Education

· Ph.D. in Communication, Peking University, 2009

· M.A. in Communication, Communication University of China, 2005

· B.A. in Literature, Communication University of China, 2002

Research Interests

· Political Economy of Communication; Platform Economy and Digital Labor; Global Communication History and Geopolitics; Media and Social Transformation in Modern China.

Academic Appointments

Peking University

· Dean, School of International Communication (2023 - Present)

· Associate Professor (with Tenure) & Deputy Dean, School of Journalism and Communication (2020 - Present)

· Associate Professor / Research Fellow, School of Journalism and Communication (2014 - 2020)

· Executive Deputy Dean, Institute of International Communication (2014 - 2023)

· Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of International Studies (2009 - 2011)

Tsinghua University

· Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Communication (2012 - 2014)

· Lecturer, School of Journalism and Communication (2011 - 2012)

Selected Honors & Awards

· National Leading Talent in Philosophy and Social Sciences（“万人计划”领军人才） (2019)

· National Excellence Award for Cultural Professionals （全国文化名家暨“四个一批”人才）(2017)

· Research Excellence Award, Ministry of Education (2020, 2017)

· Beijing Municipal Philosophy and Social Science Excellence Award (2012)

· Peking University Teaching Excellence Award (2017, 2018, 2020, 2025)

· First Prize, Beijing Youth Faculty Teaching Competition (2013)

Teaching Experience

· Graduate: Theory of Journalism, Research Methodology, Mass Media and Social Change

· Undergraduate: Global Communication History, International Communication, Journalism Theory

Representative Publications

Books

1. The Age of Mediatization: Reflections and Reconstruction of Contemporary Communication Theory, People's Publishing House, 2020.

2. Communication as Labor: A Study on the Working Conditions of Chinese Journalists, CUC Press, 2011.

3. International Communication and Its Effects (Co-authored), Peking University Press, 2011.

Selected Peer-Reviewed Articles

4. Wang, W. (2020). Mediatised Politics: A Perspective for Understanding Political Communication in China. Javnost - The Public, 27(4).

5. Wang, W., & Yang, L. (2017). The Wu Ying Case and the Partisan Nature of Chinese Intellectuals on Microblogs. In Media and Society in Networked China. Brill.

6. Wang, W. (2026). Power Dynamics in Global Maritime Networks. Beijing Cultural Review.

7. Wang, W., & Zhao, Y. (2026). Socially Embedded Paths of International Communication. Journal of Shanxi University.

8. Wang, W. (2024). Lessons from Digital Monopoly: Infrastructure Architecture of Global Publishing. Publishing and Distribution Research.

9. Wang, W., & Zhang, H. (2022). Beyond Geopolitics? The Creation and Failure of Global Satellite Networks. Global Media Journal.

10. Wang, W., & Zhou, H. (2021). The 'Double Movement' of Regulation and Expansion: China's Platform Economy. Journalism & Communication.

11. Wang, W. (2021). 'Gig Journalists' in Traffic-driven News: Digital Labor Transformation. Journalism and Writing.

12. Wang, W. (2018). Network and Hegemony: Geopolitics of Information and Communication. Dushu.

13. Wang, W. (2018). Understanding Social Media Fear in the 'Post-Truth Era.' Journalist.

14. Wang, W. (2017). The Failure of the Media Establishment: Trust Crisis in Western Mainstream Journalism. Modern Communication.

15. Wang, W. (2017). Rethinking 'Mediated Politics' in Contemporary Society. Journalism University.

16. Wang, W. (2016). Elegy for Professionalism: News Production in the Digital Age. Journalist.

17. Wang, W. (2014). Cyber-myth: The History and Politics of 'Dot-Neoliberalism.' Economic Guide.

18. Wang, W. (2012). What is Modern Journalism? Historical Analysis of the Social Role of Journalists. Journalist.

19. Wang, W. (2011). Intellectuals and Cultural Communication in modern Chinese Spatial Politics. Tianya.

20. Wang, W., & Zhao, Y. (2010). Reimagining Utopia: The Imagination of Chinese Communication Research. Modern Communication.