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Guobin Yang
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Sociology & communication prof at Penn researching: Internet, activism, digital media & technology, narrative, emotion, sinology. All views my own. Website: https://www.asc.upenn.edu/people/faculty/guobin-yang-phd
Getting up early to catch the AI bird in Hong Kong. Conference info here: eduhknmsmcon.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
First day of #aoir2025! Glad to see non-English presentations (with English translation) and local histories on a panel about AI infrastructures
October 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Congratulations to Stephen Hartnett on the publication of his new book! msupress.org/978161186543...
August 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
June 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
May 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
This beautiful magazine published an interview with me discussing the internet and social media in China. The best part is that it's in Spanish, though I wish it had an English edition as well:
www.revistadelauniversidad.mx/articles/923... @asc.upenn.edu @cdcspenn.bsky.social
May 2, 2025 at 12:54 PM
On way to #aas2025, and a couple of talks I'll be giving before and after. Link to next week's UBC event here:
greencollege.ubc.ca/civicrm/even... @cdcspenn.bsky.social @asc.upenn.edu
March 12, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I've read explanations of the color red in the platform #Red. But whatever the origins of the platform's name, its Chinese characters still mean literally "Little Red Book." Here is a book of interest on the global history of that sacred commodity: www.cambridge.org/us/universit...
January 15, 2025 at 2:14 AM
So, if a marine biologist is active on #TikTok and now even on #Red, maybe media & comm folks should be too #tiktokrefugees
January 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
With all the buzz about #tiktokrefugees, i searched on #Red. Here are a few samples of self introductions
January 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Yuan Xu from Penn presenting her paper on Analyzing Gender Discourse in China through Lisa's Crazy Horse Performance at #nca2024
November 21, 2024 at 2:18 PM
Obligatory shot of our book Pandemic Crossings on display at #nca2024, part of MSU Press book series on US-China Relations in the Age of Globalization. More here: msupress.org/978161186492...
November 20, 2024 at 11:59 PM
If you are at #nca2024, do visit MSU press booth. Happy to see our new volume featured on the flyer msupress.org/blog/2024/10...
November 20, 2024 at 5:19 PM