Dien Luong (dluong@umich.edu) studies how states, technology platforms, media institutions, and publics shape information, political participation, and accountability in digitally mediated societies. His research focuses on digital governance, media autonomy, online repression, platform–state relations, and political communication in Southeast Asia. His current work examines how perceived risk, surveillance, and digital intimidation influence journalists’ self-censorship across different political systems. He has published peer-reviewed research, policy analysis, and public commentary on these issues. Dien earned an M.S. in Journalism from Columbia University as a Fulbright Scholar and has held fellowships at the ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute, the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard Kennedy School, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
