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Dr. Xiaoyu Chen is an Assistant Professor in Information Science at Shanghai University, China. He holds a PhD in Information Studies from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Xiaoyu's PhD dissertation studies a group of online celebrities who create and share knowledge-intensive content on social media. His research interests involve “3U”, namely, user information behavior, user-generated content and user cyberpsychology, particularly in the context of digital technologies. His prior work has been published in peer-reviewed journals in information science and information management, including Aslib Journal of Information Management, Behaviour and Information Technology and Information Processing and Management.

Dr. Alton Y.K. Chua is an Associate Professor in Information Studies at Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His research interests lie mainly in information, knowledge and technology management, with a particular focus on digital environments. An active and prolific scholar, Dr. Chua has published close to 200 scholarly articles in these areas. He also serves on the editorial board of several international refereed journals such as Journal of Knowledge Management and Journal of Information Science.

Dr. L.G. Pee is an Assistant Professor in Knowledge Management at Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Her research focuses on social informatics of knowledge, ranging from theory to design to implementation of digital information and knowledge practices. She collaborates actively with researchers in other disciplines on problems related to future workforce and sustainability informatics. She serves on the editorial review board of top information science journals such as International Journal of Information Management and the program committee of conferences such as International Conference on Information Systems. LG has received several best paper awards and COVID-19 Learning Action Award by the Association of Information Systems (AIS).