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

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

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

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

[1] Xiao, Q., Chen, R., Xiao, J., Fu, T., Fan, X., Qian, A., Zhang, B., Lu, Z., & Hong, S. (in press). Constructing algorithmic authority: How Multi-Channel Networks (MCNs) govern live-streaming labor in China. In Companion publication of the 2026 conference on computer-supported cooperative work and social computing (CSCW Companion ‘26). Association for Computing Machinery.

Book Chapters

[1] Fu, T. (R&R). 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., & Yuan, J. (in preparation). Depoliticizing the game: Organizational constitution, legitimacy, and the NFL’s communicative presence in China.

[2] Fu, T. (in preparation). Outsourcing invisibility: How AI organizations communicatively constitute data annotation as non-work.

[1] Fu, T., & Xiang, S. (in preparation). Denying femininity, asserting masculinity: Gender containment in Beijing Opera’s male dan performance.

Academic Presentations

[9] 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.

[8] 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.

[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.