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Chinese Internet Research Conference 2012: Lin Zhang
Speaker at 10th Annual Chinese Internet Research Conference. The title of the presentation is "Productive vs. Pathological: Two Faces of Consumer Labor in China’s Online Gaming Industry.”
December 5, 2012
Lin Zhang
USC Annenberg
"Productive vs. Pathological: Two Faces of Consumer Labor in China's Online Gaming Industry"
Lin Zhang received her B.A. in English Literature from Beijing Foreign Studies University and her MA in Media, Culture and Communication at New York University. After graduation, she went to the Chinese University of Hong Kong where she was involved in a research project on Asian gaming industry, exploring gaming guild culture and consumer co-creative labor. Her research interest lies at the intersection of online cultural communities and the political economy of digital cultural industries.
This video is also available on the USCI YouTube Channel.
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