Biography
Dr Jian Xu is a Senior Lecturer in Communication in the School of Communication and Creative Arts and a member of ADI, Deakin University. He is co-convenor of the Asian Media and Cultural Studies Network (AMCS). He researches Chinese media and communication with a particular interest in the sociology and politics of digital media. He was a Research Fellow in Media at Deakin University, an Endeavour Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Technology Sydney and a joint Visiting Research Fellow in the Centre for Global Communication Studies and the Centre for the Study of Contemporary China, University of Pennsylvania. He obtained his PhD in Media and Communication from the University of New South Wales.
Read more on Jian's profileResearch interests
Internet and digital media in China
Internet activism and digital citizenship
Internet governance
Media politics and political communicaiton in China
Digital youth culture
Celebrity studies
Affiliations
Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation (ADI), Deakin University
Asian Media and Cultural Studies Network (AMCS), Deakin University
Deakin Motion.Lab, Deakin University
Global Digital Publics Network (GDPN), Deakin University
Politics and International Studies (POLIS), Deakin University
China Studies Centre (Associate), University of Sydney
Australian & New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA)
China Studies Association of Australia (CSAA)
Teaching interests
Chinese media and communication, Asian media culture, global media, international communication, communication concepts and theories
Units taught
ALM215: Global Media
ACX707/708: Professional Research Project
ACX701: Communication Concepts
Knowledge areas
Chinese media studies, Internet studies, political communication, international communication, social media research, comparative media studies, celebrity studies
Expertise
- Communication
Professional activities
Co-convenor, Asian Media and Cultural Studies Network (AMCS), Faculty of Arts and Education
Series Editor, Asian Celebrity and Fandom Studies (Bloomsbury Academic)
Editorial Board Member, Digital China Series (Anthem Press)
Editorial Advisory Board Member, New Media Series (Cambridge Scholars Publishing)
Media appearances
‘Crazy love: Behind China’s crackdown on K-pop and other fan clubs’, BBC News, 10 September 2021, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-58459318
‘Tainted celebrities’: What’s behind China’s crackdown on the entertainment industry?, The Straits Times, 06 September, 2021, https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/show-business-crackdown-communist-party-of-china-sees-itself-as-moral-authority
‘Why it is no longer cool to be a crazy rich Asian in China?’, BBC News, 10 June, 2021, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-57380367
‘A queda de uma estrela e a 'política da celebridade' na China’, O Globo, January 25, 2021, https://blogs.oglobo.globo.com/marcelo-ninio/post/queda-de-uma-estrela-e-politica-da-celebridade-na-china.html
Research groups
Communication
Awards
Engagement and Partnerships Excellence Award, 2021, Deakin University
Inaugural Deakin Fellowship for Internationalisation, 2018, Deakin University
Faculty Partnerships and International Award, 2018, Deakin University
Endeavour Research Fellowship, 2015, Australian Government
Visiting Research Fellowship, Center for Global Communication Studies, University of Pennsylvania, 2015
Visting Research Fellowship, Center for the Study of Contemporary China, University of Pennsylvania, 2016
International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS), 2009-2013, Australian Government
Projects
‘Cyber sovereignty and global Internet governance: A comparative study between China and Australia'
The project is funded by Australia-China Joint-Action Program Grant, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA) and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), 2018-2019
Publications
'Telling China's anti- pandemic stories well': Documentaries for public diplomacy and the paradox of China's soft power
Jian Xu, Jian Xu, Qian Gong, Qian Gong, Weiwei Xu, Weiwei Xu
(2023), Vol. 4, pp. 149-173, Documentary in the Age of COVID, Peter Lang, B1
Governing the Algorithmic Distribution of News in China: The Case of Jinri Toutiao
Jian Xu, Terry Flew
(2022), pp. 1-22, The Algorithmic Distribution of News: Policy Responses, Berlin, germany, B1
J Xu, X Zhao
(2022), Vol. 36, pp. 260-273, Continuum, London, Eng., C1
Jian Xu, Qian Gong, Wen Yin
(2022), Vol. 185, pp. 26-40, Media International Australia, London, Eng., C1
Regulating and governing China's internet and digital media in the Xi Jinping era
J Xu, H Yu
(2022), Vol. 185, pp. 3-8, Media International Australia, London, Eng., C1
Introduction: Platformization of entrepreneurial labor via Chinese digital networks
Haiqing Yu, Jian Xu, Ping Sun
(2022), Vol. 7, pp. 253-262, Global Media and China, London, Eng., C1
J Xu, L Qu, G Zhang
(2022), Vol. 14, pp. 525-540, Policy and Internet, Chichester, Eng., C1
Indenturing Celebrity: Governing China's Entertainment Industries
Elaine Jeffreys, Jian Xu
(2022), pp. 1-25, Modern China, London, Eng., C1
Jian Xu, Dianlin Huang, He Zhang
(2021), pp. 371-392, Palgrave handbook of international communication and sustainable development, London, Eng., B1
Celebrity Politics in COVID-19 China: 'Celebrities Can't Save the Country'
Jian Xu, Elaine Jeffreys
(2021), pp. 85-102, Cultural China 2020: The Contemporary China Centre Review, London, Eng., B1
Governing entertainment celebrities in China: practices, policies and politics (2005-2020)
Jian Xu, Ling Yang
(2021), Vol. 12, pp. 202-218, Celebrity studies, Abingdon, Eng., C1
Internationalising Celebrity Studies: turning towards Asia
J Xu, G Donnar, V Kishore
(2021), Vol. 12, pp. 175-185, Celebrity Studies, C1
Propaganda innovation and resilient governance: the case of China's smog crisis
Jian Xu, Wanning Sun
(2021), Vol. 48, pp. 175-189, Media Asia, C1
Celebrity Studies and China Studies: Toward China Celebrity Studies
Elaine Jeffreys, Jian Xu
(2021), Vol. 8, pp. 2-32, Global Journal of Media Studies, Beijing, C1
Weishan Miao, Jian Xu
(2020), pp. 210-223, Young adult sexuality in the digital age, Hershey, Pa., B1
The rise and fall of the 'King of Hanmai'-MC Tianyou
Jian Xu, Ge Zhang
(2020), Vol. 12, pp. 333-338, Celebrity Studies, London, Eng., C1
Regulation of COVID-19 fake news infodemic in China and India
U Rodrigues, J Xu
(2020), Vol. 177, pp. 125-131, Media International Australia, C1
Changing platformativity of China's female Wanghong: from Anni Baobei to Zhang Dayi
Jian Xu, Xinyu Zhao
(2019), pp. 127-158, Female celebrities in contemporary Chinese society, Singapore, B1
Weishan Miao, Jian Xu, Zhu Hongjun
(2019), pp. 1-13, Second international handbook of internet research, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, B1
The decline of Sina Weibo: a technological, political and market analysis
J Benney, J Xu
(2018), pp. 221-235, Chinese Social Media: Social, Cultural and Political Implications, New York, N.Y., B1
Media since 1949: changes and continuities
J Xu, W Sun
(2018), pp. 1172-1192, The SAGE handbook of contemporary China, Los Angeles, Calif., B1
The politics of Weiguan in China's internet events
J Xu
(2018), Vol. 1, pp. 23-28, China media report, Hong Kong, C1
Governing China's Coal Challenge: Changing Public Policy, Debate and Advocacy
E Jeffreys, J Xu
(2018), Vol. 12, pp. 575-588, Environmental Communication, C1
Privacy concerns in China's smart city campaign: the deficit of China's cybersecurity law
F Yang, J Xu
(2018), Vol. 5, pp. 533-543, Asia and the Pacific policy studies, London, Eng., C1
J Xu
(2018), Vol. 28, pp. 176-185, Asia Pacific Media Educator, C1
J Xu, M Kent, K Ellis, H Zhang
(2017), pp. 318-331, Disability and social media global perspectives, Abingdon, Eng., B1
M Kent, K Ellis, J Xu
(2017), pp. 1-5, Chinese social media : Social, cultural, and political implications, New York, N.Y, B1
Shanzhai media culture: failed intervention to the disingenuous neoliberal logic of Chinese media
J Xu
(2017), Vol. 26, pp. 249-262, Journal of contemporary China, Abingdon, Eng., C1
Celebrity-inspired, fan-driven: doing philanthropy through social media in Mainland China
E Jeffreys, J Xu
(2017), Vol. 41, pp. 244-262, Asian studies review, Abingdon, Eng., C1
Chinese social media: social, cultural, and political implications
Mike Kent, Katie Ellis, Jian Xu
(2017), New York, N.Y., A7
E'gao as a networked digital leisure practice in China
H Yu, J Xu
(2016), pp. 152-165, Digital leisure cultures: critical perspectives, Abingdon, Eng., B1
Blogging for truth: Ai Weiwei's citizen investigation project on China's 2008 Sichuan earthquake
J Xu
(2016), pp. 0-0, Civic media technology, design, practice, Cambridge, Mass., B1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Industry and Other Funding
China's Internet Innovation and Governance in the Xi Jinping Era: Big Initiatives, Power Dynamics and Global Impacts
Dr Jian Xu, Dr Weishan Miao
ASSA Grant - Joint call - Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
- 2018: $7,000
Supervisions
Somsack Sengmany
Thesis entitled: Multiculturalism and Public Relations Practice in the Victorian Government and Multicultural Sectors
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Communication and Creative Arts