I once wrote an oped in .@TheHinduNews. arguing that #Pakistan and #Israel are fundamentally similar nations. Their shared fondness for #Trump shouldn’t surprise anyone.

RT @CanTao13: Presenting @asenevents #asen2025

#newPub #academicTwitter. We extend Debord’s powerful concept of the ‘spectacle’ to #digital media but also identify its limitations in our comparative analysis of #Korean and English-language posts/networks about the Seoul stampede. Read #openAccess at

It was a pleasure to share my research at #asen2025 on the role of bottom-up #digital nationalism — or what I call “user-generated nationalism” — in online hashtag wars between pro- and anti-Trump partisans. Looking forward to another day of insightful talks. #AcademicTwitter

Landed today in Budapest for the #asen2025 conference. Couldn’t wait to get to the Danube. Lovely weather too!

Delighted to see this excellent article published. Part of a special issue I’m co-editing on “Negotiating Digital Visibility in #Asia” for @ConvergenceJrnl. We’re expecting the full SI to be out in a few months.

My article with Jin-A Choi on the spectacle of #suffering has been accepted in @ConvergenceJrnl. We find stark differences in narratives about the Seoul stampede across #English and #Korean language posts. Lemme know if you want to a copy of the #preprint. #AcademicTwitter

Delighted and proud to see @JkNkhr and Jing Cai come out with this interesting and timely study in New Media & Society on the intersection of Chinese nationalism and feminism online. Way to go!.

💡 Right-wing provocateurs hijacked the hashtag to amplify Black-on-Asian #violence.💡 But active participation of #Asian celebrities such as #BTS bolstered the #movement.💡 Their #fandom boosted movement’s anti-#racist agenda by repeatedly posting similar messages in concert.

#newPub #openAccess #AcademicTwitter .#socialmedia #movement #racism #bts #btsarmy. My article w/ Mingyi Hou on the Stop #Asian Hate movement as hashtag #activism, focusing on the role of provocateurs, #celebrities & #fandom, is out in @SocialMedia_Soc .

The #Digital South Research Lab webpage is live ahead of tomorrow’s kickoff at Tilburg University. Please take a look to learn more about our #team members, ongoing #research projects, and #calls for papers and abstracts. #AcademicTwitter.

RT @sagnikdutta: Please join us for the launch of the Digital South Research lab at Tilburg University. An exciting panel on securitisation….

Please join us for the launch of #Digital South Research Lab at Tilburg University with a hybrid event on 21 Feb 11am - 3pm. Session 1. Securitization of the #academia.Session 2. #Book talk by Mingyi Hou. Full program & registration at #academicTwitter.

I’m guest editing a Chinese Journal of Communication SI on Transnational #Migration to/from #China: The Role of #Digital Platforms, Publics, and Policies. Please consider submitting or circulating the call in your networks. #callforpapers #cfp #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter

RT @ChrisLynnHedges:

Key Takeaways.1 Hashtag movements comprise conflicting agendas, which scholars should pay more attention to.2 Hashtag movements are hierarchical & not horizontal but bottom-up voices can still be heard through *collective action* practices [5/5]. #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter.

Our most interesting finding is how ordinary fans helped boost the movement’s anti-racist agenda in Twitter’s attention economy by repeatedly posting similar messages in concert — which we compare to the irl #fan practice of “chanting”. [4/n]. #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter.

But the active participation of #Asian celebrities such as #BTS, with their own humongous followings, bolstered the movement. Their tweets & statements about anti-Asian violence were heavily retweeted and dominated the digital discourse. [3/n]. #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter.

We find that while the movement rose against White Supremacist *structural #racism* following Trump’s Chinese Virus tweet, right-wing provocateurs w/ large followings often hijacked its hashtag to amplify sporadic Black-on-Asian violence. [2/n]. #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter.