Hi, this is Jeff. I study people, machines, and the complicated feelings in between. I'm a Ph.D. candidate in Communication at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, part of the combined master's-doctoral program, and a member of the Center for Future Media & Human-Machine Communication, under the supervision of Prof. Yi Mou.
My work sits at the intersection of human-AI communication and media psychology. Specifically, I am interested in how people form intimate relationships with AI systems, how these relationships persist or shift as the underlying technology evolves, and how emerging media reshape practices around mourning, memory, and digital immortality. I also examine the governance and political economy of AI platforms, integrating qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods approaches to investigate the psychological, relational, and institutional dimensions of human–AI interaction.
I currently serve as Assistant Editor for Big Data & Society, and Student Committee Chair for the Association for Chinese Communication Studies. Before joining SJTU, I completed my B.A. in Journalism at Chongqing University.
你好，我是Jeff。我研究人与机器，以及二者间产生的复杂情感。我是上海交通大学传播学专业的博士研究生，硕博连读项目在读，同时是未来媒体与人机传播研究中心的研究助理，师从牟怡教授。
我的研究主要聚焦于人机传播与媒介心理学。具体而言，我关注人们如何与人工智能系统建立亲密关系，这些关系如何随着底层技术的演变而延续或改变，以及新兴媒介如何重塑与哀悼、记忆和数字生命相关的实践。我也关注人工智能平台的治理与政治经济学问题，并综合运用量化、质化与混合研究方法，分析人机互动中的心理、关系与制度机制。