Weiyu Zhang is an Associate Professor at the Department of Communication and New Media, National University of Singapore. She is the founder and director of the Civic Tech Lab. She's also a Principal Investigator at the NUS Centre for Trusted Internet and Community.
Her Ph.D. came from Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania. She received a Master of Philosophy from the School of Journalism and Communication, Chinese University of Hong Kong. Her Bachelor of Arts degree came from the Journalism major, Nanjing University, P. R. China.
Civic technology
Citizen science
Online deliberation
Cultural publics
Public Communication and New Media
- e-deliberation
- e-engagement
- e-consultation
Collective Action and New Media
- computational analyses of online collective action
- civic learning and social media
- cultural publics and their actions
BOOKS/MONOGRAPHS AUTHORED
ARTICLES IN JOURNALS
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
BOOK REVIEWS
Zhang, W. (2017). Review of Youth Culture in China. Chinese Journal of Communication, 10(4), 466-467.
Zhang, W. (2015). Review of Chinese Television in the Twenty-First Century: Entertaining the Nation. Asian Studies Review,
Zhang, W. (2014). Review of Online Society in China: Creating, celebrating and instrumentalising the online carnival. Asian Studies Review, 38(3), 519-520.
Zhang, W. (2013). Social activism, globalization, and technologies: A meta-review of three books. Chinese Journal of Communication, 6(4), 497-504.
Zhang, W. (2010). Review of The power of the Internet in China: Citizen activism online. Asian Journal of Communication, 20(1), 141-142.
THESES/DISSERTATIONS
Ph.D. in Communication, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, USA, July 2008. Dissertation title: Deliberation and the Disempowered: Access, Experience and Influence.
Master of Philosophy in Communication (Graduation with honors), School of Journalism and Communication, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, July 2003. Thesis title: Subaltern Public Spheres on the Internet: A Case Study of a Chinese Online Discussion Board.
PUBLISHED REPORTS
Zhang, W. (2012). Youth, ICTs, and Civic Engagement in Asia. IDRC, Canada. Accessed on September 28, 2013 at http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca/dspace/bitstream/10625/48361/1/IDL-48361.pdf
Tan, T. H., Chung, S., & Zhang, W. (2011). Survey on Political Traits and Media Use. Institute of Policy Studies, National University of Singapore. Accessed on September 28, 2013 at http://lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/ips/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/07/Media-Survey-Report_230511.pdf