Research Profile
Dr Lijun Tang
Selected Publications
Articles
Tang, L. (2012 forthcoming) Online Friendship, in Yan, Z. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Cyber Behavior. Hershey, Pennsylvania: IGI Global.
Tang, L. and Sampson, H. (forthcoming) 'The interaction between mass media and the Internet in non-democratic states: the case of China', Media Culture & Society
Tang, L., Yang, P. (2011) 'Symbolic Power and the Internet: the Power of a ‘Horse’, Media, Culture & Society 33(5): 675-692.
Tang, L. (forthcoming) ‘Waiting together: Seafarer-Partners in Cyberspace’, Time & Society.
Tang, L. and Bhattacharya, S. (2011) 'Power and Resistance: A Case Study of Satire on the Internet', Sociological Research Online 16(2).
Tang, L (2010) 'Empowering or Disempowering: Online Support among Seafarer-Partners', Sociological Research Online 15(2) 6.
Tang, L. (2010) ‘Development of Online Friendship in Different Social Spaces: A Case Study’, Information, Communication & Society 13(4):615-633.
Tang, L. (2009) ‘Shaping feelings in Cyberspace: the Case of Chinese Seafarer-Partners’, Emotion, Space and Society 2(2): 104-110.
Research Reports
Sampson, H., Tang, L. (2011) 'New Shipboard Technology and Training Provision for Seafarers', SIRC Publication, October, ISBN 1-900174-41-3, online at www.sirc.cf.ac.uk
Conference Papers
Tang, L. (2009) ‘Training and technology: potential issues for shipping’, SIRC Symposium 2009, Cardiff, 8-9 July, ISBN 1-900174-37-5
Tang, L. (2007) ‘The “Presence” of the Absent Seafarers: Predicaments of Seafarer-Partners’, SIRC Symposium 2007, Cardiff University, July, ISBN 1-900174-31-6.
Tang, L. (2007) The Embeddedness of Intimate Relationships: Seafarer-Partners in Cyberspace. 4th Global Conference – Persons and Sexuality: Probing the Boundaries.
Professional and Popular Journals
Tang, L. (2006) Online Support and Help for Seafarers’ Partners, The Sea, Issue 180 Mar/Apr.