Research
Journal Articles
Zhang, Dechun, Liu, Jun & Shao, HsuanLei. (2025). Between Nationalist Propaganda and Public Mobilization: People’s Daily’s nationalist discourses and their public responses on Chinese social media, 2019 to 2021. in Oxford Intersections: Social Media.Oxford University Press (accept)
Zhang, Dechun. (2024). Andrew Iliadis, Semantic Media: Mapping Meaning on the Internet. International Journal of Communication, 18(3). Retrieved from https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/23387/4727
Zhang, Chang., Zhang, Dechun., & Blanchard, Philippe. (2024). International Broadcasting During Times of Conflict: A Comparison of China’s and Russia’s Communication Strategies. Journalism Practice, 18(8), 1977–2004. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2022.2140445
Zhao, Jiaye., & Zhang, Dechun. (2024). Visual Propaganda in Chinese Central and Local News Agencies: A Douyin Case Study. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 11(588), 1-14. DOI: 10.1057/s41599-024-03059-5
Zhang, Chang., Zhang, Dechun., & Shao, HsuanLei. (2023). The Softening of Chinese Digital Propaganda: Evidence from the People’s Daily Weibo Account During the Pandemic. Frontier in Psychology, 14, 1-12. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1049671
Zhang, Dechun., & Xu, Yuji. (2023). When Nationalism Encounters the COVID-19 Pandemic: Understanding Chinese Nationalism From Media Use and Media Trust. Global Society, 37(2), 176-196. DOI: 10.1080/13600826.2022.2098092
Zhang, Dechun., & Jamali, Ahmed Bux. (2022). China's "Weaponized" Vaccine: Intertwining Between International and Domestic Politics. East Asia: An International Quarterly, 39, 279–296. DOI: 10.1007/s12140-021-09382-x
Zhang, Dechun. (2021). The media and think tanks in China: The construction and propagation of a think tank. Media Asia, 48(2), 123-138. DOI: 10.1080/01296612.2021.1899785
Zhang, Dechun. (2021). EU-China relations: through the narrative of China's media. Jurnal Studi Pemerintahan (Journal of Government & Politics), 12(2), 153-165. DOI: 10.18196/jgp.122132
Zhang, Dechun. (2021). Media and Pollution in China: Mouthpiece or Watchdog?. The International Journal of Sustainability Policy and Practice, 17(2), 1-7. DOI: 10.18848/2325-1166/CGP/v17i02/1-7
Zhang, Dechun. & Zhang, Ying. (2021). Migrant Children’s Acculturation in China: The Roles of Parent-Child Communication and Parent-Child Relationship. The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social and Community Studies, 16(2), 49-74. DOI: 10.18848/2324-7576/CGP/v16i02/49-74
Zhang, Dechun. (2020). Digital Nationalism on Weibo on the 70th Chinese National Day. The Journal of Communication and Media Studies, 6(1), 1-19. DOI:10.18848/2470-9247/CGP/v06i01/1-19
Zhang, Dechun. (2020). China’s Digital Nationalism: Search Engines and Online Encyclopedias. The Journal of Communication and Media Studies, 5(2), 1-19. doi:10.18848/2470-9247/CGP/v05i02/1-19
Book Chapters
Shi, Jian., & Zhang, Dechun. (2024). Unravelling diverse Chinese discourses on the Russo-Ukrainian War: A comparative analysis of official and individual accounts on Weibo. In Tabe Bergman & Jesse Owen Hearns-Branaman, Media, Dissidence and the War in Ukraine (pp. 63-75). London: Routledge. DOI: 10.4324/9781003431862-6
Zhang, Dechun., & Qiu, Xiaojuan. (2022). Cyber-Nationalism in China: Popular Discourse on China's Belt Road. In Mireille Manga Edimo, & Julien Rajaoson, New Nationalisms and China's Belt and Road Initiative: Exploring the Transnational Public Domain (pp. 143–156). Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-08526-0_11
Zhang, Dechun. (2020). China’s BRI: A Game Changer? In Pramod Jaiswal, Mohan Krishna Shrestha & Mitra Bandhu Paudel, Nepal’s Foreign Policy & Emerging Global Trends (pp. 306-321). New Delhi: GB Books.
Main Commentaries and Media Articles
Zhang, Dechun, (April, 2023), Globalism or Nationalism? Chinese Public Discourse on COVID-19 Vaccines, published on Nordic Institute of Asian Studies InFocus Blog, https://www.asiaportal.info/globalism-or-nationalism-chinese-public-discourse-on-covid-19-vaccines/
Zhang, Dechun, (March, 2021), Chinese Nationalism And Xinjiang Cotton: A Victory Or A Loss For Both, published on Eurasia Review, https://www.eurasiareview.com/28032021-chinese-nationalism-and-xinjiang-cotton-a-victory-or-a-loss-for-both-oped/
Zhang, Dechun and James Gomez, (March, 2021), China’s ‘Mandatory’ Vaccine: Domestic Political Stabilizer, published on Eurasia Review, https://www.eurasiareview.com/09032021-chinas-mandatory-vaccine-domestic-political-stabilizer-oped/
Zhang, Dechun and James Gomez, (Feb, 2021), COVID-19 and China’s Deep Digital Authoritarianism, published on Nepal Institute for International Cooperation and Engagement, https://niice.org.np/archives/6815
Zhang, Dechun, (Feb, 2017), An Exclusive Interview with the Mayor of Zurich Corine Mauch|President Xi Jinping Visits to Switzerland as Opportunity to Enhance Kunming-Zurich 35 Years’ Friendship, published on EurAsia Info.
Zhang, Dechun, (March, 2017), An Exclusive Interview with the Chairman of the Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank Dr. Thomas J. Jordan, published on EurAsia Info.
Zhang, Dechun, (December, 2016), Say Goodbye to the Politicized Olympics, published on Hong Kong Magazine China and World Highlights (in Chinese).