Blue Miaoran Dong

Biography

Blue Miaoran Dong is a PhD student at Carleton University’s School of Journalism and Communication, with more than eight years of experience in project and data management. She has authored and co-authored academic journal articles and book chapters in Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods and Food Studies: Matter, Meaning, Movement. She has presented her research at over ten national and international academic conferences, including the Canadian Communication Association (CCA), Telecommunications Policy Research Conference (TPRC), Association of Internet Researchers (AOIR), International Communication Association (ICA), Canadian Game Studies Association (CGC), Faculty of Public Affairs (FPA), International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA), Association francophone pour le savoir (ACFAS), Analyzing Ghost-management: Dynamics of Corporate Power in a Risk Society, and PODC Oxford.

In addition to her research, Blue is currently working as a data manager for the Global Media and Internet Concentration (GMIC) Project, as well as a research assistant for the Ghost Management project. She has also coordinated and co-chaired several academic conferences, including the Food Matters and Materialities: Critical Understandings of Food Cultures Conference, Data Power Conference, Analyzing Ghost-management: Dynamics of Corporate Power in a Risk Society conference, and CGC. Her research interests include the political economy of platform governance, comparative analysis of internet studies, science and technology studies (STS), public relations, and public policy.