Chunyan Wu

Biography

Dr Chunyan Wu is an Assistant Professor of Communication Studies in the Faculty of Social Sciences at Northeastern University London. She serves as the Course Leader for Introduction to Communication Studies and Global and Intercultural Communication, and also teaches Public Speaking. She is an Affiliate Faculty member of the College of Arts, Media and Design (CAMD) at Northeastern University, Boston.

Dr Wu holds a PhD in Communication and Media Studies from Loughborough University and an MA in Mass Communications from the University of Leicester. Her research examines how digital media shape communication and public discourse, with a particular focus on social media platforms, digital activism, and transnational politics. She also explores the transformation of journalism, political communication, and cultural narratives in digitally mediated contexts.

Qualifications

PhD in Media and Communication Studies, Loughborough University

MA in Mass Communications, University of Leicester

BA in Journalism & Communication, South China Normal University

Professional Affiliations

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

Research

Dr Wu’s research interests lie principally at social media analysis, digital journalism, political communication, international communication, and media and cultural analysis.

Articles

Peng, A. Y., Sun, Y., & Wu, C. (2025). Countering Nationalist Politics Through Distant Witnessing: An Affective-Discursive Approach. Social Media + Society, 11(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051251337221

Peng, A. Y., Wu, C., & Sun, Y. (2024). Curating activist journalism to defy China’s “mainstream” narrative on X (Twitter). Critical Discourse Studies, 1–23. doi.org/10.1080/17405904.2024.2430519

Peng, A. Y., Liu, F., & Wu, C. (2024). Gender Fluidity Versus Homohysteria: How Young Chinese Male Fans Consume Athletic Bromance. Men and Masculinities, 0(0). doi: 10.1177/1097184X241290809

Peng, A. Y., & Wu, C. (2024). Review of Weibo Feminism: Expression, Activism, and Social Media in China, written by Aviva Xue and Kate Rose. NAN NÜ, 26(2), 369-372. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685268-02602063

Wu, C., & Peng, A. Y. (2024). Challenges in conducting feminist critical discourse analysis on social media: stereotyping sportswomen in China’s sports fandom. In Sage Research Methods: Diversifying and Decolonizing Research. SAGE Publications, Ltd. doi: 10.4135/9781529682908

Peng, A. Y., Wu, C., & Chen, M. (2024). Sportswomen under the Chinese male gaze: A feminist critical discourse analysis. Critical Discourse Studies. doi: 10.1080/17405904.2022.2098150

Wu, C., & Xiao, J. (2021). Evolving frames: British newspaper coverage of repression and resistance in China over time, 1949-2009. Journalism Practice, 15 (4), 544-565. doi: 10.1080/17512786.2020.1730222