Sibo Chen
Dr. Sibo Chen's current areas of interest include critical AI studies, environmental communication, political economy of communication, and transcultural communication.
Recent publications:
Chen, S. (2026). Petro-rhetoric in Canada: Narrating extractivism. Palgrave Macmillan.
Chakraborty, C., Chen, S., Li, M., Man, G. C., & Yang, X. A. (eds.) (2026). Anti-Asian Racism during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada. UBC Press.
Chen, S. (2025). The political economy of environmental communication: The Chinese context. In Lee Edwards et al. (eds.), The Sage Handbook of Promotional Culture and Society. Sage.
Chen, S. (2024). Reporting in a time of crisis: Progressive alternative media's coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. Journalism Practices, 18(6), 1542-1559.
Chen, S. (2023). Energy politics and discourse in Canada: Probing progressive extractivism. Routledge.
Chen, S., & Zhao, Y. (2022). China鈥檚 ecological civilization: A blindspot in global environmental discourse. Environmental Communication, 16(2), 195-208.
ComCult Teaching Activities
- CC 8906 Communication and Culture: An Interdisciplinary Approach
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