Media Researcher. Sociologist.
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❝ 陳維平，現任國立陽明交通大學傳播與科技學系副教授，專長為科技中介親密關係、情感社會學、消費社會學、閱聽人與流行文化、批判數據研究及性別媒體研究。陳維平自法國高等社會科學研究院取得社會學博士學位，編著有《愛情必修學分：Z世代的情感和性別關鍵字》一書，並在傳播學、社會學與文化研究等領域的學術期刊及專書中發表論文，近期著述主要關注社交媒體平台的情感與消費文化、親密關係的建構，以及微名人的能見度和想望型勞動等議題。 ❞
Wei-Ping Chen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and Technology at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan. With a Ph.D. in Sociology from EHESS – École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, France, her research spans technology-mediated intimacy, sociology of emotions, sociology of consumption, audiences and popular culture, critical data studies, and feminist media studies.
Wei-Ping Chen’s academic publications include the book Keywords in Emotion and Gender Culture for Generation Z, as well as journal articles and book chapters in communication, sociology, and cultural studies. Her recent work explores the interaction between emotions and consumer culture on social media platforms, the construction of intimacy, and platform visibility and aspirational labor among micro-celebrities.
Hi, stranger. Nice to meet you here. ☺︎
I study media cultures that shape how I feel, relate, and become who I am, especially when intimacy is lived through technology.
I keep coming back to questions like: 𓂃ﾟ｡·*
- how sociality and desire are organized across digital and everyday life
- how emotions are dealt with (and quite often turned into value)
- where intimacy intersects with power, visibility, and vulnerability (for instance, around gender and sexuality) ∴
What I do
I founded and lead the GEMedia Lab, where I work on research projects around social media platforms, digital intimacy, and post-feminist media culture. My work has appeared in Information, Communication & Society, Sociological Research Online, Mass Communication Research (新聞學研究), and other leading journals.
I teach media, gender, and qualitative methods, and work closely with students on research and creative projects. My students have been awarded NSTC research grants and best paper awards at conferences (TCA and TAIS), and my teaching has been recognized with teaching and mentoring awards at NYCU.
I engage in ongoing conversations about media, gender, and digital culture, both within and beyond academia. I serve as Associate Managing Editor of The Journal of Information Society (資訊社會研究), and I also share my research and perspectives through press interviews, blog writing, and invited talks.
In the media【+more】
【2026-02-13】對暖昧不明的關係感到疲倦？Z世代的親密關係與愛情 | BBC News中文
【2025-10-04】交友軟體停看聽 feat. 陳維平老師 | 臺大沒有愛：那些大學戀情的坎坷與曲折，以及當今的性別議題
【2025-09-07】Safety in numbers | Taipei Times
【2025-09-05】探索科技與親密關係的交織——專訪陳維平教授 | CASE報科學
Recent publications 【+more】
陳維平（2025）。〈數位親密的多重糾葛：交友軟體的演算法、性別與消費文化〉，《新聞學研究》，165，143-206。
Chen, W. P.* & Lai, K. L. (2025). Gifting, gamification, and queer digital intimacy: Understanding live streaming affordances on Lespark. Information, Communication & Society. OnlineFirst.
Chen, W. P. (2024). Mediating gender norms through the ‘foodies’ culture as romantic emotions. Sociological Research Online, 29(4), 1036-1053.
