Biography
**Zhen Ye (1995) is a lecturer in the Department of Media & Communication.**
Under the supervision of Prof. dr. Susanne Janssen and dr. Tonny Krijnen, Zhen obtained her PhD degree with the project "An industry was born: Investigating (gendered) livestreaming cultural production in China". Her research particularly focuses on gender, digital labour, the platformization of cultural production, and East Asian media culture.
After obtaining her Bachelor in Japanese Language and Literature from Beijing Foreign Studies University (2017), Zhen received a Master degree in Media & Communication at Goldsmiths, University of London (2018). Followed by this MA, she enrolled in the Research Master of Media Studies at University of Amsterdam from 2018 to 2020.
Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication
- ye@eshcc.eur.nl
Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication
- ye@eshcc.eur.nl
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Work
- Zhen Ye, Chenyu Dong & Misha Kavka (2022) - Navigating the economy of ambivalent intimacy: gender and relational labour in China’s livestreaming industry - Feminist Media Studies, 23 (7), 3384-3400 - doi: 10.1080/14680777.2022.2112736 - [link]
- Zhen Ye (2022) - Review essay: When we talk about platforms and culture, what are we talking about? - Media, Culture & Society, 44 (1), 185-190 - doi: 10.1177/01634437211071052 - [link]
- Zhen Ye & Tonny Krijnen (2023) - Methods in Cultural Production and Media Industries Research Conference (Participant)
Activity: Organising and contributing to an event › Academic - Zhen Ye & Tonny Krijnen (2023) - Methods in Cultural Production and Media Industries Research Conference (Participant)
Activity: Attending an event › Academic - Zhen Ye & Tonny Krijnen (2023) - IAMCR (Participant)
Activity: Attending an event › Academic - Z (Zhen) Ye (2021) - Navigating the Economy of Ambivalent Intimacy: Gender and Relational Labour in China’s Livestreaming Industry (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic
Media Industries and Audiences
- Level
- BA-1
- Year Level
- BA-1
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- CM1012
Master Thesis Project
- Year Level
- MA, MA, MA, MA, MA
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- CM5050
Qual. Methods in Media and Comm.
- Year Level
- BA-2, Pre-master, Pre-master, Pre-master, Pre-master
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- CM2006
New Media and the Creative Industries
- Level
- BA-2
- Year Level
- BA-2
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- CM2556
