Dr. Songyin Liu
Assistant Professor, School of Communication, Shenzhen University;
Research Fellow, Institute of Global Communication, Shenzhen University.
Dr. Songyin Liu holds a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Economics, and a Master of Arts in Journalism and Communication from Peking University, and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK.
Dr. Liu is primarily trained in the cultural studies and critical theory background, focusing on the experiences, feelings and cultural practices among different social groups in the Chinese context amidst the emerging techno conditions.
In recent years, he has published several papers in SSCI/CSSCI journals such as News and Writing, Journalism Frontier, Contemporary Communication, Media Observation, Literary Theory and Criticism, Social Problems, and Australian Feminist Studies. He has also presented conference papers at international and domestic academic conferences, including ICA, IAMCR, NCA, AOIR, the Annual Conference of the Chinese Sociological Association, the American Sociological Association (ASA) Annual Meeting, the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) Annual Conference, the Platform Studies Workshop, and the Media Materiality Forum.
Main Research Areas:
Digital Media and Cultural Studies, Media Sociology, Media Theory, Digital Journalism
Courses Offered:
Digital Media and Social Development, Digital Media and Global Cultural Industries, Communication Theory, Research Methods in Journalism and Communication, Intercultural Communication, Media and Cultural Studies, etc.
Selected Publications:
[1]刘松吟.(2025).“迭代的阵痛”：人工智能时代技术焦虑的三重面向.新闻与写作,(03),28-37. (The Growing Pains of Iteration: Three Dimensions of Technological Anxiety in the Age of Artificial Intelligence)
[2]刘松吟 & 冯昱杰.(2025).从机构到机器：重思新闻真实讨论中的技术向度.新闻春秋,(04),37-46. (From Institutions to Machines: Rethinking the Technological Dimension in Discussions of Journalistic Truth)
[3]常江,刘松吟,王茜 & 郭愉昂.(2025).以社会性生发新理论：2024年中外新闻学研究创新进展.传媒观察,(01),5-17. (Generating New Theories through Sociality: Innovations in Chinese and Global Journalism Studies in 2024)
[4]刘松吟.(2024).“行动者网络”之后：数字新闻研究中的行动者转向与再定位.新闻界,(10),28-37. (After Actor-Network Theory: The Actor Turn and Repositioning in Digital News Research.” *Journalism Frontier)
[5]常江 & 刘松吟.(2024).后人类新闻：内涵、认识论与能动现实主义.当代传播,(05),11-16. (Posthuman Journalism: Connotations, Epistemology, and Agential Realism)
[7]葛亮 & 刘松吟*.(2023).《琉璃》与心魂-元神-肉身有机体：后人类理论与中国先秦灵肉观对话中流动的身体想象.文艺理论与批评,(02),109-122. (*Liuli* and the Soul-Spirit-Body Organism: Fluid bodily imagination in the dialogue between posthuman theory and pre-Qin Chinese views of spirit and body)
[8]刘松吟 & 刘德寰. (2022). 去联接与非联接:微信朋友圈非使用的技术可供性与用户能动性.新闻与写作,(05),83-93. (Disconnection and Non-Connection: Technological Affordances and User Agency in the Non-Use of WeChat Moments)
[9] Liu, S., & Zhao, L. (2025). “Feminist Roundabouts: A Critical Thematic Analysis of Chinese Gender Humor in Stand-up Comedy.” *Australian Feminist Studies*, 1-17.
[10] Zhou, X., & Liu, S*. (2025). “Making gender crises: State newspapers and the regulation of gender nonconformity in China.” *Social Problems*, 72(2), 611-626.
Research Grant:
- National Social Science Fund Youth Project (Principal Investigator)
- Shenzhen Education Science Planning Project (Principal Investigator)
Awards and Honors:
- Best Undergraduate Thesis Advisor Award, Department of Network and New Media, School of Communication, Shenzhen University (2025)
- Second “Digital Communication and Media China” Academic Symposium Paper Award
Academic Services and Affiliations:
- Research Fellow, Institute of Global Communication, Shenzhen University
- Visiting Scholar, Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science (2023)
- Youth Editorial Board Member, *Intelligence and Social Research* (2022-2024)
- Founding Member/Researcher, LSE Identity Lab
Email: syliu@szu.edu.cn
Office Hours: Wednesdays 10:00 – 12:00 (Fall Semester 2025-2026)
