This study employs semistructured interviews and algorithmic ethnography to explore how
algorithmic shadowbans have been used to moderate content related to Chinese gay men …

The goal of this study is to comprehensively analyze the dynamics and structure of TikTok
research since its initial development. The scholarly composition of articles dealing with …

Scholars are divided over whether narrative/storytelling occupies a central position in health-
related behaviour or in the health-related issues discussed on social media platforms. This …

In light of the awareness that we know little about how algorithms are perceived by groups
other than those in the mainstream, this study investigates how Chinese gay men on Zhihu …

In recent years, Chinese media have tightened regulations on LGBTQ-related content, yet
queer people remain highly visible on short-video platforms. Many of them have become …

In this article, we explore the experiences of male rural Chinese gay live streamers who find
themselves at the mercy of “cruel optimism”. This notion, first introduced by Lauren Berlant …

One significant outcome of the heteronormative symbolic violence experienced by Chinese
gay people is their symbolic erasure from public discourse. Such symbolic violence is …

What roles do media play in community building? Based on life story interviews with 72
older gay men living in China, this study traces the rise and fall of four significant digital …

This study investigates the role of Douyin, internationally known as TikTok, in shaping the
presentation and perception of minzu (ethnicity) among ethnic minority wanghongs (internet …

In recent years in China, NGO activism, street gatherings, and the direct expression of
gender and sexual rights have been curtailed, yet paradoxically, online feminist expression …