Ziran Zhao (Brandon)
@zhaoziran258.bsky.social
PhD student at @Monash_Arts👨🏻💻focusing on digital culture & game platform
New publication 🎉 at Environmental Communication with @xueyancao.bsky.social & Shan Lv:
We conducted a CTDA analysis of open-world games released this year to explore how they simulate climate change
Plz find more👇
doi.org/10.1080/1752...
We conducted a CTDA analysis of open-world games released this year to explore how they simulate climate change
Plz find more👇
doi.org/10.1080/1752...
Navigating through the Tempest: Climate Change Simulations in Action Role-Playing Games
This study employs critical technocultural discourse analysis on 14 Action Role-Playing Games (ARPGs) to explore their climate simulation. Drawing on the theoretical framework of the Gaming Spatial...
doi.org
July 8, 2025 at 2:40 AM
New publication 🎉 at Environmental Communication with @xueyancao.bsky.social & Shan Lv:
We conducted a CTDA analysis of open-world games released this year to explore how they simulate climate change
Plz find more👇
doi.org/10.1080/1752...
We conducted a CTDA analysis of open-world games released this year to explore how they simulate climate change
Plz find more👇
doi.org/10.1080/1752...
Reposted by Ziran Zhao (Brandon)
This article by Ziran Zhao and Anthony YH Fung explores how players in Sky: Children of the Light engage in in-game transactions shaped by social bonds and digital hierarchies.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Credit: Sky: Children of the Light on Steam (store.steampowered.com/app/2325290/...)
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Credit: Sky: Children of the Light on Steam (store.steampowered.com/app/2325290/...)
July 3, 2025 at 5:08 AM
This article by Ziran Zhao and Anthony YH Fung explores how players in Sky: Children of the Light engage in in-game transactions shaped by social bonds and digital hierarchies.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Credit: Sky: Children of the Light on Steam (store.steampowered.com/app/2325290/...)
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Credit: Sky: Children of the Light on Steam (store.steampowered.com/app/2325290/...)
The best conference experiences at @arinus.bsky.social 🥰with the most amazing academic & administrative team
June 28, 2025 at 4:51 AM
The best conference experiences at @arinus.bsky.social 🥰with the most amazing academic & administrative team
Attending workshop held by @monashuniversity.bsky.social Faculty of Arts & @fazdaz.bsky.social at Prato, Italy. Enjoying the tranquility of the small town & lasagna🍹
June 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Attending workshop held by @monashuniversity.bsky.social Faculty of Arts & @fazdaz.bsky.social at Prato, Italy. Enjoying the tranquility of the small town & lasagna🍹
New publication in @mediaintaus.bsky.social
with my host supervisor Prof. Anthony Fung.
We examined transaction practices within the game platform Sky using digital ethnography. For more👇 doi.org/10.1177/1329...
with my host supervisor Prof. Anthony Fung.
We examined transaction practices within the game platform Sky using digital ethnography. For more👇 doi.org/10.1177/1329...
Passing the torch of candlelight: The flux of players’ gaming capital in the game platform Sky: Children of the Light - Ziran Zhao, Anthony YH Fung, 2025
This study uses the concept of gaming capital to examine transaction practices within the game platform Sky: Children of the Light. Through digital ethnography,...
doi.org
June 6, 2025 at 5:55 AM
New publication in @mediaintaus.bsky.social
with my host supervisor Prof. Anthony Fung.
We examined transaction practices within the game platform Sky using digital ethnography. For more👇 doi.org/10.1177/1329...
with my host supervisor Prof. Anthony Fung.
We examined transaction practices within the game platform Sky using digital ethnography. For more👇 doi.org/10.1177/1329...
A “writing retreat” on the island where my supervisor did her PhD fieldwork😄
December 11, 2024 at 2:45 AM
A “writing retreat” on the island where my supervisor did her PhD fieldwork😄