Li Zhan

Zhan Li
PhD (Annenberg  School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, 2007)
Associate  Professor
School of  Journalism & Communication
Xiamen University，Fujian, 361005，China
Member of the  International Communication Association (ICA) and the International Association  of Mass Communication Research (IAMCR).

Email: lizhanfromxmu@xmu.edu.cn

Education background：
   M.A. , Xiamen University  of China
   M.A. , Nanyang  Technological University of Singapore
   PhD, The  University of Pennsylvania of USA

Academic interests:
  Critical theories, cultural studies and media  criticism.

Courses:
   research methods,  canonic texts in media research and persuasion.

Selected Publications：

1. Gandy,  O., & Li, Z. (2005). Framing comparative risk: A preliminary analysis. The  Howard Journal of Communications, 16 (2), 71-86.

2. Li, Z.  (2003). Will the Internet form the public sphere in China? In J. V.  Carrasquero,F. Welsch, C. Urrea & C. Tso (Eds.), Proceedings: Politics and  information systems: Technologies and applications (pp. 184-189). Orlando, FL:  International Institute of Informatics and Systemics.

3. Hao,  X. & Li, Z. (2001). New Media Technologies: Challenges to China’s Media  System. Mass Communication Research, 69, 95-115.

4. Li, Z.  (1999). Intercultural communication on the Internet—The hows and whys of  China’s voice on the Internet. In Hu, W. (Ed.), Aspects of Intercultural  Communication (pp.633-650). Beijing: Foreign Language Teaching and Research  Press.

5. Conference  Presentations

6. Li, Z.  (2008,May).Shaping Nation-Building Discourse through Entertainment:A Content  Analysis of CCTV's Annual Gala Show. Paper presented at the 58th ICA  Conference, Montreal,Canada.

7. Li, Z.  (2007, October). Harmony on the Basis of Deliberative Rationality – A  conceptual Critique of the Harmonious Society Discourse. Paper presented at the  Joint Conference organized by the Chinese Association for Communication and the  International Communication Association, Beijing, China.

8. Li, Z.  (2005, May). The New Medium Internet vs. the “Internet News Media”: A Case  Study of the Chinese Government’s Strategic Utilization of the Internet as A  New Terrain of Journalism Reform. Paper presented at the Third Annual Chinese

9. Internet  Research Conference, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.

10. Li, Z.  (2004, July). Realizing the Habermasian public sphere in China: An analysis of  the role of the Internet in China’s democratization through a case study of a  human rights legislation made under the pressure of online public opinion.  Paper presented at IAMCR 2004, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

11. Li, Z.  (2003, July). Will the Internet form the public sphere in China? Paper  presented at the International Conference on Politics and Information Systems:  Technologies and Applications, Orlando, FL, USA.

12. Li, Z.  (2002, July). Yu Lun vs. Min Yi: What does “public opinion” imply in the  Chinese context? Paper presented at IAMCR 2002, Barcelona, Spain.

13. Li, Z.  (2013, June). Wrong apologia and government credibility in crisis in  China—Performance study of Chinese government spokesmen in press conference  during public crises. Paper presented at the IAMCR 2013, Dublin, Ireland.

14. Li, Z.  (2013, June). Climate science vs. distributing responsibilities: A content  analysis of The People’s Daily. Paper presented at the 63rd ICA Conference,  London, UK.

15. Li, Z.  (2013, June). Dilemma of balancing between “objective knowledge” vs. “social construction”  – A content analysis of the New York Times’ coverage of climate change. Paper  presented at the Third Iowa State University Summer Symposium on Science  Communication, Ethical Issues in Science Communication: A Theory-Based  Approach, Ames, Iowa, US.

16. Huang,  T., & Li, Z. (2013, June). Lingering between “ridicule” and “regulation”  –Media representation of homosexuals in Chinese newspapers in first decade of  21st century. Paper presented at the IAMCR 2013, Dublin, Ireland.

17. Pei,  S., & Li. Z. (2013, June). Administrative influences in environmental news  production in China. Paper presented at the Advancing Media Production  Research, an ICA Post-confernce & IAMCR Pre-conference, Leeds, UK.