Xin Zhou, M.A.
Xin Zhou
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Curriculum Vitae
Education and Academic Career
- SoSe 2024 – ongoing: Doctoral Researcher, Institute of Communication Science, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
- 2021–2023: Master's degree (M.Sc.) in Political Communication at University of Gothenburg (Sweden). Thesis: "The Power of the Visual: Political Persona Construction Among Nordic Leaders on Instagram"
- 2023: Erasmus+ Exchange at University of Helsinki (Finland)
Research Experience
- 2024: Digital Methods Summer School, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK
- 2023: Virtual SUPRA Programme; NIAS, University of Copenhagen
- 2022: Computational Social Science Summer Institute, SICSS-Helsinki
Work Experience (non-academic)
After completing his Bachelor’s degree in Journalism in China, he has worked as a journalist, editor, and photographer.
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Research Areas
- Computational Social Science
- Propaganda and Misinformation
- Political Polarization and Protest Dynamics
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Awards & Scholarships
- Adlerbert Scholarships, Adlerbertska Foundations, 2022 & 2023
- Adlerbert Foreign Student Hospitality Foundation Scholarship, 2023
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Teaching
- WiSe 2024: Inferential Statistics (BA), Universität Jena
- WiSe 2024: Computational Methods in Research Practice (BA), Universität Jena
- SoSe 2024: Descriptive Statistics (BA), Universität Jena
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Conferences and Workshops
2024
- “Leveraging OpenAI’s Multimodal APIs for Analyzing Digital Propaganda in Political Communication," ECREA, Slovenia.
- "Analyzing Implicit Propaganda Content on TikTok: A Multimodal Computational Approach," MISDOOM, Germany.
- "Political Disillusionment in Xi's Era: Comparing Chinese Youth Political Participation in White Paper Protest 2022," NCA Top Paper Award in the Activism & Social Justice Division, USA.