Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
I am a Senior Lecturer in the School of Media, Film and Journalism at Monash. My research concerns media, technology, and governance through a critical examination of various sectors, including popular media, digital platforms, and emerging technologies. My primary geographical focus is on China, with an additional interest in the experiences of the broader Asia-Pacific region. I employ a diverse range of research methods, including in-depth interviews, historical and archival research, ethnographic participant observation, and discourse analysis. I am the author of Zoning China: Online Video, Popular Culture, and the State (MIT Press, 2019), which examines China's dual regulatory approach to media governance. My other work has appeared in journals such as New Media & Society, Media, Culture & Society, Information, Communication & Society. My work is supported by the Australian Research Council.
I am interested in supervising PhD projects that broadly fall under the following areas: television and screen media; internet and digital culture; platform governance and platform society; and emerging technologies, and the future of the digital economy and society.
I can be reached at [email protected]
Education/Academic qualification
Communications and Media Studies, PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2010 → 2015
Communication, MPhil, Chinese University of Hong Kong
2007 → 2009
Journalism, BA, Fudan University
2003 → 2007
External positions
Affiliate , ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society
Affiliate, Fudan University
Chair, Communication Law and Policy Division, International Communication Association
Research area keywords
- digital media studies
- global media industry
- media policy
- Chinese media
- political economy and media history
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 5 Gender Equality
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SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Outbound Chinese social media platforms and platform governance
Li, L. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI))
8/07/21 → 1/11/26
Project: Research
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Unregulated and segmented dark ads on social media: consumer education and regulatory options
Andrejevic, M. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Trott, V. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Fordyce, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Li, L. (Chief Investigator (CI))
27/08/19 → 30/08/20
Project: Research
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The specter of global ByteDance: platforms, regulatory arbitrage, and politics
Li, L., 2026, Platforms, Power, and Friction. Popiel, P. & Vasudevan, K. (eds.). 1st ed. Abingdon Oxon UK: Routledge, p. 2005-2021 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Other › peer-review
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Technology for good? Tencent’s corporate social responsibility, institutional chameleon, and the future of platform economies
Li, L. & Zhang, Z., Jan 2025, In: Social Media + Society. 11, 1, p. 1-11 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Shedding light on "dark" ads
Trott, V., Li, L., Fordyce, R. & Andrejevic, M., 2024, The Dark Social: Online Practices of Resistance, Motility and Power. Cinque, T., Maddox, A. & Gehl, R. W. (eds.). 1st ed. Abingdon Oxon UK: Routledge, p. 101-114 14 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Other › peer-review
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The specter of global ByteDance: platforms, regulatory arbitrage, and politics
Li, L., 2024, In: Information Communication and Society. 27, 10, p. 2005-2021 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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When content moderation is not about content: how Chinese social media platforms moderate content and why it matters
Li, L. & Zhou , K., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: New Media & Society. 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access12 Link opens in a new tab Citations (Scopus)
Activities
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Vice Chair of The ICA Communication Law and Policy Division
Li, L. (Chair/ Co-Chair)
2021 → 2025Activity: External Academic Engagement › Professional association or peak discipline body
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Association for Asian Studies (AAS)
Li, L. (Speaker) & Wu , A. X. (Speaker)
2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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The 18th Chinese Internet Research Conference
Li, L. (Keynote/plenary speaker)
2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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71st Annual Conference of The International Communication Association
Li, L. (Speaker) & Wu , A. X. (Speaker)
2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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International Association for Media and Communication
Li, L. (Speaker) & Yu , H. (Speaker)
2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
Press/Media
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Digital era migration brokerage: We need more research
Cabalquinto, E., Li, L., Volcic, Z., Tran, L. & Tan, G.
25/10/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature