Lexuan Wang

PhD Student
Political Communication Institute
School of Government and Public Affairs
Communication University of China

Doctoral Dissertation

My doctoral dissertation focuses on international political communication, examining how, under the dual forces of great-power competition and digital technology, the political nature of international communication is being reactivated and comprehensively foregrounded under contemporary conditions. The study identifies three contemporary manifestations of the politicization of international communication and explores the profound implications of this process for the global communication order, cultural narratives, and ethical norms — offering a new theoretical perspective, at the intersection of political communication and international relations, for understanding contemporary practices of international communication.

Publications

  • Jing, X., & Wang, L. (2025). On the Political Nature of Platform Media in International Communication and Its Geopolitical Implications. 南京社会科学, (5), 77–87. CSSCI. [Link]
    (Note: Reprinted in full in 中国社会科学文摘 (Chinese Social Sciences Digest), Issue 9, 2025, pp. 145–146) [Link]

  • Jing, X., & Wang, L. (2025). Power Dynamics and Risk Warning in Information Geopolitics. 社会科学研究, (1), 56–64. CSSCI. [Link]

  • Jing, X., & Wang, L. (2025). International Political Communication: Conceptual Evolution and Theoretical Analysis. 新闻传播学刊, (2), 78–92. Extended CSSCI. [Link]

  • Jing, X., & Wang, L. (2025). On Political Courage and Political Discourse Expression — Studying the “Resolution of the CPC Central Committee on Further Deepening Reform Comprehensively and Advancing Chinese Modernization”. 山西师大学报（社会科学版）, 52(1), 1–7. [Link]

  • Zhang, C., & Wang, L. (2025). Virtual worlds, real politics: A cross-national comparative study of metaverse policy approaches. Politics and Governance, 13, Article 10239. SSCI. [Link]

  • Zhang, C., & Wang, L. (2025). Book review: Platforms, power, and politics: An introduction to political communication in the digital age. International Journal of Communication, 19, 2297–2299. SSCI. [Link]

  • Su, Y., Wang, L., & Gao, S. (2024). Explaining and Integrating the Developmental Dynamics of Western Marketing-Style Theories of Political Communication. 世界社会科学, (4), 186–206. CSSCI. [Link]

  • Essel, F., & Wang, L. (Trans.) (2023). Advances in Comparative Political Communication Research Based on Contextualization and Evidence Accumulation. 中国政治传播研究, (1), 168–173. [Link]

Academic Commentary

  • Wang, L., & Zhou, S. (2026). Cultivating Talent for International Organizations Toward Global Governance — A Review of the Conference “The Path to International Organizations: Innovation in Global Competence and Talent Development”. China Social Sciences Net, Jan 27, 2026. [Link]

  • Zhang, C., & Wang, L. (2025). Breaking Through Sanctions: Russia’s Forum Diplomacy Through the Lens of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Tencent News, Jul 25, 2025. [Link]

Research Projects

  • Constructing the Disciplinary System of Political Communication in Its New Forms   Key Project, National Social Science Fund of China (ongoing) — responsible for the “International Political Communication” sub-module
  • China’s Participation in Reshaping International Norms Through the “Three Global Initiatives”   General Project, National Social Science Fund of China (ongoing) — responsible for norm dissemination and forum diplomacy
  • Comparative Political Communication Under Party System Structures   Youth Project, National Social Science Fund of China (completed) — responsible for cross-national comparison of party politics and political marketing
  • The Rise of Political Marketing: A Theoretical Explanation Based on Changes in Party System Structure — The Case of Canada   Fudan University Chen Shuqu Center for Comparative Political Studies Project (completed)

Academic collaboration inquiries welcome: wanglexuan@cuc.edu.cn