Main Awards

¨ 2020. Outstanding Young Scholar Award of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. (ONLY 10 Awards in HUST & ONLY ONE Award in Humanities, Social Sciences, and Business Administration Sectors).

¨ 2020.First-class Award, Teaching Competition of HUST. (RANK No.1 in Theory Group)

¨ 2018. Third-class Award, Hubei Province Award on Excellent Publications.

¨ 2017.Outstanding Graduates,Wuhan University. (RANK No.1 PhD Student Awarded in the Journalism and Communication School of Wuhan University)

¨ 2015. Second-class Award, Wuhan Municipal Award Social Science Publication.

¨ 2015. National Scholarship, Wuhan University. (RANK No.1 PhD Student Awarded in the Journalism and Communication School of Wuhan University)

¨ 2014. Annual Academic Scholarship, Wuhan University. (ONLY ONE PhD Student Awarded in the Journalism and Communication School of Wuhan University)

¨ 2014-2017. First-class Scholarship, Wuhan University. 

Research Keywords：¨ Online Activism        ¨ New Media        ¨ Public Opinion Studies

Courses：¨ Introduction to Media Convergence (BA)      ¨ Data Journalism Practice (MA & BA)       ¨ Public Opinion Studies  (MA)

Main Research Projects& Papers and Books Finished or Now Engaged

Selected Project Experiences

¨ P.I. Online Public Opinion Research, Funded by Hubei Province. 2022-2023.

¨ P.I. Opinion on the Emergency Initiated by the Major Epidemic Based on Spatio-temporal Big Data, Funded by the National Social Science Fund of China, National Office for Philosophy and Social Sciences. 2019-2021.

¨ P.I. Construction of Big Data Public Opinion and Judgment System Based on Spatial Visualization, Funded by Young Scholar Program of the Humanity and Social Science Foundation, Ministry of Education of China. 2018-2020.

¨ P.I. Online Political Participation Research—Based on Social Network Analysis, Funded by Young Scholar Program of the Humanity and Social Science Foundation, Ministry of Education of China. 2014-2017.

¨ P.I. Development of Network Society and Innovation of Administration in Ethnic Regions, Funded by Key Projects of National Culture Foundation, Ethnic and Religious Affairs Commission of Hubei Province. 2013-2015.

¨ P.I. Pedagogic Practice Reform and Innovation—Based on the Perspective of Government Administration, Funded by Education Science Planning Foundation, Hubei Province. 2013-2015.

¨ P.I. Governmental Micro-blogs Research, Funded by Humanity and Social Science Foundation, Hubei Provincial Department of Education. 2013-2014.

¨ P.I. Marketing and Writing of Business Blogs, Funded by Social Science Foundation, Hubei Provincial Department of Education. 2009-2012.

¨ Co-P.I. Manual for Public Opinion Risk Management, Commissioned by Specialized Research Foundation, China Telecom Global Limited. 2013-2014.

¨ Co-P.I. Handbook for Administrative Practice on Online Public Opinion, Commissioned by Specialized Research Foundation, Cyberspace Administration of China. 2012-2013.

¨ Co-P.I. Construction of Online Public Opinion Administration System, Funded by Social Science Foundation, Hubei Province. 2012-2014.

Books (In Chinsese)

¨ 2020. Social Network Analysis on Online Political Participation, Beijing: China Social Sciences Press.

¨ 2014. Administrative Practice on Online Public Opinion. Submitted to Cyberspace Administration of China.

¨ 2013. Public Opinion Risk Management. Submitted to China Telecom Global Limited.

¨ 2013. Online Public Opinion Measure System: Theory and Practice. Wuhan: Wuhan University Press.

Selected Refereed Articles (In Chinese)

¨ Di XU. (2021c) Crisis dilemmas and breakthroughs in the Swedish physical book industry in the post-epidemic era. Editorial Friend.  (12): 101-107. 

¨ Di XU. (2021b) How Technology Turns Digital Space into Media: Space, Perception and the Embeddedness of Relations. Journalism Research.  (10): 94-107，120-121.

¨ Di XU. (2021a) Operating Features and Practical Innovation Strategies of Danish Micro-publishers. Publishing Journal. (1): 88-96.

¨ Di XU. (2020b) Opinion on the Emergency Initiated by the Major Epidemic Based on Spatio-temporal Big Data. Journal of Modern Information. (4): 23-30+81.

¨ Di XU. (2020a) A Virtual Ethnography Study of Vulnerable Rights Activism in the Middle Class. Communication & Society. (52): 179–211.

¨ Di XU. (2019e) The Hybrid Approach of Social Network Analysis: A Research Trend of Qualitative and Quantitative Integration. Jianghan Tribune. (11): 128–133.

¨ INCS-Di XU. (2019d) Investigation on the General Public's Observation of Cultural Exchange and National Image in China and the United States (2017-2018). Frontiers. (9): 47-67.

¨ INCS-Di XU. (2019c) Investigation Report on the American Public's Perception of the World (2017-2018). Frontiers. (9): 26-46.

¨ Di XU & Ping Zhang. (2019b) Technical Breakthrough Path of County-level Converged Media Center Construction. China Publishing Journal. (5): 13-16.

¨ Di XU. (2019a) Construction of Big Data Public Opinion and Judgment System Based on Spatial Visualization. Information Science. (3): 22-26.

¨ Di XU. (2017) Conceptualizing and Measurement of Ethnic Identity. Guizhou Ethnic Studies. (5): 9-12.

¨ Di XU & Yaling Lou. (2016f) Innovative Strategies of Local Mobilephone Newspaper Editing in the Context of Media Convergence. China Publishing Journal. (15): 35-37.

¨ Di XU. (2016e) Exploring the Efficacy of Online Political Participation: The Phenomenon of "Slacktivism" as an Example. Jianghan Tribune. (10): 34–39.

¨ Shengyang Zhong & Di XU. (2016d) Activism 3.0 or Slacktivism: A Literature Review on Internet Activism. Journal of Intelligence. (9): 55-61+23.

¨ Yuexin Qiang & Di XU (2016c) The Accountability of Status-quo Mainstream Media: Based on a Survey in 2015. Shanghai Journalism Review. (8): 50-58.

¨ Di XU. (2016b) News Reporting and the Presentation of Social Truth - A Perspective on the Normalized News Production System. Theory and Reform. (5): 185-188.

¨ Di XU. (2016a) The Theoretical Foundation of Intercultural Communication Competence:  Gudykunsts Anxiety/Uncertainty Management Theory. Journalism. (1): 51-58+148.

¨ Di XU. (2015) Reflection on the Meaning of Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere in the Context of New Media. Study and Practice. (8): 55-61.

¨ Di XU. (2014) Bibliometrics Analysis of Cultural Communication of Research Literature in Ethnic Regions. Guizhou Ethnic Studies. (6): 31-34.

¨ Di XU. (2013c) Based on Mass Emergencies Early Warning Online Public Opinion Bibliometric Analysis. Library and Information Service. (S2): 224-227.

¨ Di XU. (2013b) Profit Model for Podcast under the Digital Medium Circumstance. Media. (10): 59-60.

¨ Di XU. (2013a) Evaluation Index System and Theoretical Model of Online Public Opinion. Journal of Modern Information. (10): 6-11.

Selected Refereed Articles (In English)

¨ Di XU*, Chu Yan, Ziqing Zhao, Jiaying Weng & Shiwen Ma. (2021) External Communication Barriers among Elderly Deaf and Hard of Hearing People in China during the COVID-19 Pandemic Emergency Isolation: A Qualitative Study.  Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health (IF 3.390). (11).

Book Chaper (In English)

¨ Di XU* et al. (2022),  Teaching Classic Literary Chinese to Deaf Students of Ethnic Minorities in Southwest China – A Pedagogic Exploration Based on Figurative Games . In: Gabrielle Jones et al.  (eds.), Literacies in Asian Deaf Communities: Deaf and Hearing Collaborations. Gallaudet University Press. (Accepted)

¨ Di XU* & Yuexin Qiang.(2022) , The Impact of Social Media Usage on Chinese College Students’ Political Socialization. In: Junhao Hong (ed.), China in the Era of Social Media. Lexington Books, 209 - 222.

Selected Conference Papers (In English)

¨ Shiwen Ma, Chu Yan, Ziqing Zhao & Di XU*. Technophobia among elderly deaf and hard of hearing people in China during covid-19 pandemic emergency isolation: a qualitative study, The 1st International Academic Conference on “Intelligence Communication and Health Governance”, Wuhan, China, 2021.

¨ Di XU. Political Socialization in Chinese College Students- Correlation of the Trust Level and Usage Frequency of Social Media, 10th PRAD &·2nd PRSC, Wuhan, China, 2017.

¨ Di XU. Online Political Participation in China - A Social Network Analysis of Chinese Middle Class's Rights Protectiona, Future of Media and Communication Research:Media Ecology and Big Data International Conference, Shanghai, China, 2017.

¨ Di XU. Evaluation Model of Key Capabilities of Public Relations in Chinese Media Industry: Based on Fuzzy Set Theory, 11th PRAD &·3rd PRSC & ICA Pre-conference, Prague, Czech Republic, 2018.