Mobile dating, gender, and consumer culture:
From emotional commodities to emotional subjectivities

Dating apps are not just products of new technology; they reflect the shifts and contradictions in our intimate relationships and gender roles. Through various research methods such as analyzing commercial promotions, conducting ethnography, and in-depth interviews, I discovered that dating apps mirror social changes and individual emotions, while also illustrating how consumer culture and post-feminism shape our understanding and expression of gender roles and emotions.

❝交友軟體不僅僅是新興科技的產物，更反映我們在親密關係和性別角色上的轉變和矛盾。交友軟體如何形塑我們的親密關係和性別角色？手機交友是否改變了我們對婚戀的期望？消費文化和後女性主義在這些平台上如何影響我們的情感體驗？我分析了交友軟體的商業宣傳、女性雜誌文章和新聞報導，了解這些平台如何塑造我們對親密關係的看法。同時，我也實際使用這些交友軟體，並追蹤媒介上的討論，探討手機交友如何影響我們的婚戀觀念。透過深度訪談，我更進一步分析使用者如何在這些平台上詮釋和協商性別和情感。❞

Unpacking the black box of algorithmic emotions:
A techno-feminist analysis

Contemporary reflexivity emphasizes self-observation and emotional adjustment, while post-feminist popular culture promotes the entrepreneurial pursuit of well-being for gender subjects. Therapeutic apps merge these aspects, managing emotions through data tracking. How do these data rules shape emotional reflexivity? Do they exacerbate gender inequality? I examine the impact of gendered algorithms and self-tracking technologies on emotion cultures and their interaction with other knowledge systems.

❝當代反身性強調個人對情緒和行為的自我觀察和調整，而後女性主義流行文化則提倡創業家精神，鼓勵性別主體追求個人幸福和心理健康。療癒型應用程式結合這兩者，旨在透過數據追蹤來幫助使用者管理情緒、減壓和提升幸福感的應用程式，如冥想、睡眠追蹤、情緒日記等。然而，這些科技的平台規範和數據內容如何共同形塑情感反身性？在強調個人幸福和情感管理的同時，是否加劇了性別不平等？這項研究探討了性別化的平台演算法和自我追蹤科技，如何回應和影響當代情感文化的變遷，並分析它們與其他知識系統的對話。❞

The co-making of influencers:
Exploring the value system of algorithmic visibility

As platform algorithms, consumer culture, and gender dynamics increasingly shape our everyday life, this project examines how these elements converge to create contemporary value systems. How do these interactions influence the recognition, imitation, and negotiation of capitals? By focusing on the visibility labor of micro- and nano- influencers, I explore how these platform creators leverage emotion-driven self-technologies and intimate connections.

❝本研究聚焦於平台創作者的能見度勞動，探討平台演算法、商品消費與性別主體的互動如何構連出新的價值系統。透過文化中介理論的視角，分析微網紅和奈米網紅等平台創作者、消費者與市場行動者之間的多面向互動，包括情感驅動的自我技術、親密情感、審美發展與想望關係，並探索這些互動如何影響價值認同、效仿和資源協商。從超級網紅到一般使用者，「網紅」的身份被置於平台技術、性別和消費文化的交織中，亦是觀察臺灣當前的工作型態、生活風格與商品化女性主義的互相拉鋸的重要節點。❞