tricia wang — Updates

My Ode to Hans Rosling

TED asked me to contribute a post as part of their annual 31 Days of Ideas series. So I chose to write about Hans Rosling, who I only met a few months before he publicly announced his cancer.

Tricia WangApril 16, 2019hans rosling, tricia wang, quantitative, statistics, bias

A speech for my mentor, Richard Madsen, a wonderfully magnanimous soul

I came to San Diego to give a speech at the retirement party for my mentor, friend, and dissertation chair, Richard Madsen, a world renowned bridge builder who is known for his work in sociology of religion and culture, established the field of sociology in China, founded the UC Fudan Center, and who is now retiring.

tricia wangMay 22, 2015china, dick madsen, retirement, richard madsen, sociology, speech, tricia wang, ucsd

I've joined IDEO as an Expert-In-Residence in Shanghai, China

Hello friends, I've moved to Shanghai to join IDEO as an Expert-In-Residence for a few months! For both of IDEO and I, Design Thinking is a fundamental approach to solving business problems. In particular, the IDEO Shanghai studio and I think that understanding Chinese companies is a window to the world. And most importantly, we both care deeply about putting humans at the center of systems.

tricia wangJanuary 6, 2015IDEO, china, consumer insights, design thinking, ethnography, expert-in-residence, shanghai, tricia wang

Talking to Strangers: Chinese Youth and Social Media — My PhD dissertation

And after seven years of research, I present to you my PhD dissertation.

tricia wangFebruary 6, 2014china, chinese, dissertation, ethnography, phd, research, social media, strangers, tricia wang, youth

Transcript of my talk, "The Conceit of Oracles: How we ended of up in a world where quantitative data is more valued than qualitative data"

In September 2013, I delivered the opening keynote to the EPIC (Ethnographic Praxis In Industry Conference) 2013, a conference for people who care deeply about making organizations more human-centered. EPIC is a truly an interdisciplinary gathering, bringing together people who work in marketing, strategy, design, research, and academia.

tricia wangFebruary 5, 2014big data, epic 2013, ethnography, keynote, london, oracles, prediction, thick data, transcript, tricia wang

New Talk, "The Elastic Self: Understanding Identity in Social Media"

I returned in 2013 to one of my favorite places on earth, Malmö, Sweden, to give a talk on youth and social media (my love letter on why Malmö is the best place in Scandanavia) at my favorite conference in the world, The Conference at Media Evolution.

tricia wangJanuary 26, 2014eethnographer, elastic self, identity, malmö, social media, sweden, the conference, tricia wang, tumblr, youth media

Fast Company feature: a slideshow and interview about my research

Every ethnographer needs a break from their fieldsite. When I came back to the US in July, I didn't want to think about China. I just wanted to sleep, play with my doggy, and eat fresh food. But when Fast Company reached out to do a profile on me for their Generation Flux series, I couldn't say no!

tricia wangOctober 4, 2012china, fast company, interview, social media, sociologist, tricia wang, twitter, weibo

Op-Ed with An Xiao Mina in Wired's Threat Level: Real-Name Registration Threatens the Lively World of China’s Microblogs

As researchers of the Chinese inter-webs, An Xiao Mina and I always get lots of questions about what happens on Weibo. People think that the only thing that happens on Weibo is censorship or resistance. In reality, it's somewhere in the middle. So we wanted to write an article that would capture what really is happening on Weibo. It's in English and Chinese below. Enjoy!

tricia wangMarch 25, 2012an xiao mina, article, china, micoblog, tricia wang, weibo, wired

Speaking at Mobile Life in Stockholm, Sweden.

I had a great day speaking at Mobile Life VINN Excellence Center in Sweden.

tricia wangAugust 29, 2011barry brown, computer, design, mobile life, oskar juhlin, research, stockholm, sweden, tricia wang, users

"Technology for Migrant Workers" Interview in Agenda Magazine

I had a lovely time chatting with Abby McBride from Agenda Magazine.

tricia wangAugust 26, 2011agenda magazine, beijing, china, digital urbanism, interview, media, migrants, non-elite, press, smartphone, technology, tricia wang

The Atlantic covers my research on Weibo Instant Photo Phenomenon

Alexis Madrigal, senior editor of The Atlantic, wrote about how Weibo users are using it as a dating site based off of my research on Weibos' Instant Photo Singles Rescue Phenomenon.

tricia wangJune 30, 2011alexis madrigal, china, chinese, culture, dating, internet, rescue singles, tricia wang, weibo

An Xiao Mina's Article About my Research on Chinese Migrants living in Internet Cafes (Huffington Post)

Design strategist, new media artist, and digital community builder Anxiao Mina interviewed me for her latest article in Huffington Post on internet cafes in China, The 21st Century Saloon: A Peek Inside China's Wangba, or Internet Cafes.

My new blog about my research in China: Bytes of China!

I’ve just moved to China to fieldwork on how non-elite users, youth, and migrants are using cellphones and the internet. I’ve decided to keep a separate blog of all my ethnographic observations so that it doesn’t get mixed in with my general observations about culture and technology on Cultural Bytes.

tricia wangMay 24, 2011blog, china, ethnography, migrants, social networking sites, sociology, technology, tricia wang, youth

Fun interview about Chinese migrants and internet cafes with Benjamen Walker's radio show, Too Much Information

I love the way my interview turned out on Benjamen Walker's Too Much Information. We met in Austin, Texas at SXSW and he ended up super fun to work with.

Slides/Notes for my SXSW talk on my research in China & some reflections about SXSW

En route to China, I stopped in Austin to give a talk at my first time at SXSW Interactive. What did I overhear the most at SXSW?

Spoke at “Creating Community Environments” at ITP, NYU

I was a guest speaker at the wonderful Kristen Taylor’s seminar, Creating Community Environments, at New York University’s ITP program.

Working with Nokia Research and the IDEA team!

I am so excited to announce that I’ve started a research internship with Nokia Research Center (NRC) Palo Alto!. I’m working with Jofish Kaye and the IDEA Team (Innovate Design Experience Animate), which is led by Mirjana Spasojevic. The IDEA team is super diverse and there are so many people doing cool things.

tricia wangFebruary 28, 2010IDEA, cellphone, cscw, hci, internship, jofish kaye, morgan ames, nokia, nokia research center, nrc, tricia wang