Peer-reviewed Journals

  • Sun, Q & Ding, R. (In Press). Unveiling the complexities of digital feminism:  Advocacy, self-promotion, and state oversight among Chinese beauty influencers on Weibo. Accepted by Social Media + Society.

  • Sun, Q. (2024). Marginalization in the name of empowerment: unpacking rural women’s standpoints on female empowerment in Chinese consumer culture. Gender, Place & Culture, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/0966369X.2024.2392125

  • Sun, Q. (2024). Digital labor in the state-led/capitalist complex: State labor and playful workaholics in the Chinese digital space. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 27(3), 387-404. https://doi.org/10.1177/136787792312173

  • Sun, Q (2023). A revealing “confession” or another publicity stunt? Reflections on social media entrepreneurship on Weibo. International Journal of Communication, 17. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/21351

  • Sun, Q., Paje’, D., & Lee, H. (2023). “Female empowerment is being commercialized”: online reception of girl crush trend among feminist K-pop fans. Feminist Media Studies, 23(8), 4156–4169. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2022.2154820

  • Sun, Q. (2023). New femininities and self-making in contemporary Chinese beauty influencing. Critical Studies in Fashion & Beauty, 14(1), 35–55. https://doi.org/10.1386/csfb_00054_1

  • Hauer, M. K., Jenkins, A., MacPherson, J., Sun, Q., & Swain, M. (2023). Tweeting about the COVID-19 vaccine: A content analysis. Atlantic Journal of Communication, 1–13. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15456870.2023.2202402

  • Sun, Q (2017). How does cultural and regulatory focus difference affect consumer’s motivations to engage in luxury consumption: A cross-cultural comparison between the U.S consumers and Chinese consumers. China Market, 33.

Other Publication & Media Coverage

  • A New Femininity Is Starting To Emerge in China (2023, April 10). The Conversation. Link

  • K-Pop’s Girl-Crush Craze: Feminist or Fake? Medium (2023, Mar 7) Link