Research Area: Sexuality and Gender; Digital Media and Platform Governance; Citizenship; China Studies; Migration, Diaspora, and Belonging

Methods: Qualitative Methods; Ethnography and Digital Ethnography; Discourse and Content Analysis; In-depth Interviews

Zhou, Zihao (Joseph). 2026. “Chinese Mediated Homonormativity: Cultural Citizenship(s) and the Politics of Popular Gay User-Generated Content.” Sexuality & Culture 30: 1514–1533. doi

Zhou, Zihao (Joseph). 2026. “Performing (Homo)Sexual Citizenship Under Authoritarian Rule: Gay Couple Vlogs and Everyday Intimacy in China.” Journal of Homosexuality 73(7): 1766–1791. doi

Zhou, Zihao (Joseph). 2025. “Denial of Homosexual Citizenship in China: Media Governance through Censorship and Misrepresentation.” Citizenship Studies 29(3–4): 248–267. doi

Zhou, Zihao. 2024. “‘Don’t Bother Me Unless You Are Good-Quality!’: Youzhi (優質) (Good-Quality) Discourse on Gay Dating Platforms in China.” Deviant Behavior 45(7): 1047–1064. doi