Xiaoyu Chen is an Assistant Professor of Information Resources Management at the School of Cultural Heritage and Information Management of Shanghai University, China. He obtained a PhD in Information Studies from Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His research interests focus on 3U, namely, user information behavior,user cyberpsychology, and user-generated content, particularly in the context of digital technologies. His PhD dissertation studies a particular group of digital influencers who sell self-created knowledge products in an online environment.
