Chinese online fandom nationalism and their intertwining of online political and pop-cultural practices in populist truth-making.

Digital nationalist and populist movements have shaped the political sphere for years, with their manifold channels and forms of political communication. Chenyang Song investigates how Chinese online fandom nationalists entangle online political, nationalist and pop-cultural practices, facilitated by social media affordances and nuanced online practices. This study shows how they mobilize and conduct cross-platform trolling and reporting campaigns under the banner of idolized Chinese nation and politicians to spread their political messages.

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Chenyang Song, born in 1993, works as a lecturer at the institute of Foreign Language at Fujian Normal University. The cultural scientist did his Ph.D. at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Universität Tübingen. He was a member of the International Society of Ethnology and Folklore, the European Association of Social Anthropologists and the International Association of Communication. His research focuses on online popular culture (fandom culture), online political activism (nationalism and populism), gender, emotion and mixed methods.