Yun Long, PhD, is professor and deputy director of the National Center for Radio & Television Studies at Communication University of China. Based on a long-term audience survey, Dr. Long focuses on the study of the effects of TV violence in Mainland China. Her current research also includes media ethics issues in transitional society.

Lei Zhang is an Associate Research Fellow at the National Center for Radio and Television Studies at Communication University of China. He had visiting experience in University of Pennsylvania, City University of Hong Kong and Goldsmiths College at University of London. His research interests include cultural studies and cultural consumption, political economy of communication in transitional China, and media anthropology.

Amanda Ting Zhou graduated with a Ph.D. degree from Journalism School of Fudan University in China, now she lives in Beijing and is working as an Associate Professor in National Center for Radio and Television Studies, Communication University of China. She gives lectures to both undergraduate and graduate students, on the history of mass communication and the research of media production.

Jidong Li, PhD, is associate professor of National Center for Radio and Television Studies at Communication University of China. His research Interests include communication policy and institution studies, media industry and public service studies, as well as new media studies.

Deqiang Ji, PhD, is an assistant research fellow of National Center for Radio and Television Studies at Communication University of China. His studies include the political economy of digitalization in China, media reform and social restructuring, and media literacy. He teaches graduate courses at CUC, such as the political economy of communication and communication theories.

Bingchun Meng, London School of Economics Bingchun Meng is a Lecturer at the London School of Economics. She has a BA in Chinese Language and Literature (1997) and an MA in Comparative Literature (2000) from Nanjing University, China. She obtained a PhD in Mass Communication (2006) from the Pennsylvania State University, USA. She researches communication governance and media production, both of which are examined in the context of globalization and technological shifts.

Bu Wei, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Bu Wei is a professor at the Institute of Journalism and Communication (IJC), the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) and director of the Research Center for Children and Media. She researches children 's use of media and their sub-culture, empowering marginal groups through communication, feminist media studies, media literacy education, and communication research methodology.

Jing Wang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Jing Wang is Professor of Chinese Media and Cultural Studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is also Director of the Institute of Civic Media and Communication at Sun Yat-sen University, China. Wang is also the founder and organizer of New Media Action Lab and Chair of the Advisory Board of Creative Commons China.

Yawei Liu, Sean Ding, Mei "Calanthia" Lan. Carter Center Yawei Liu is Director of The Carter Center's China Program. He has been a member of numerous Carter Center missions to monitor Chinese village, township and county people's congress deputy elections from 1997 to 2006. He has written extensively on China's political developments and grassroots democracy. Recently, Yawei is a cofounder and editor of The journal 21st Century International Review (2010), editor of the online Chinese...