Dr Xintong Jia
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Email
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Location
6.326, Colchester Campus
Profile
Biography
Xintong’s research is driven by the curiosity to explore how the social and cultural forces shape one’s sense of self, with a particular interest in the gender dimension. Her expertise lies in the interdisciplinary research of media and gender, feminist epistemology, reality dating television, advertising and consumer culture, the dynamics of (post)feminism, and audience reception in global and transnational contexts.
Qualifications
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PhD in Sociology City, University of London, (2023)
Appointments
University of Essex
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Lecturer, Department of Sociology and Criminology, University of Essex (1/9/2023 - present)
Research and professional activities
Research interests
media and gender
advertising and consumer culture
reality dating television
audience reception
postfeminism and popular feminism
family in contemporary China
feminism in China
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Unlocking Your Academic Potential: How to Study at University (SC099)
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Researching Social Life (SC101)
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Media, Culture and Society (SC106)
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Digital Economy (SC508)
Current supervision
Publications
Journal articles (3)
Jia, X., (2024). Behind Perfection: Daylong Obsession, Joy, and Torment of Social Media. Feminist Media Studies, 1-4
Thompson, L., Turley, EL., Frances, T., Donnelly, LC., Lazard, L. and Jia, X., (2023). Doing feminisms on the ground: Challenges and opportunities for critical feminist psychologies. Psychology of Women and Equalities Section Review. 6 (1), 5-19
Jia, X., (2023). Book Review: McDermott, Catherine. 2022. Feel-Bad Postfeminism: Impasse, Resilience and Female Subjectivity in Popular Culture. European Journal of Cultural Studies. 26 (4), 616-619
Book chapters (4)
Jia, X., (2024). Intimate Activism and Chinese Postfeminist Sensibility: Female Viewers’ Responses to Reality Dating Shows. In: Feminist Activism in the Post-2010s Sinosphere. Editors: Engebretsen, E. and Zeng, J., . Bloomsbury Academic. 57- 74. 9781350419711
Jia, X., (2023). From the ‘Right’ Choices to the ‘Right’ Dispositions: The Subjective and Psychological Construction of Postfeminism in Chinese Reality Dating Shows. In: Media and Gender: History, Representation, Reception. Editors: D'Amelio, E. and Gorgolini, L., . Bologna University Press. 979-12-5477-312-3
Jia, X., (2023). Co-existing with Uncomfortable Reflexivity: Feminist Fieldwork During the Pandemic. In: Difficult Conversations: A Feminist Dialogue. Editors: Ryan-Flood, R., Crowhurst, I. and James-Hawkins, L., . Routledge. 113- 129. 9780367542627
Jia, X., (2022). Victoria’s Secret Goes to China: Femvertising and the Failed Promise of Empowerment. In: The Cultural Politics of Femvertising: Selling Empowerment. Editors: Gwynne, J., . Palgrave Macmillan. 17- 37. 978-3-030-99154-8
Reports and Papers (1)
Jia, X., (2024). 'Being both cool and cute' (ke yan ke tian) in Chinese Catchwords Blog, Queen Mary University of London.
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