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Organization Profile
Organisation profile
The School of Communication (Website: https://comd.hkbu.edu.hk/research/) is home to some 35 research faculty and 50 PhD students exploring a wide range of interests in communication and media studies. Our scholars’ research metrics place the School among the top 10 in Asia and top 100 in the world for Communication and Media Studies, according to the QS World University Rankings 2020. It has a critical mass of researchers in health communication, data and algorithmic journalism, and Sinophone cinema studies. Faculty are also advancing knowledge in a wide range of other specialisations, including political communication and activism; global media and culture; organisational leadership communication; branding communication; gender and media; and storytelling, stardom and performance studies. The School adopts a plurality of approaches to scholarly excellence and prizes transdisciplinarity. Its three academic units — the Department of Communication Studies, the Department of Interactive Media and the Department of Journalism — include researchers working within social science paradigms as well as the arts and humanities, applying methods ranging from computational network analysis and large-scale surveys to textual analysis and cultural and political critique.
In support of the University’s six interdisciplinary research laboratories, the AI and Media Research Lab (Email: [email protected], Website: https://www.comm.hkbu.edu.hk/aimr/eng/about.html) in the School of Communication is committed to creating a Human-centered Artificial Intelligence Initiative, with a particular focus on its application to media and communication. As part of the initiative, the AI and Media Research Lab serves as a hub for relevant research projects and topics, ranging from machine learning and textual analytics to online experiments and natural language processing. The Lab has been actively engaged in a series of research projects as well as teaching-related activities. Operating under the Lab, HKBU FactCheck Service (Phone: 3411-8159, Email: [email protected], Website: https://comd.hkbu.edu.hk/factcheckservice/) is dedicated to conducting empirical research on misinformation and fact-checking in social media. The Service applies survey, experimental, computational, and mixed-methods research to the study of “fake news” in Hong Kong.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Scholars
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Kara K W CHAN, Prof
- Department of Communication Studies - Professor
- Office of the Dean of Communication - Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning)
Person
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King Cheung CHAN, Prof
- Department of Journalism - Professor of Practice, Raymond R. Wong Endowed Professor in Media Ethics
Person
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How does censorship drive conspiratorial beliefs? The roles of information uncertainty and motivated reasoning
ZHU, Y. (PI), Zhang, X. (CoI) & Fu, K. W. (CoI)
1/01/25 → 31/12/26
Project: Research project
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When Seeing Is No Longer Believing: Exploring the Processing, Effects, and Intervention Strategies of Deepfakes in Hong Kong
WANG, S. (PI) & TSANG, S. J. (CoI)
1/01/25 → 31/12/26
Project: Research project
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Culture, Communication Media, and Emotions in Negotiation: A Mental Models Approach to Unpacking the Effects of Anger and Compassion
LIU, M. (PI) & Liu, W. (CoI)
1/01/25 → 31/12/26
Project: Research project
Research Output
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Acting real: a cross-cultural investigation of finfluencer strategic authenticity
Zhu, L. & Wang, Y., Jan 2025, In: International Journal of Advertising. 44, 1, p. 164-183 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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Adaptive Self-Reflection as a Social Media Self-Effect: Insights from Computational Text Analyses of Self-Disclosures of Unreported Sexual Victimization in a Hashtag Campaign
Yeo, T. E. D. & Chu, T. H., Apr 2025, In: Social Science Computer Review. 43, 2, p. 341-355 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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AI imaginaries shape technological identity and digital futures
Zhong, B., Song, Y., Feng, G. C., Shi, J., Zhu, Y., Xie, L., Zhou, W. A., Yu, S., Lu, Y., Qin, Y. & Xiong, Z., Aug 2025, In: Computers in Human Behavior. 169, 10 p., 108682.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
Open Access
Datasets
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Replication Data for: Multidimensional Diversity and Opportunity Structure in Political Science
ZHU, Y. (Creator), Harvard Dataverse, Jun 2023
DOI: 10.7910/DVN/Y9EY7E
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Replication Data for: How Propaganda Works in the Digital Era
ZHU, Y. (Creator), Harvard Dataverse, Nov 2022
DOI: 10.7910/DVN/O7II8W
Dataset
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Replication Data for: ANOVA of Mean Difference in Content Percentages
ZHU, Y. (Creator), Harvard Dataverse, Feb 2021
DOI: 10.7910/DVN/OAMSDX
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Prizes
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2006 President’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Scholarly Work
CHAN, K. K. W. (Recipient), 2006
Prize: Award
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Activities
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Personal Relationships (Journal)
YEO, T. E. D. (Associate editor)
1 Jan 2025 → 31 Dec 2025Activity: Publication peer-review/editorial work › Editor/reviewer for publications (incl. CDCF T61 Journal Editor)
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How pet parent identity affects responses to pet-friendly hotel ads
CHAN, K. K. W. (Organiser)
20 Feb 2025Activity: Conference/talk/lecture/symposium/speech/workshop, etc › Event organized by HKBU
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Journal of Social and Personal Relationships (Journal)
YEO, T. E. D. (Reviewer)
15 Mar 2025Activity: Publication peer-review/editorial work › Editor/reviewer for publications (incl. CDCF T61 Journal Editor)
Press/Media
Student theses
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Am I being watched on the internet?: examining user perceptions of privacy, stress and self-monitoring under online surveillance
Ip, W. H. (Author), CHANG, J. H. C. (Supervisor), 1 Nov 2013Student thesis: Master's Thesis
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Analyzing the portrayal of the desired national identity of the Tibetan ethnicity in China's propaganda
Wu, C. (Author), CHANG, J. H. C. (Supervisor), 2011Student thesis: Master's Thesis
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Analyzing the Role of the Elite Public Sphere: Anglo-American and Chinese Financial Media Discourses on the Greater Bay Area
WONG, V. P. H. (Author), THUSSU, D. K. (Supervisor), 11 Mar 2024Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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