Monographs

1. Hong, R. (2022). Passionate Work: Endurance After the Good Life. Duke University Press.
Named an Outstanding Academic Title 2022 (Work and Labor) by Choice. Translated into Vietnamese (2023, Thái Hà Books) and Chinese (2025, Orient Publishing Center). Reviewed in Global Media and China, Work, Employment and Society, Lateral, Economic & Political Weekly, British Journal of Industrial Relations, Public Books, Convergence, and International Journal of Communication. Featured on the New Books in Critical Theory podcast.

2. Hong, R. Work’s Plasticity: Visions of a Bearable Future. Contracted, Duke University Press.

Refereed Journal Articles

Hong, R. (2026). Craftsmanship and Skill: Mayo, Gender and the Rise of Psychological Justice. New Proposals. Available at: link

Hong, R. (2026). Platform Economies of Debility: Accidents and Injury Compensation in Food Delivery Work. Public Culture.

Hong, R. & Zhuang, V. K. (2025). Producing Value From Injury: Dashcam Platforms, Accidents, and Gig Work. Social Media + Society. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051251329083

Hong, R. (2024). Plasticity: Accounting for Adaptation in Sociotechnical Systems. International Journal of Communication, 18, 762-768. Available at: https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/21839/4463

Hong, R. (2024). Curative Platforms: Disability, Access, and Food Delivery Work in Singapore. New Media & Society, 26(5), 2593-2613.

Chen, C. & Hong, R. (2024). Business of Involution: Self-Study Rooms and Work Culture in China. Journal of Cultural Economy, 17(3), 396-412. https://doi.org/10.1080/17530350.2023.2246988

Hong, R. & Chan, Z. M. W. (2023). Making Live through the Gig: Biopower and Protection with Taxis in Singapore. Lateral, 12(2). Available at: link

Qiu, J. L., Hong, R. & Badger, A. (2023). Auditing Gig Work Platforms: Fairwork’s Research, Advocacy and Impact. Singapore Labor Journal, 2(1), 22-38. Available at: link

Hong, R. (2023). Road Warriors to Digital Nomads: Portable Computers, Habitats, and Remote Work. Cultural Studies, 37(3), 508-535.

Hong, R. (2022). Telecommuting Pedagogies: White Plasticity and the Ecological Imaginaries of Working-From-Home. Social Text, 40(2), 21-48.

Hong, R. (2021). Probing Interfaces: New Games, Spacewar!, and the Gamification of Complexity. International Journal of Communication, 15, 1836-1854.

Hong, R. (2017). Office Interiors and the Fantasy of Information Work. tripleC, 15(2), 543-564.

Hong, R. (2016). Soft Skills and Hard Numbers: Gender Discourse in Human Resources. Big Data & Society, 1-13.

Hong, R. (2015). Finding Passion in Work: Media, Passion and Career Guides. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 18(2), 190-206.

Hong, R. & Chen, V.H.H. (2014). Becoming an Ideal Co-creator: Web Materiality and Intensive Laboring Practices in Game Modding. New Media & Society, 16(2), 290-305.

Jung, Y., Hall, J., Hong, R., Goh, T., Ong, N., & Tan, N. (2014). Payback: Effects of Relationship and Cultural Norms on Reciprocity. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 17(3), 160-172.

Hong, R. (2013). Game Modding, Prosumerism and Neoliberal Labor Practices. International Journal of Communication, 7, 984-1002.

Chen, V.H.H., Duh, H.B.L., & Hong, R. (2008). The Changing Dynamic of Social Interaction in World of Warcraft. Proceedings of ACE ’08.

Book Chapters

Hong, R. (2026). “The Pain of Love: Unemployment, Passionate Work and Spousal Support” in Handbook of Digital Labor. SAGE.

Hong, R. (2021). “Le Modifiche, Il Prosumerismo E Le Pratiche Di Lavoro Neoliberiste.” In Game Over: Critica della ragione videoludica (Ed. Matteo Bittanti). Mimesis Edizioni.

Hong, R. (2016). “#CokeDrones and the Good Life: Migrant Workers in Singapore and the Politics of Recognition.” In The Good Life in Asia’s Digital 21st Century, 69-74. Digital Asia Hub.

Under Review / Forthcoming

Hong, R. (Forthcoming). “Access and Platforms” for Critical Disability Media Studies (2nd ed). NYU Press.

Soh, A. & Hong, R. (Under Review). “Negotiating an Ethics of Ugliness.” European Journal of Cultural Studies.

Public Interest Writing

“Making Live through the Gig: The Case of Comfort Taxis in Singapore.” Singapore Research Nexus (2024). link

“CNM’s Dr Renyi Hong on Disability and Food Couriers in Singapore.” FASS News (2023). link

Hong, R., Qiu, J. L., & Badger, A. (2023). “公平工作框架对零工经济的意义.” Lianhe Zaobao. link

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