Ziran Zhao (Brandon)

PhD student at @Monash_Arts👨🏻‍💻focusing on digital culture & game platform

[Mark Coeckelbergh @MCoeckelbergh]

Arrived in Dalian, China, for talks at Dalian University of Technology

[Ziran Zhao (Brandon) @BrandonZhao1997]

One week at Tsinghua🥂

[Xueyan CAO @xueyancao.bsky.social @XueyanCao2]

Final Call 💫 I am running for the Secretary of AEJMC ComSHER. If you are a current member of ComSHER and willing to vote, you can get the link from your email or the ComSHER community discussion page. Appreciate your support 💖! Please find my statement below.😊#AEJMC #aejmc

[ICA Popular Media & Culture @ICAPopular]

👏🏻Leadership Update at PMC Division!
A huge thank you to @marilyn_ou for your dedication & contributions as Secretary—your impact has been invaluable! 🌟
Excited to welcome @lazar_dragic from @CUHKofficial as our new Secretary for the next 2 years! !🎉🎉🎉 @icahdq
@Cjimenezm

[Ziran Zhao (Brandon) @BrandonZhao1997]

New publication 🎉 at Environmental Communication with @XueyanCao2 & Shan Lv:

We conducted a CTDA analysis of open-world games released this year to explore how they simulate climate change

Plz find more👇
https://t.co/hdEUsoVmhF

[MIA @Media_Int_Aus]

In a new article, Ziran Zhao and Anthony YH Fung explore how players in Sky: Children of the Light engage in in-game transactions shaped by social bonds and digital hierarchies.
https://t.co/SJ5SUcGO91

Image credit: Sky: Children of the Light on Steam (https://t.co/99wZ29yQBi)

[Ziran Zhao (Brandon) @BrandonZhao1997]

The best conference experience🥰with the most amazing academic & administrative team.

[Ziran Zhao (Brandon) @BrandonZhao1997]

Attending workshop held by @Monash_Arts @MeganFarrelly6 at Prato, Italy. Enjoying the tranquility of the small town & lasagna🍹

[Ziran Zhao (Brandon) @BrandonZhao1997]

New publication in @Media_Int_Aus
with my host supervisor Professor Anthony Fung https://t.co/cSkYcI3fzq
We examined transaction practices within the game platform Sky using digital ethnography. For more👇

[ICA Intercultural Communication Division @ICA_InterComm]

As we prepare for ICA'S 2025 conference, we want to congratulate again all winners from the Intercultural Communication Division awards of this year! 🎉
Ziran Zhao (@MonashMalaysia), Siqi Feng, Langcheng Zhang, Edson Tandoc, and Kevin Chew (@NTUsg) +

[Ziran Zhao (Brandon) @BrandonZhao1997]

@caitlin_veal @ObrejaDragos @investigatedot Congrats!!!

[Ziran Zhao (Brandon) @BrandonZhao1997]

@XueyanCao2 @IJoC_USC Thx☺️

[Ziran Zhao (Brandon) @BrandonZhao1997]

New publication in @IJoC_USC 😃

https://t.co/ixlGjvKyIk

I examined the role of game platform in shaping Chinese youth’s romantic relationship practices using digital ethnography. For more👇

[Ziran Zhao (Brandon) @BrandonZhao1997]

@lazar_dragic 😸Me too! You were shining when you chaired the session👏

[Ziran Zhao (Brandon) @BrandonZhao1997]

#ICA2024 My first time at ICA & being awarded the student top paper🐳

[Ziran Zhao (Brandon) @BrandonZhao1997]

@XueyanCao2 Congrats! You’re so popular😂

[Ziran Zhao (Brandon) @BrandonZhao1997]

A new year starts from being a visiting phd researcher at CUHK👨🏻‍💻

[Ziran Zhao (Brandon) @BrandonZhao1997]

From🇮🇩to🇸🇬

[Ziran Zhao (Brandon) @BrandonZhao1997]

My last week at Nanjing University🍂(doing fieldwork as a visiting researcher)
Gonna miss the food here🤩老鸭粉丝汤

[Ziran Zhao (Brandon) @BrandonZhao1997]

@JDLeoLiu Congrats! I have the same UvA student card😝is this an opportunity of visiting researcher?