Jiacheng Liu

Jiacheng Liu (they/them/"ta") is a dual Ph.D. candidate in Mass Communications & Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Their research interests include (a) the mutual shaping of queer culture/politics and digital media in China, (b) the transnational circulation of queer of color culture (e.g., Ballroom culture) in/across Asia, and (c) intersectionality and activisms in China and Chinese diasporas.

Their previous works, which examine LGBTQ+ social media production, gay digital dating and Chinese digital feminism, have been published in Information, Communication & Society, Feminist Media Studies, International Journal of Communication, and Men and Masculinities.

Prior to this PhD, they worked at a gay social app company in Beijing and volunteered for a Guangzhou-based NGO focusing on elderly gay men. Born and raised in South China, they have an unchangeable love for Cantonese food.

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1. Liu, J. (2023). Empathy as exoneration or resistance? The politics of male empathy in the Chinese #MeToo movement, Feminist Media Studies, DOI: 10.1080/14680777.2021.1986092
   
2. Miao, W., Liu, J. & Wu, S. (2022). Embedded symbiosis: An institutional approach to government-business relationship in the Chinese internet industry, Information, Communication & Society, DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2022.2128600
3. Zhao, L., Liu, J. & Li, Z. (2022). Online dating beyond dating apps: An examination of self-presentation of Chinese gay men dating on Zhihu, International Journal of Communication
4. Liu, J. (2022). Review of "Asians Loving Asians: Sticky Rice Homoeroticism and Queer Politics by Shinsuke Eguchi," Men & Masculinities, DOI: 10.1177/1097184X221123791.