Chang Zhang

Communication University of China
School of Government and Public Affairs
Department of Political Communication

Publications

Media, Technology & Governance

  • Zhang, C., & Wang, L. (2025). Virtual worlds, real politics: A cross‐national comparative study of metaverse policy approaches. Politics and Governance, 13 , Article 10239. (DOI)

  • Hu, Z., Zhang, C., & Galligan, D. (2025). Technology as Statecraft: Remaking Sovereignty, Security, and Leadership in a Multipolar Age. Politics and Governance, 13, Article 11743. (DOI)

  • Wang, Z., Zhang, C., & Li, S. (2023). Does Nationalism Motivate or Demotivate? Unpacking Complex Identity-Motivation Nexus in the Context of Chinese Earners of Japanese. Language and Intercultural Communication, 23(3), 308–320. (DOI)

  • Zhang, C. (2022). The Three Paths of Media and Global Governances. Journalism Lover, (11): 51–54. (DOI)
    (张畅. 媒介与全球治理的三重路径, *新闻爱好者, (11): 51–54)

  • Zhang, C., & Wu, R. (2019). Battlefield of Global Ranking: How Do Power Rivalries Shape Soft Power Index Building? Global Media and China, 4(2), 179–202. (DOI)

International political Communication (Area Focus: Russia; Genre: Visual)

  • Zhang, C., Jin, Y., & Si, R. (2025). Propaganda à la Russe: Historical Continuance and Modern Adaptation. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 1-6. (DOI)

  • Zhang, C., Zhang, D., & Shao, H. (2023). The Softening of Chinese Digital Propaganda: Evidence From the People’s Daily Weibo Account During the Pandemic. Frontiers in Psychology, online. (DOI)

  • Zhang, C., & Zhou, T. (2023). Russia’s Strategic Communication during the Ukraine Crisis (2013-2014): Victims, Hypocrites, and Radicals. Discourse & Communication, 17(6), 784-810. (DOI)

  • Zhang, C., Zhang, D., & Blanchard, P. (2023). International Broadcasting During Times of Conflict: A Comparison of China’s and Russia’s Communication Strategies. Journalism Practice, 18(8), 1977-2004. (DOI)

  • Zhang, C., & Wang, Z. (2023). Despicable “other” and Innocent “us”: Emotion Politics in the Time of the Pandemic. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. (DOI)

  • Shen, G., Fan, X., & Zhang, C. (2019). Contesting for Discursive Power: Content Analysis of China and Russia’s TV Channels’ Digital Discourse. News Journalist, (04): 65–77. (DOI)
    (沈国麟, 樊祥冲, 张畅. 争夺话语权: 中俄国家电视台在社交媒体上的话语传播*, *新闻记者, (04):65–77.)

IR Study & Norm Research

  • Zhang, C., & Zhao, X. (2024). On the Three Historical Shifts in the Study of International Relations in China. The Journal of Northeast Normal University, (6), 103–104. (Full text reprinted in China Social Science Digest, 2024, No. 6). (DOI)
    (张畅, 赵雪波. 论中国国际关系学的三次历史转向, 东北师大学报(哲学社会科学版), (02), 157–164. 《中国社会科学文摘》2024年第6期全文转载)

  • Zhang, C. (2023). Authoritarian Norm Contestation and International Broadcasting: RT’s Norm Contestation Strategy During the Ukraine Crisis. International Politics, online. (DOI)

  • Krickovic, A., & Zhang, C. (2022). Fears of Falling Short vs. Anxieties of Decline: Explaining Russia and China’s Divergent Approaches to Status-Seeking. The Chinese Journal of International Politics, 13(2): 219–251. (DOI)

Book Reviews & Others

  • Zhang, C., & Wang, L. (2025). Platforms, Power, and Politics: An Introduction to Political Communication in the Digital Age. International Journal of Communication, 19, 2297-2299. (Link)

  • Zhang, C. (2025, January 10). The Ventriloquism of Politics in Films. China Social Sciences Herald.
    (张畅. 电影中的政治“腹语术”, 中国社会科学报)

  • Zhang, C. (2025). Mapping the Media and Communication Landscape of Central Asia. An Anthology of Emerging and Contemporary Issues. Europe-Asia Studies, 77(2), 335–337. (DOI)

  • Zhang, C., & Zhao, X. (2024). China, Media, and International Conflicts: Edited by Shixin Ivy Zhang and Altman Yuzhu Peng. Asian Journal of Communication, 34(4), 516–518.

  • Zhang, C., & Zhou, T. (2024). Book Review: A Self-fulfilling Prophecy: Constructing Russia as an Imagined Enemy – Glenn Diesen, Russophobia: Propaganda in International Politics. Media, War & Conflict, 17(2), 268–270. (DOI)

  • Zhang, C. (2022). Book Review: China’s Digital Presence in the Asia-Pacific: Culture, Technology, and Platforms. Media International Australia, 192(1), 169–170. (DOI)

  • Zhang, C. (2018). Internet and Global Social Movement. In Shen Guolin (Ed.), Internet and Global Communication: Theories and Cases. Shanghai: Fudan University Press.
    (张畅. 第五章: 互联网与全球社会运动, 沈国麟编, 互联网与全球传播:理论与案例. 上海，复旦大学出版社.)

Selected Conferences

International Communication Association(ICA) Annual Meeting (75th, 74th, 73rd, 72nd)

International Studies Association(ISA) Annual Meeting (65th)

Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Annual Meeting (80th)

International Pragmatics Association (IPrA) Annua Meeting (18th)

American Political Science Association’s (APSA) Annual Meeting (118th)