive community is the frontier for rich insights into the multi-layered interactions and practices between individual users, communities and intelligent machines. To understand the challenges and opportunities Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents to contemporary media and culture, we discuss how fans engage with AI, as fandom provides meaningful insights into interactions between individual technology users, the collective a…
"This is a deepfake!": Celebrity scandals, parodic deepfakes, and a critically speculative ethics of care for fandom research in the age of artificial intelligence
Fans are increasingly aware of deepfakes—believable AI-fabricated videos—and are therefore more skeptical of unverified information, even when visual evidence appears convincing. This article offers a methodological reflection on analyzing a deepfake event in which fans produced and circulated AI-generated disinformation to playfully undermine the credibility of a celebrity's video scandal. We explore the complex human-community-machine interacti…
Queer Media from the Global South: The Emerging Girls Love (GL) Media Industry of Southeast Asia
This article examines the recent rise of Girls Love (GL) media featuring women’s same-sex romance, produced in Thailand. While Boys Love (BL) media has gained mainstream attention since the mid-2010s, GL has received less industrial and scholarly attention. Despite Thailand’s relatively long history of producing BL television series for the global audience, its first GL series, GAP (Thai: ทฤษฎีสีชมพู, “Pink Theory”) premiered only in 2022. The su…
Queer fantasy economy: Rethinking queerbaiting through Thai Y-series drama and industry
This article introduces the concept of “queer fantasy economy” as a compelling framework for analyzing the production, representation, and reception of commercially produced queer media. Taking the Thai Y-series drama—a rapidly expanding genre that originated in Thailand and has gained widespread popularity in non-Anglophone regions from Asia to Latin America—as a case study, we examine the recurring allegations of queerbaiting in the transnation…
Asian Culture and Media Studies (2 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (2 works) · Media studies (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Queer (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Advertising (1 works) · Artificial Intelligence (1 works) · Business (1 works) · Citizen journalism (1 works)