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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Leeds

Dr D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Leeds working on MUSICSTREAM (2022-2026). Kaye holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a minor in Music Performance (2014) and a Master of Science in Mass Communications (2016) from Kansas State University (USA). Kaye completed a PhD in Creative Industries in 2021 at Queensland University of Technology (Australia). Kaye’s doctoral research examines music creators and copyright law in Myanmar, interrogating the colonial legacy and power dynamics of copyright in informal media industries. Kaye is the author of TikTok: Creativity and Culture in Short Video (2022, co-written with Jing Zeng and Patrik Wikström), the first scholarly monograph on TikTok published by Polity Press. Kaye has published peer-reviewed journal articles on topics including short video platforms and patriotism in China, media censorship in India, and copyright enforcement on YouTube. From 2014-2019, Kaye was the drummer, bassist, and songwriter for the band Parallel Path.

Experience

  • 2022–present
    Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Leeds
  • 2022–2022
    Lecturer , Queensland University of Technology
  • 2021–2022
    Postdoctoral Fellow, Sorbonne University Paris Nord
  • 2020–2022
    Senior research fellow, Curtin University
  • 2018–2020
    Editorial Assistant, Media Industries Journal

Education

  • 2021 
    Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, Doctor of Philosophy
  • 2016 
    Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS USA, Master's of Science Mass Communications
  • 2014 
    Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS USA, Bachelor's of Arts Psychological Sciences

Publications

  • 2021
    The co-evolution of two Chinese mobile short video apps: Parallel platformization of Douyin and TikTok, Mobile Media and Communication
  • 2021
    You Made This? I Made This: Practices of Authorship and (Mis)Attribution on TikTok, International Journal of Communication
  • 2021
    Copyright Gossip: Exploring Copyright Opinions, Theories, and Strategies on YouTube, Social Media + Society
  • 2021
    Media Censorship: Obscuring Autocracy and Hindutva-ideology in Indian Governance, Communication, Culture and Critique
  • 2021
    #Positive Energy Douyin: constructing 'playful patriotism' in a Chinese short-video application, Chinese Journal of Communication
  • 2020
    Reclaiming policy in the Myanmar popular music industry, International Journal of Cultural Policy
  • 2019
    Pushing the Next Level: Investigating Digital Content Creation in India, Television & New Media

Professional Memberships

  • TikTok Cultures Research Network
  • Association of Internet Researchers