Tianyang Fu

My research interests include the political economy of communication & media, critical communication research, ICTs, digital labor, algorithmic governance, human-computer/AI interaction, algorithm fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics (FATE), and mixed methods research.

Publications

Peer-reviewed Articles

[1] Xiao, Q., Chen, R., Xiao, J., Fu, T., Fan, X., Qian, A., Zhang, B., Lu, Z., & Hong, S. (2026). Constructing algorithmic authority: How Multi-Channel Networks (MCNs) govern live-streaming labor in China. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 10(6), 1-32. https://doi.org/10.1145/3816914

Book Chapters

[1] Fu, T. (in press). 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

[3] Fu, T. (R&R). “Powered by love”: Prosumer labor and manufacturing consent process of content creators on video-sharing platform in China.

[2] Fu, T. (R&R). Reclaiming the voice of the working class: Towards a workerist reorientation of digital labor studies.

[1] Fu, T. (R&R). Emerged, sustained, and contested: Anonymity as a dialectical communicative condition.

Academic Presentations

[14] Xiang, S., & Fu, T. From Moral Obligation to Affect Persuasion: Legitimating Reproductive Governance in China’s Changing Media Environments.

[13] Fu, T., & Xiang, S. Structural Unlivability: A Duoethnography of Migration, Class Mobility, and Embodiment in Post-Socialist China.

[12] Fu, T. Authority Through Recognition: Identity and Power in Organizational Communication.

[11] Xiao, Q., Chen, R., Xiao, J., Fu, T., Fan, X., Qian, A., Zhang, B., Lu, Z., & Hong, S. Constructing Algorithmic Authority: How Multi-Channel Networks (MCNs) Govern Live-Streaming Labor in China.

[10] Fu, T., & Yuan, J. Depoliticizing the Game: Organizational Constitution, Legitimacy, and NFL’s Communicative Presence in China.

[9] Fu, T. Reclaiming the Voice of the Working Class: Towards a Workerist Reorientation of Digital Labor Studies.

[8] Fu, T. The Organizational Constitution of Structural Invisibility: A Multilevel Framework for Understanding AI Data Annotation Labor.

[7] Fu, T. From Design to Dwelling: An Ethnographic Study of Belonging in Theatre-Based Experiential Teaching and Learning.

[6] Fu, T. Anonymity in Relations of Production: A Critical Review.

[5] Xiang, S., & Fu, T. & Constructing Party-centric Nationalism: A Comparative Analysis of Contemporary Chinese Cinema on Korean War.

[4] Fu, T., Xiang, S. The Myth of Cross-gender Performance: Understanding Male Dan Actors’ Female Impersonation in Beijing Opera.

[3] Fu, T. Double-Anonymity: A Study of Female Live Streamers on Gender Performance, Strategic Invisibility, and Identity Management.

[2] Fu, T. From Beijing Dayuan: Mass Culture and the Imagined Modernity in 1980s China.

[1] Fu, T. Digital Capital Never Sleeps: An Empirical Study of Digital Labor and Manufacturing Consent in China.