The University of Hong Kong 
Ms Li Qian
PhD Student 8/F Hub, 8/F., The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial CampusBiography
Qian Li is a full-time PhD student at HKU sociology. She received her bachelor degree at Sun Yat-sen University and her master degree at Tsinghua University, both in sociology. Her current interest focuses in media and culture, online communities and social interaction.
In her PhD study, she wants to explore the possible sociality of online fan communities and what will it breed when media and technology development encounters with contradictory individualization in China.
Education
Master of Sociology
Tsinghua University
Bachelor of Sociology
Sun Yat-sen University
Research interests
Media and culture
Online community & online fandom
Social interaction
Selected publications
Book chapter:
Li Qian (2015). Reconstruction of the Category of Elite: A Research on the School Change in a Key High School. In Shen Yuan; Guo Xinghua; Lu Huilin (Eds.) Selected Outstanding Sociological Master Degree Papers from Three Top Universities (2015). Beijing: China Social Sciences Press. pp. 213-260 (in Chinese)