4 papers
The Digital Landscape of God: Narrative, Visuals and Viewer Engagement of Religious Videos on YouTube
Rongyi Chen, Ziyan Xin, Qing Xiao +5
The digital transformation of religious practice has reshaped how billions of people engage with spiritual content, with video-sharing platforms becoming central to contemporary re…
Constructing Algorithmic Authority: How Multi-Channel Networks (MCNs) Govern Live-Streaming Labor in China
Qing Xiao, Rongyi Chen, Jingjia Xiao +6
This study examines the discursive construction of algorithms and its role in labor management in Chinese live-streaming industry by focusing on how intermediary organizations (Mul…
"It Might be Technically Impressive, But It's Practically Useless to us": Motivations, Practices, Challenges, and Opportunities for Cross-Functional Collaboration around AI within the News Industry
Qing Xiao, Xianzhe Fan, Felix M. Simon +2
Recently, an increasing number of news organizations have integrated artificial intelligence (AI) into their workflows, leading to a further influx of AI technologists and data wor…
Let's Influence Algorithms Together: How Millions of Fans Build Collective Understanding of Algorithms and Organize Coordinated Algorithmic Actions
Qing Xiao, Yuhang Zheng, Xianzhe Fan +2
Previous research pays attention to how users strategically understand and consciously interact with algorithms but mainly focuses on an individual level, making it difficult to ex…