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Lin Zhang

Associate Professor
Phone: (603) 862-3790
Office: Horton Social Science Center, Room 145a, Durham, NH 03824
Websites:
I am an associate professor of communication and media studies at the University of New Hampshire, focusing on critical innovation studies, knowledge and digital labor, and intersectionality.

Please visit my personal website for more information about me: https://linzhangweb.org/

Courses Taught

  • CMN 455: Introduction to Media Studies
  • CMN 596: SpcTop/East Asian Popular Cult
  • CMN 670: From Silicon Valley to Foxconn
  • CMN 772: Seminar in Media Theory

Education

  • Ph.D., Communication, University of Southern California
  • M.A., Media, Culture and Communication, New York University
  • M.Phil., Communication, Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • B.A., English, Beijing Foreign Studies Univer

Selected Publications

  • Meng, B., Zhang, L., & Yuan, E. (2025). Whither China?: Chinese communication research at the new conjuncture. Chinese Journal of Communication, 18(3), 251-259. doi:10.1080/17544750.2025.2544452

  • Lan, T., & Zhang, L. (2025). Made in Italy by Chinese: fashionability and transnational Chinese entrepreneurs. Chinese Journal of Communication, 18(3), 260-278. doi:10.1080/17544750.2024.2311263

  • Zhang, L., & Yuan, E. J. (2025). Entrepreneurs in China's ‘Silicon Valley': state-led financialization and mass entrepreneurship/innovation. In Revisiting Networked China (pp. 48-65). Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781003655787-4

  • Zhang, L. (2025). Market in the Fragmented State: Alibaba and the Chinese Governance Regime of Big Tech. Social Media + Society, 11(2). doi:10.1177/20563051251340147

  • Zhang, L. (2024). A social reproductive perspective into rural e-commerce and internet history in China. Communication and the Public. doi:10.1177/20570473241267946

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