WeChat ecology research

Gavin’s main research interests focus on political communication. He is interested in Chinese social media like WeChat, questions of social media ecosystem, oversea usage, and the role of participants or users. Gavin has a background in different types of projects by collecting both qualitative and quantitative data and proficient in the operation of different programming languages and software.

Dr. John Postill (PhD, UCL) is Vice-Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow at RMIT University, Melbourne, and Digital Anthropology Fellow at University College London (UCL).

His publications include Localizing the Internet (2011), Media and Nation Building (2006) and the co-edited volume Theorising Media and Practice (2010, with Birgit Bräuchler). Currently he is writing a book provisionally titled Freedom Technologists: Digital Activism and Political Change in the Early 21st Century, and the co-edited volume Theorising Media and Change (with Elisenda Ardèvol and Sirpa Tenhunen).