PhD Research:
My research focuses on rural middle school students’ engagement with social media platforms in relation to their schooling experiences, with a focus on “school-disengaged” students. These “school-disengaged” students, who usually have low academic achievements, tend to be more engaged with social media compared to their “well-performed” peers. Using ethnography combined with both online and offline methods, this research aims to understand the role of social media content production in the experiences of “school-disengaged” students in rural China. I hope to make original contribution to knowledge about this marginalized group and how they can be better supported.
Academic Background:
- BA Media and Communication (City University of Hong Kong)
- MA Education and Technology (University College London)
Research Interests:
- Teenagers and social media
- Researching children and young people
- Ethnography in schools & digital ethnography
- Middle-school education
- Rural-urban inequalities
- China studies
Personal narrative about being a first-gen scholar: https://journals.calstate.edu/textandtype/article/view/3527
