Contact: +86-18614259250; E-mail: changzhang@cuc.edu.cn
Languages: English, French, Russian; Software: SPSS, R, Nvivo
Research interests: International Political Communication, Media and Global Governance, Chinese and Russian Foreign Policy, Norms and IOs
2024.8- Associate Professor
School of Government and Public Affairs, Communication University of China
023.9-2024.7 Assistant Professor
School of Government and Public Affairs, Communication University of China
2021.10-2023.7 Postdoctoral Faculty Fellow
School of Government and Public Affairs, Communication University of China
2016-2021 PhD
Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick, Full scholarship
2014-2016 MA
Media and Communication, École de Communication, Sciences Po Paris & Fudan University Dual Degree Program
2010-2014 BA
International Relations, The School of International Relations and Public Affairs, Fudan University. Term abroad at University of Birmingham
2025
Zhang, C., Jin, Y., & Si, R. Propaganda à la Russe: historical continuance and modern adaptation. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 42(1), 69-74.
Zhang, C., & Wang, L. Ulrike Klinger, Daniel Kreiss, and Bruce Mutsvairo, Platforms, Power, and Politics: An Introduction to Political Communication in the Digital Age. International Journal of Communication, 19(0).
2024
Zhang,Chang & Zhao, X. On the Three Historical Turns of China's International Relations Studies. Chinese Social Sciences Digest (Reprint), (6), 103-104.
Zhang, Chang., & Zhao, X. China, media, and international conflicts: edited by Shixin Ivy Zhang and Altman Yuzhu Peng, Taylor & Francis, London, 2023. Asian Journal of Communication, 34(4), 516–518.
Zhang, Chang., & Zhou, T. Book Review: A self-fulfilling prophecy: Constructing Russia as an imagined enemy Glenn Diesen, Russophobia: Propaganda in International Politics. Media, War & Conflict, 17(2), 268-270.
2023
Zhang, Chang. Authoritarian Norm Contestation and International Broadcasting: RT's Norm Contestation Strategy During the Ukraine Crisis”, International Politics, online. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41311-023-00513-0 (SSCI, Q2)
Zhang, Chang and Wang, Zi. Despicable ‘other’ and Innocent ‘us’: Emotion Politics in the Time of the Pandemic. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. online.https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/WOHWYD (SSCI, Q1)
Zhang, Chang, and Zhou, Ting. Russia’s Strategic Communication During the Ukraine Crisis (2013–2014): Victims, Hypocrites, and Radicals. Discourse & Communication. https://doi.org/10.1177/175048132311731 (SSCI, Q4)
Wang, Zi, Zhang,C and Shiyu Li. Does Nationalism Motivate or Demotivate? Unpacking Complex Identity-Motivation Nexus in the Context of Chinese Learners of Japanese. Language and Intercultural Communication. https://doi.org/10.1080/14708477.2023.2195855 (SSCI, Q3)
Zhang, Chang, Zhang, Dechun &Shao, Hsuan lei. The Softening of Chinese Digital Propaganda: Evidence From the People’s Daily Weibo Account During the Pandemic, Frontiers in Psychology, online. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1049671 (SSCI, Q2)
2022.12
Zhang, Chang, Book Review: China’s Digital Presence in the Asia-Pacific: Culture, Technology, and Platforms, Media International Australia, online. https://doi.org/10.1177/1329878X221145976 (SSCI, Q4)
2022.11
Zhang, Chang. The Three Paths of Media and Global Governances, Journalism Lover, 2022, 539 (11) (媒介与全球治理的三重路径, 新闻爱好者, 2022 (11) : 539. 10.16017/j.cnki.xwahz.2022.11.030 (CSSCI Extended)
2022.09
Zhang, Chang, Blanchard, Philippe& Zhang, Dechun, International Broadcasting in the Time of Geopolitical Crises: Comparing Communication Strategies of CGTN and RT, Journalism Practice, online.https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2022.2140445 (SSCI, Q2)
2020.06
Krickovic, Andrej & Zhang, Chang. Fears of Falling Short vs. Anxieties of Decline: Explaining Russia and China’s Divergent Approaches to Status-Seeking. The Chinese Journal of International Politics, 13(2): 219-251. https://doi.org/10.1093/cjip/poaa006 (SSCI, Q2)
2019.06
Zhang, Chang & Wu, Ruiqin. Battlefield of Global Ranking: How Do Power Rivalries Shape Soft Power Index Building? Global Media and China, 4(2): 179–202. https://doi.org/10.1177/2059436419855876 (ESCI)
2019.04
Shen, Guolin., Fan, Xiangchong & Zhang, Chang. Contesting for Discursive Power: Content Analysis of China and Russia’s TV Channels’ Digital Discourse [J], News Journalist, 2019(04):65-77(沈国麟, 樊祥冲, 张畅. (2019). 争夺话语权:中俄国家电视台在社交媒体上的话语传播[J].新闻记者, 2019 (04):65-77. (CSSCI)
2018.12
Zhang, Chang. Internet and Global Social Movement. In Shen Guolin (Ed.), Internet and Global Communication: Theories and Cases. Shanghai, Fudan University Press (张畅 (2018) 第五章: 互联网与全球社会运动, 沈国麟编, 互联网与全球传播:理论与案例 . 上海，复旦大学出版社.)
2019.07
Zhang, Chang., & Ingersleben-Seip, N. von. US-China Trade War is Making China Stronger. The Conversation. http://theconversation.com/us-china-trade-war-is-making-china-stronger-118852
2023.07
Zhang,C., Stavridou, A. Re-writing History Through Fabricated Historical Narratives: A Discursive “justification” of War, International Pragmatics Association (IPrA) 18th Annual Meeting, Brussels, Belgium.
2023.05
Zhang, Chang. Russia’s Strategic Communication During the Crimean Crisis: Victims, Hypocrites and Radicals, International Communication Association (ICA) 73rd Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada.
2023.04
2023 Zhang, C and Wang, Z. Affective Governance in the Time of Pandemic: Despicable “other” and Innocent “us”, 80th Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA.
2023.04
Zhang, Chang. Envisioning Global Order in the Post-Russo-Ukraine-War World：The State of Debate in China, Political Studies Association (PSA) Annual International Conference, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
2023.04
Zhang, Chang. Russia’s Strategic International Communication During the Annexation of Crimea- A Visual Narrative Analysis, Broadcast Education Association (BEA) 2023 Convention, Las Vegas, United States.
2022.09
Zhang, Chang. Despicable “Them” and Innocent “Us”: Emotion Politics in the Time of Pandemic, 118th American Political Science Association’s (APSA) Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada.
2022.05
Zhang,Chang. Comparing the Communication Styles of Non-Western International Broadcasters: An eEmpirical Study of CGTN and RT, International Communication Association (ICA) 72nd Annual Meeting, Paris, France.
2021.10
Zhang, Chang. & Baek, Chung-Ah. (Re)Writing the International: Interrogating Histories, Imagining Futurities, Millennium 2021 annual conference.
2021.09
Zhang, Chang, Patriotic Journalism in the Time of Pandemic: Evidence from Global Times, Abstract admitted by Future of Journalism Conference 2021: Obstacles in Journalism, Cardiff University, UK.
2021.05
Zhang, Chang. Comparing China’s and Russia’s Communication Styles in the Time of Crises. Presented at the PhD Student Preconference of the political communication division, International Communication Association (ICA) 71st Annual Meeting.
2019.10
Zhang, Chang. Conflicting Stories of International Crisis: Russia Today’s Alternative Narratives for the Ukraine crisis. Presented at the Warwick Graduate Conference in Security Studies ‘Post-Truth Politics and the Age of Insecurity’, Coventry, UK.
2018.04
Zhang, Chang. & Zhang, Jiayi, Redefining Global Norms with Authoritarian Media Contra-Flow: Russia’s sStrategic Communication in the 2016 US Presidential Election. Presented at the 59th Annual Conference of the International Studies Association (ISA): Power of rules and rule of power, San Francisco, USA.
2017.04
Zhang, Chang. Russia and China Discourse Resistance: A discourse Analysis of RT and CGTN During Ukraine Crisis. Presented at the Seminar on Chinese Worlds in comparative perspective. London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
2023.07
Beijing Municipal Education Science Planning Project: "Research on the Logical Reasoning and Practical Framework of Integrating New International Relations Thinking into International Relations Specialized Courses" - Youth Special Project (Grant No. CDCA23135, 35,000 RMB)
2023.06
Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities: "Visual International Politics Studies in the Era of Short Video" (Grant Number: CUC230B056, 30,000 RMB)
2022.11
Publication Grant, International communication and country regions, Funded by the Asia Media Research Centre, Communication University of China (Grant No. AMRC2022-12, 10000 RMB)
2022.06
China Post-Doctoral Funding. The International communication strategy and effect of Russia under Russo-Ukraine war (Grant No. 2022M712941, 50000RMB)
2023.05
Research on "Public Emotion Polarization Analysis and Cognitive Guidance in Internet Public Opinion Events" - Special Project within the National Key University (Grant No. CUC23GZ005, 60,000 RMB)
2022.07
Research on "Analysis of the Situation of Young People in Western Countries Using the Internet to Obtain Information and Participate in Politics" - Youth Development Research Project by the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League (Grant No. 22XT049)
2022.02
Special Project on "Language and Text Information Management and Language Protection Engineering" in 2022 (Grant No. ZW22070, 300,000 RMB)
2021-2023 Communication University of China
Contemporary Chinese Politics, Introduction to International Political Economy, Professional English, History of International Relations, Theory and Methodology of International Relations, Introduction to National Governance
2020-2021 University of Warwick
PO133 Introduction to International Political Economy (Undergraduate First-Year Course)
2019-2020 University of Warwick
PO222 Contemporary Chinese Politics (Undergraduate Sophomore Course)
2019-2021 Higher Education Academy
Associate Fellowship (Advance HE)
2022.01
Wen Qu Lecture Hall Season One: "From Big and Comprehensive to Small and Beautiful — Mapping International Relations Theory"
2021.11
Youth in Politics Lecture: "Discourse Controversy During Conflict Times: A Comparison of Chinese and Russian International Communication Strategies"
2020.07
(Organiser) Technology and Global Governance Virtual Forum
Call for abstracts can be found here; conference programme and list of speakers can be found here)
International Journal of Communication
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
China Perspectives
2023.08
National Metaverse Academic Workshop and Metaverse Faculty Training Class, Communication University of China, Beijing
2023.08
Computational Social Science Training Class, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou
2020.03-2020.05
RESTEP Visiting Research Scholarship. University of Montreal, Funded by the European Commission. (3000 EUR)
2019.10
RESTEP-ISPOLE Methodological Training Fund. Studying the politicization with automated and computational methods. UC Louvain, Funded by the European Commission. (300 EUR)
2018.05
Summer School at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Oxford University. Comparative Media Research.
2017.06
Summer Lecture Series at the World Economics & Politics Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Academic Paper Writing.
2017.06
Summer School hosted by Communication University of China. Communication, China, and New Imaginations of Globalization.
2015.06
IPSA-NUS Summer School for Research Methods - Discourse and Visual Analysis.
2024
Young Talent of Excellence, Communication University of China (¥400,000)
2016-2020
National Scholarship Council for Study Abroad - Warwick University Joint Doctoral Full Scholarship (￡80,000)
2016
Outstanding Graduates from Shanghai (Graduate Student, School of Journalism, Fudan University)
2015
Fudan University & Sciences Po Paris Dual Degree Program Scholarship (¥15,000)
2014
Dean's Special Recommendation Award of International Relations College, Fudan University
2014
First-Class Scholarship
2012
National Scholarship (¥8000)
2011
Second-Class Scholarship