Ruo Si is a tenured Associate Professor at the School of Journalism and Communication, Tsinghua University, China. She holds a PhD from Hong Kong Baptist University, an MA from Tsinghua University, and a BA from Shandong University. Her main research areas are online audiovisual studies, and film and television communication studies. She has led a number of national and provincial projects, including those for institutions like the National Social Science, State Administration of Press, National Ministry of Education and Beijing Academy of Social Sciences. She has published a Chinese version of “Research on Film Industry Systems”. She offers a course in film and television management at Tsinghua University.
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