Sean Redmond is Associate Dean of Media, Writing and Publishing at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.

Jian Xu is Senior Lecturer in Communication at Deakin University, Australia. He has published widely on Chinese celebrity and digital cultures.

Li Zhang is Professor and Associate Dean at the School of Journalism and Communication, Tsinghua University, China. She is the author of News Media and EU-China Relations (2011) and China in European Narratives (2023).