Review of Chinese Communication Studies in 2019

Key words: Media Archaeology, quantified self, privacy, emotion, auditory culture

Abstract:

This paper is a review of communication studies published in Greater China in 2019. Articles and other publications are selected by eight scholars based on the value of research questions, the solidarity of research methods, the significance of the findings and research innovativeness. Studies are categorized into ten topics: the history of thoughts about communication and communication studies in China, reunderstanding media, media archaeology and knowledge evolutions, space and place in communication, self-disclosure and digital privacy, political economy of communication and digital labor, reexamining classical media effect theories, emotions in political communication, auditory culture, and, the history and memory of the Internet.

Published in Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication, Issue 01, 2020

Author:

Yu Ying, PhD student, School of Journalism and Communication, Renmin University of China.

Qin Yidan, PhD student, School of Journalism and Communication, Renmin University of China.

Fang Hui, Corresponding author, Lecturer, School of Journalism and Communication, Jinan University.

Liu Hailong, Professor, School of Journalism and Communication, Renmin University of China, Director of Research Center of Journalism and Social Development, Renmin University of China.