Peer-Reviewed Publications

Yi, H., and Xian, L. (2025). The Informal Labor in Creator Economy: The Making of Key Opinion Consumers From Ordinary Users on Xiaohongshu. Proceedings of ACM Human-Computer Interaction, 9, 2, Article CSCW188 (April 2025), 26 pages. PDF

Li, N., Wu, C., Zhou, H., Yi, H., Cai, J., Caroll, J. (2025). Challenges of Providing Social Support on a Women-Centric Platform: Insights from REDnote. Proceedings of ACM Human-Computer Interaction

Ankenbauer, S. A.* and Yi, H.* (2024). The Search for Paxlovid: Medication Acquisition as Anticipation Work After China’s Zero-COVID Policy. Proceedings of ACM Human-Computer Interaction 8, CSCW2, Article 426 (November 2024), 33 pages. (*equal contribution) PDF

Conference Proceedings/ Workshop Papers

(lightly reviewed)

Xian, L., and Yi, H. (September 2025). The Anonymous Online Identity Of “Momo” On Xiaohongshu: A Safety Practice And Feminist Resistance. Abstract accepted for presentation at the Society for Social Studies of Science Annual Meeting (4S). Seattle, USA.

Zeng, K. J., Zhang, Z., Xian, L., and Yi, H. (May 2025). Understanding Designers’ Perceptions of the Usefulness of Generative AI Tools, in Creative Design Processes. Paper accepted for presentation at the Generative AI and HCI Workshop at CHI. Yokohama, Japan.

Yi, H. and Xian, L. (May 2024). Automating Content Creation with Gen-AI: The Interplay Between Labor of Content Creators and Gen-AI in Marketing Campaigns. Paper accepted for presentation at the Generative AI In User-Generated Content Workshop at CHI. Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

Yi, H. (January 2024). Affective Platform: Xiaohongshu and Affective Governance in China. Lightning Talk accepted for presentation at Ensnaring Entanglements University of Michigan Science, Technology, and Society Program Symposium. Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

Yi, H. (November 2023). Negotiating the “Good Life”: The Affective Dimension of Chinese State’s Governance on Digital Platforms. Paper accepted for presentation at the American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting (AAA). Toronto, Canada.

Yi, H. (November 2023). Not-Labeling an “Independent Woman” on social media: Chinese women and Xiaohongshu. Abstract accepted for presentation at Society for Social Studies of Science Annual Meeting (4S). Honolulu, HI, USA.

Yi, H., Xian, L. (November 2023). (Re)Making Side Hustle Labor with Social Media: Xiaohongshu and the Lifestyle of Young Chinese. Abstract accepted for presentation at Society for Social Studies of Science Annual Meeting (4S). Honolulu, HI, USA.

Yi, H. (April 2023). Living up to a “Good Life”: Xiaohongshu and its Key Opinion Consumers. Paper accepted for presentation at Building Credibility, Trust, and Safety on Video-Sharing Platforms Workshop at CHI. Hamburg, Germany.

Yi, H., Lindtner, S. (December 2022). The “Natural” Self: Constructing Chineseness Between State Policy, E-Commerce, And the Countryside. Abstract accepted for presentation at the Society for Social Studies of Science Annual Meeting (4S). Cholula, Mexico.

Yi, H. (May 2022). Attending to Invisible Labor in Global Expansion of Chinese Platforms. Paper accepted for presentation at the Triangulating Race, Capital, and Tech Workshop at CHI. New Orleans, LA, USA.

Yi, H. (October 2017). The Meaning of Internships: A Cross-cultural Comparison of Communication and Media Organizational Work between China and the U.S. Paper accepted for presentation at New York State Communication Association Annual Meeting. Callicoon, NY, USA.