Yichen Zhao

PhD student at the Centre for Media and Journalism Studies, University of Groningen| Studying social media, civic engagement, meso spaces, digital journalism

[Yichen Zhao @yichen1001]

Just presented at #IAMCR 2025 Singapore and chaired the panel! Can’t wait to explore more of this city!

[Yichen Zhao @yichen1001]

Excited to share our new pub in New Media & Society, co-authored with my supervisors @qfzhu @MJBroersma.

We explore how social norms are formed and guide prosocial behaviors within location-based meso-spaces.

Link👉: https://t.co/apJOOlx7rq

[Yichen Zhao @yichen1001]

It's a great pleasure to present at @RMeSResearch Conference. A milestone for me because it’s my first time attending a conference and present my research as a PhD candidate. Also excited to listen to so many inspiring discussions and reflections for the future of media studies.

[SocialMedia&Society @SocMediaConf]

We are delighted to announce the #CFP for the 2024 International Conference on Social Media & Society.

#SMSociety will be held in London, UK July 16-18 and is co-organized by @SMLabTO & the Digital Cultures and Economies Research Hub @LCCLondon. https://t.co/AGSn0iILPP

[Dr Qinfeng Zhu @qfzhu]

🌟New pub from my ongoing #disconnection #safespace project @JITP_APSA: Disconnection (unfriending muting etc) necessary to curate safe spaces of withdrawal to cope with social risks & systemic threats- a product of structural issues, not #selectiveavoidance as individual choices

[Olga_Pasi @pasitselska]

Want to study closed messenger groups and don't know how? Join the (hybrid) workshop on data donation! registration: https://t.co/1yb3GkukFB

[RMeS Research School @RMeSResearch]

To explore and actively shape new directions for Media Studies, RMeS invites submissions for the upcoming conference: All About Media? The Future for Media Studies. The event will be held at LAB111 in Amsterdam from 9-10 November 2023. More information: https://t.co/wt1A19j7Bx

[Digital Journalism @djeditorialteam]

ONLINE FIRST! @Pranavmalhotra8 investigates how family group chats on WhatsApp function as meso-news spaces, analyzing misinformation negotiation. WhatsApp is perceived as a suitable platform to correct misinformation shared by a familiar audience.
➡️https://t.co/QkPFu1xJsh

[Dr Qinfeng Zhu @qfzhu]

📢CfP #specialissue @CogitatioMaC: "Disconnectivity in a Changing Media and Political Landscape", guest-edited by myself & @Cigdem_Bozdag
📆abstract deadline: 10 July 2023
If you research e.g. #unfriending, #newsavoidance, #digitaldisconnection, consider submitting your work!💫

[mjbroersma.bsky.social @MJBroersma]

Interested in submitting a paper to our @CogitatioMaC special issue on "Practices of Digital In- and Exclusion in Everyday Life"?
See: https://t.co/wYfz9znMY7

You can submit your abstract before July 15.
For any inquiries, feel free to reach out to one of the co-editors!

[Yichen Zhao @yichen1001]

It’s an honor to attend the @RMeSResearch course in Rome with Marcel @MJBroersma and Karin @kfvanes, and nine other creative colleagues. It is such a memorable experience to practice #datawalking in this amazing city!

[Tina Comes @tinacomes]

Researching interconnected systems #resilience? Happy to invite submissions to our #OpenAccess Special Issue in #Sustainability #Analytics & #Modeling @iforsofficial edited w our fantastic @ICResilientS colleagues. Deadline: November 30. https://t.co/9MEkIgW32t @4TUResilience