My research interests include the political economy of communication & media, critical communication research, ICTs, digital labor, platform economy, algorithmic management, human-computer/AI interaction, algorithm FATE (fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics), and mixed methods research.
Publications
Peer-reviewed Articles
To be updated.
Book Chapters
[1] Fu, T. (in preparation). Between ghostwriting, guidance, and co-creation: Navigating transparency in human–LLM teams for consulting. In C. W. Piercy, & A. C. Zanin (Eds.) Teaming with machines: How contemporary teams collaborate with complex work technologies. Wiley-Blackwell Publishing.
Working Papers
[4] Fu, T. & Xiang, S. (in preparation). Denying femininity, asserting masculinity: Gender containment in Beijing Opera’s male dan performance.
[3] Fu, T. (under review). Emerged, sustained, and contested: Anonymity as a dialectical communicative condition.
[2] Fu, T. (under review). Reclaiming the voice of the working class: Towards a workerist reorientation of digital labor studies.
[1] Xiao, Q., Chen, R., Xiao, J., Fu, T., Fan, X., Qian, A., Zhang, B., Lu, Z., & Hong, S. (R&R). Constructing algorithmic authority: How Multi-Channel Networks (MCNs) govern live-streaming labor in China.
Academic Presentations
[9] Fu, T. Outsourcing Invisibility: How AI Organizations Communicatively Constitute Data Annotation as Non-Work.
- Technology & Information Policy Institute (TIPI) Research Meeting. Austin, TX. Apr. 2026.
[8] Fu, T. Reclaiming the Voice of the Working Class: Towards a Workerist Reorientation of Digital Labor Studies.
- Political Economy Section II, What is Research Conference 2026. Portland, OR. Apr. 2026.
[7] Fu, T. From Design to Dwelling: An Ethnographic Study of Belonging in Theatre-Based Experiential Teaching and Learning.
- Student Belonging by Design Symposium. Austin, TX. Mar. 2026.
[6] Fu, T. Anonymity in Relations of Production: A Critical Review.
- Philosophy of Communication, Theory, & Critique Division, NCA 111th Annual Conference. Dencer, CO. Nov. 2025.
[5] Xiang, S., & Fu, T. & Constructing Party-centric Nationalism: A Comparative Analysis of Contemporary Chinese Cinema on Korean War.
- Mass Communication Division, NCA 111th Annual Conference. Denver, CO. Nov. 2025.
[4] Fu, T., Xiang, S. The Myth of Cross-gender Performance: Understanding Male Dan Actors’ Female Impersonation in Beijing Opera.
- Feminist & Gender Studies Division, NCA 111th Annual Conference. Denver, CO. Nov. 2025.
[3] Fu, T. Double-Anonymity: A Study of Female Live Streamers on Gender Performance, Strategic Invisibility, and Identity Management.
- Organizational Communication Mini Conference 2025. Champaign, IL. Oct. 2025.
[2] Fu, T. From Beijing Dayuan: Mass Culture and the Imagined Modernity in 1980s China.
- Critical & Cultural Studies Division, NCA 110th Annual Conference. New Orleans, LA. Nov. 2024.
[1] Fu, T. Digital Capital Never Sleeps: An Empirical Study of Digital Labor and Manufacturing Consent in China.
- Political Economy Section, IAMCR Annual Conference 2023 (OCP23). Lyon, France. Jul. 2023.
- MAPSS 8th Annual Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference. Chicago, IL. May 2023.