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  SUN Xiaomei
   Department   Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University  College of Asia Pacific Studies
   Position   Associate Professor
■ Education
1. 〔Doctorial Course〕 Mass Communication, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Completed, Doctor of Philosophy
2. Media and Society, College of Social Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Graduated
■ Academic and professional experience
1. 2025/01~2025/05 University of Wisconsin-Madison Lecturer
2. 2018/09~2025/01 University of Wisconsin-Madison Teaching Assistant
■ Books and theses
1. 2025 Article Regionality of Messaging Applications: Everyday Socialization as a Gateway to Civic and Political Participation in China, Japan, South Korea, and the United States Social Media + Society  (Collaboration) 
2. 2024 Article Marry or not for democracy and love: Dialogic framing in the Taiwan marriage equality movement and countermovement Media, Culture & Society 46(2),pp.235-251 (Collaboration) 
3. 2023 Article Same-sex marriage legislation in Taiwan and the meaning of democracy Sage Perspectives  (Collaboration)  Link
4. 2023 Article National Independence Versus Traditional Culture: Framing the Same-Sex Marriage Movement and Countermovement in Taiwan International Journal of Press/Politics 29(4),pp.1045-1063 (Collaboration) 
■ Conference presentations
1. 2021 Testing spiral of silence theory during COVID-19 in China: Perceived constraints on opinion climate and willingness to self-censor (The 74th World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR) Annual Conference)
2. 2020 Comparing media system in East vs. East paradigm: The case of China and Japan (The 70th International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference)
3. 2020 Evaluating the effect of media literacy intervention on Twitter bot detection (The 70th International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference)
4. 2019 Does political generation matter? Examining the role of the Internet use in four modes of political participation in Taiwan (The 2019 International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) Annual Conference)
5. 2019 Legalizing same-sex marriage for our nation: Dialogic framing in the Taiwan marriage equality movement (The 2019 American Sociological Association (ASA) Media Sociology Preconference)
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■ External Researcher ID
ORCID iD https://orcid.org/ 0000-0001-8617-0833