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Meng Liang is a Teaching Professor in the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies (CIM) at the University of Warwick. Her research focuses on digital media economies, algorithmic media systems, and the attention economy, particularly in East Asian contexts. She holds a Ph.D. in Media and Film Studies from University College London (UCL), supported by the Overseas Research Scholarship (ORS-UCL). Her doctoral work examined participatory media and attention economy models in China since 1995.
Key research interests include the cultural and social impacts of algorithmic media platforms like TikTok, emotional dependency in user demographics, and the interplay between media technology and cultural norms. She has conducted research at MIT’s Global Media Technology and Cultural (GMTaC) Lab (2019-2020).
Her recent work explores data attraction models reshaping social media dynamics, Chinese compressed modernity in short video platforms, and transmedia storytelling in East Asia. She has presented at international conferences including MIT Worlding 2023 and the Critical Digital and Social Media Research Conference (2019).
Notable awards include the ORS-UCL scholarship. She teaches the module IM901: Cultures of the Digital Economy at Warwick.
