Haiqing Yu

Professor Haiqing Yu

Professor

Details

Open to

  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision

About

Dr Haiqing Yu researches the sociopolitical and economic impact of China’s digital media, communication and culture on China, Australia and the Asia Pacific.

Supervisor projects

  • Localizing Shoppertainment Models: A Comparative Study of Market Adaptations from China to Vietnam and South Korea
  • 14 Jan 2026
  • Improving Public Engagement and Understanding in Data Collection: A Development Communication Framework for BPS-Statistics Indonesia's Social Media Strategy.
  • 4 Aug 2025
  • Aligning personalised news recommendations with the public interest
  • 14 Feb 2025
  • AI-Driven Social Credit System as Ambiguous Arenas: Examining Digital Disconnection Practices and Perceptions in China
  • 27 Nov 2024
  • Behind the Scenes: The Labour of Intermediaries in Rural Livestreaming Commerce in China
  • 14 Nov 2023
  • Social Cartoon Influencer Culture in Vietnam: Social Implications of Automated Content Production
  • 7 Jun 2023
  • A study of male beauty influencers live streaming e-commerce in China: Gendered power dynamic, customer intimacy, and cultural identity presentation.
  • 16 Dec 2022
  • Living as Rotten Girls: Women’s Affects and Queer Fandom in China
  • 15 Apr 2022
  • Chinese Business Migrant Entrepreneurs in Australia: Barriers, Opportunities and Integration
  • 5 Feb 2021
  • The Political Economy of Data Infrastructures and Credit Platforms in China's Corporate Social Credit System
  • 5 Feb 2021
  • Self-Motivated Aesthetic Labour: Women and Clothes in Chinese White-Collar Officescapes
  • 19 May 2020
  • Chinese Otaku Culture: Between Fandom, Market, and the State
  • 2 Dec 2019
  • Surfing the Korean Wave: K-pop Fan Practices in Vietnam
  • 26 Aug 2019

Teaching interests

Chinese and Asian digital media, digital communication, and digital culture

Research interests

Communication and Media Studies, Cultural Studies, Other studies in Human Society, Policy and Administration, Applied Economics, Other Economics
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