CHAN, Oliver N.K.
Assistant Professor

B.S.Sc., M.Phil.
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Ph.D.
Cornell University

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 https://ngaikeungchan.com/

 Research Interests:

• Algorithms and quantification
• Gig economy
• Platform governance
• Critical data studies
• Metric culture
  
  

 Current Research:

• Algorithmic labor management in the gig economy
• Platform governance in comparative perspective
• Imaginaries of (alternative) social media platforms
  
  

Teaching Interests:

• Critical media and communication studies
• New media and society
• Algorithmic culture
  
  

 Advice to students:

Never stop questioning.

Publication List:

Journal Articles

Chan, N. K., & Kwok, C. (2021). The politics of platform power in surveillance capitalism: A comparative case study of ride-hailing platforms in China and the United States. Global Media and China. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/20594364211046769 

Kwok, C., & Chan, N. K. (2021). Towards a political theory of data justice: a public good perspective. Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, 19(3), 374-390. https://doi.org/10.1108/JICES-11-2020-0117 

Chan, N. K., & Kwok, C. (2021). Guerilla capitalism and the platform economy: Governing Uber in China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Information, Communication & Society, 24(6), 780–796. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2021.1909096 (Equal authorship)

Chan, N. K. (2021). Anticipatory futures: Framing the socio-technical visions of online ratings and reviews in Wired. Communication, Culture and Critique, 14(2), 274–292. https://doi.org/10.1093/ccc/tcaa034

Kwok, C., & Chan, N. K. (2020). The making of contentious political space: The transformation of Hong Kong's Victoria Park. Space and Culture. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/1206331220912160

Chan, N. K. (2019). “Becoming an expert in driving for Uber”: Uber driver/bloggers' performance of expertise and self-presentation on YouTube. New Media & Society, 21(9), 2048–2067. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444819837736

Chan, N. K. (2019). The rating game: The discipline of Uber's user-generated ratings. Surveillance & Society, 17(1/2), 183–190. https://doi.org/10.24908/ss.v17i1/2.12911

Duffy, B. E., & Chan, N. K. (2019). “You never really know who’s looking”: Imagined surveillance across social media platforms. New Media & Society, 21(1), 119–138. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444818791318

Chan, N. K., & Humphreys, L. (2018). Mediatization of social space and the case of Uber drivers. Media and Communication, 6(2), 29–38. https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v6i2.1316

Chan, N. K. (2018). Place-making and communication practice: Everyday precarity in a night market in Hong Kong. Space and Culture, 21(4), 439–454. https://doi.org/10.1177/1206331217741085

Kwok, C., & Chan, N. K. (2017). Legitimacy and forced democratization in social movements: A case study of the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong. China Perspectives, 2017/3, 7–16. https://doi.org/10.4000/chinaperspectives.7375

Su, C, & Chan, N. K. (2017). Predicting social capital on Facebook: The implications of use intensity, perceived content desirability, and Facebook-enabled communication practices. Computers in Human Behavior, 72, 259–268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.02.058