Dr. Ting Luo is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Political Communication at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her current research focuses on the impact of digital development on governance and political participation in authoritarian regimes. Her research interests include comparative politics, digital politics and media, elections and democratisation, and Chinese politics.
Contact: t[dot]luo[at]mmu[dot]ac[dot]uk
Appointments
Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester/UK
Senior Lecturer in Political Communication, Department of History, Politics & Philosophy,
August 2020-present.
Lecturer in Political Communication, Department of History, Politics & Philosophy,
January-July 2020.
Hertie School, Berlin/Germany
Post-doctoral Fellow, September 2018 -September 2019.
Leiden University, Leiden/The Netherlands
Post-doctoral Fellow, Institute of Political Science, September 2014 -August 2018
Education
London School of Economics and Political Science, London/UK
Ph.D. in Government, September 2014.
Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education, July 2012.
MSc in Public Policy and Administration, November 2007.
Nankai University, Tianjin/China
B.A. in Political Science, July 2006.
Publications
Book Manuscript:
Daniela Stockmann and Ting Luo, Governing Digital China: Managing Citizen Participation During Political Change. Cambridge University Press. In Press.
Peer-reviewed journal articles:
Yan Wang, Ting Luo (2022). "Politicizing for the idol: China’s idol fandom nationalism in pandemic", Information, Communication & Society, DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2022.2161827
Aofei Lv, Ting Luo, Jane Duckett (2022). "Centralization vs. Decentralization in COVID-19 Responses: Lessons from China." Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law. 47 (3): 411–427.
Daniela Stockmann, Felix Garten, Ting Luo (2020). “Who is a PRC User? Comparing Chinese Social Media User Agreements.” First Monday. 25(8).
Daniela Stockmann, Keri Hartman, Ting Luo (2020). “The Political Position Generator— A New Instrument for Measuring Political Ties in China.” Social Networks. 63, pp.70- 79.
Daniela Stockmann, Ting Luo, Mingming Shen (2020). “Designing Authoritarian Deliberation: How Social Media Platforms Influence Political Talk in China.” Democratization. 27(2), pp.243-264.
Ting Luo (2018). “Explaining Incumbent Re-election in Authoritarian Elections: Evidence from a Chinese County.” Democratization. 25(7), pp.1291-1309.
Aofei Lv, and Ting Luo (2018). “Asymmetrical Power Between Internet Giants and Users in China.” International Journal of Communication. 12, pp.3877-3895.
Daniela Stockmann, and Ting Luo (2017). “Which Social Media Facilitate Online Public Opinion in China?” Problems of Post-Communism. 64(3-4), pp.189-202.
Book chapters:
Ting Luo, and Aofei Lv (2021). “Nine Dragons Run the Water": Fragmented Internet Governance in China.” In Haggart, Blayne, Tusikov, Natasha, Scholte, Jan Aart. (eds) Contested Power and Authority in Internet Governance: Return of the State? London: Routledge.
Daniela Stockmann, and Ting Luo (2019). “Authoritarian Deliberation 2.0: Lurking and Discussing Politics in Chinese Social Media.” In Carpini, Michael X. Delli (eds) Digital Media and Democratic Futures. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.