Shen Yang
Biographic Data
| ID | 3675552 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shen Yang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shen |
| FAMILY NAME | Yang |
| SIGNATURE | YANG S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5906-7427 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 33 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Danger of Feeling Fine: Objective–Subjective Thermal Mismatch in Delivery Workers under Urban Heat Extremes
Trust in the courts of Hong Kong: Levels, dynamics, and sources
Using five waves of Asian Barometer Surveys (2001–2021), this study reveals that judicial trust in Hong Kong rose until 2012 but declined from 2016 to 2021, alongside a weakening association with democratic values. After the introduction of the National Security Law (NSL), judicial trust among pro-establishment residents increased. In contrast, the difference-in-differences analysis reveals that the NSL and its subsequent cases reduced judicial t…
Social capital in the Internet era across societies: Development, inequality and netizen’s advantage
Using the 2017 module of International Social Survey Program (ISSP), we explore the differences in individual social capital between netizens and non-netizens across seven countries and make a tentative analysis of how varying degrees of economic development and inequality are associated with social capital and netizen’s advantage in social capital. We find that netizens have higher social capital than non-netizens in six ISSP member countries, s…
Chief executive and cabinet member approval in Hong Kong: A rolling-window Granger causality analysis
The interaction between public approval of the head of government and cabinet members represents a crucial yet surprisingly underexplored area of research. This note applies a rolling-window Granger causality test to the case of Hong Kong, which resembles a presidential system and is characterized by highly volatile interconnections. The findings reveal a nuanced bilateral relationship. First, the approval ratings of the Chief Secretary for Admin…
The Economic Consequences of Protest Repression: The Case of Business Activism in Hong Kong
Studies of contentious politics have extensively examined the impacts of protest repression on mobilization, but the implications of repression on economic phenomena have received little attention. This study contributes to the literature by examining the impact of protest repression on business activism. Business activism refers to businesses taking a public stance on controversial social-political issues, a subject that has been understudied in…
Decoding Mixed Identities in Hong Kong: A Clustering Analysis of Multiple Identity Indicators
Given the multiplicity and fluidity of identities, measuring mixed identities is challenging. As an epicenter of identity conflicts, Hong Kong is an ideal place to study mixed identities. However, the conventional unidimensional measurement in Hong Kong surveys and statistical correlation analysis may not accurately estimate the prevalence of different combinations of identities. Therefore, this study reassesses the patterns of identity combinati…
The Political Effects of Economic Inequality: Evidence from Hong Kong
Economic inequality can have significant political-social impacts, leading to social unrest and other negative consequences. With a high level of economic inequality and a remarkably contentious society, Hong Kong offers an intriguing case for investigating the political consequence of economic inequality. Based on an original random sampling survey in 2017, this study examines the political effects of perceived economic inequality in Hong Kong f…
The Rise of Pro-Regime Intellectuals and Their Mass Persuasion Strategies on China’s Internet
Mass persuasion is crucial to politics, and sophisticated leaders utilize political persuasion to influence citizens’ attitudes and emotions, alter their behaviors, and solicit regime support. In recent decades, a variety of actors have engaged in mass persuasion on China’s internet. Using online ethnography and archival research, this study examines a newly emerged but less studied group—pro-regime intellectuals and their online mass persuasion …
A matter of life and death: The power of personal networks for medical crowdfunding performance
Immigration and public attitudes towards social assistance: Evidence from Hong Kong
10.1080/17487870.2020.1760102
From Online Mass Incidents to Defiant Enclaves: Political Dissent on China’s Internet
This article examines political criticism and oppositional discourses on China’s Internet from 2012, near the end of Hu Jintao’s era, up through the current Xi Jinping administration. We focus on two main types of Internet activity in which criticism and discourses emerge—online mass incidents and defiant enclaves—and compare their discursive elements. The core messages and critiques by leading activists and dissidents and their followers in the …
Enclave deliberation and social movement mobilization: The DDays in Occupy Central
Scholars have called for a synergy between studies of deliberative democracy and social movements for their mutual enhancement. The existing literature generally applies the principle of deliberation to evaluate social movements, but few studies have examined the corresponding practice of deliberative democracy within a movement. The Occupy Central (OCLP) campaign in Hong Kong is a rare case in which the organizers incorporated Deliberation Days …
In the Name of the Law: Legal Frames and the Ending of the Occupy Movement in Hong Kong
The Hong Kong government made tactical use of legal instruments to end the Occupy Movement in 2014, yet there were divergent responses to the injunctions at the two main protest sites. Through a within-case comparison, this study argues that diverging legal frames explain the different reactions at the two sites. Law, as a constitutive symbol of certain collective action frames, constructs the boundaries of a movement and creates expectations amo…
Web 2.0 and Political Engagement in China
This article examines civic and political engagement in contemporary China by three recent cases where activists and citizens take full advantage of interactive information technologies and Web 2.0 tools to overcome obstacles and mobilize for public goods. The cases show how activists act strategically to mobilize mass-based support and use various technologies to ensure monetary transaction, resource allocation, public monitoring, and large-scal…
Web 2.0 and Political Engagement in China
This article examines civic and political engagement in contemporary China by three recent cases where activists and citizens take full advantage of interactive information technologies and Web 2.0 tools to overcome obstacles and mobilize for public goods. The cases show how activists act strategically to mobilize mass-based support and use various technologies to ensure monetary transaction, resource allocation, public monitoring, and large-scal…
The Political Effects of Economic Inequality: Evidence from Hong Kong
Economic inequality can have significant political-social impacts, leading to social unrest and other negative consequences. With a high level of economic inequality and a remarkably contentious society, Hong Kong offers an intriguing case for investigating the political consequence of economic inequality. Based on an original random sampling survey in 2017, this study examines the political effects of perceived economic inequality in Hong Kong f…
Enclave deliberation and social movement mobilization: The DDays in Occupy Central
Scholars have called for a synergy between studies of deliberative democracy and social movements for their mutual enhancement. The existing literature generally applies the principle of deliberation to evaluate social movements, but few studies have examined the corresponding practice of deliberative democracy within a movement. The Occupy Central (OCLP) campaign in Hong Kong is a rare case in which the organizers incorporated Deliberation Days …
Decoding Mixed Identities in Hong Kong: A Clustering Analysis of Multiple Identity Indicators
Given the multiplicity and fluidity of identities, measuring mixed identities is challenging. As an epicenter of identity conflicts, Hong Kong is an ideal place to study mixed identities. However, the conventional unidimensional measurement in Hong Kong surveys and statistical correlation analysis may not accurately estimate the prevalence of different combinations of identities. Therefore, this study reassesses the patterns of identity combinati…
From Online Mass Incidents to Defiant Enclaves: Political Dissent on China’s Internet
This article examines political criticism and oppositional discourses on China’s Internet from 2012, near the end of Hu Jintao’s era, up through the current Xi Jinping administration. We focus on two main types of Internet activity in which criticism and discourses emerge—online mass incidents and defiant enclaves—and compare their discursive elements. The core messages and critiques by leading activists and dissidents and their followers in the …
In the Name of the Law: Legal Frames and the Ending of the Occupy Movement in Hong Kong
The Hong Kong government made tactical use of legal instruments to end the Occupy Movement in 2014, yet there were divergent responses to the injunctions at the two main protest sites. Through a within-case comparison, this study argues that diverging legal frames explain the different reactions at the two sites. Law, as a constitutive symbol of certain collective action frames, constructs the boundaries of a movement and creates expectations amo…
A matter of life and death: The power of personal networks for medical crowdfunding performance
Web 2.0 and Political Engagement in China
This article examines civic and political engagement in contemporary China by three recent cases where activists and citizens take full advantage of interactive information technologies and Web 2.0 tools to overcome obstacles and mobilize for public goods. The cases show how activists act strategically to mobilize mass-based support and use various technologies to ensure monetary transaction, resource allocation, public monitoring, and large-scal…
In the Name of the Law: Legal Frames and the Ending of the Occupy Movement in Hong Kong
The Hong Kong government made tactical use of legal instruments to end the Occupy Movement in 2014, yet there were divergent responses to the injunctions at the two main protest sites. Through a within-case comparison, this study argues that diverging legal frames explain the different reactions at the two sites. Law, as a constitutive symbol of certain collective action frames, constructs the boundaries of a movement and creates expectations amo…
Enclave deliberation and social movement mobilization: The DDays in Occupy Central
Scholars have called for a synergy between studies of deliberative democracy and social movements for their mutual enhancement. The existing literature generally applies the principle of deliberation to evaluate social movements, but few studies have examined the corresponding practice of deliberative democracy within a movement. The Occupy Central (OCLP) campaign in Hong Kong is a rare case in which the organizers incorporated Deliberation Days …
From Online Mass Incidents to Defiant Enclaves: Political Dissent on China’s Internet
This article examines political criticism and oppositional discourses on China’s Internet from 2012, near the end of Hu Jintao’s era, up through the current Xi Jinping administration. We focus on two main types of Internet activity in which criticism and discourses emerge—online mass incidents and defiant enclaves—and compare their discursive elements. The core messages and critiques by leading activists and dissidents and their followers in the …
Immigration and public attitudes towards social assistance: Evidence from Hong Kong
10.1080/17487870.2020.1760102
The Rise of Pro-Regime Intellectuals and Their Mass Persuasion Strategies on China’s Internet
Mass persuasion is crucial to politics, and sophisticated leaders utilize political persuasion to influence citizens’ attitudes and emotions, alter their behaviors, and solicit regime support. In recent decades, a variety of actors have engaged in mass persuasion on China’s internet. Using online ethnography and archival research, this study examines a newly emerged but less studied group—pro-regime intellectuals and their online mass persuasion …
A matter of life and death: The power of personal networks for medical crowdfunding performance
Decoding Mixed Identities in Hong Kong: A Clustering Analysis of Multiple Identity Indicators
Given the multiplicity and fluidity of identities, measuring mixed identities is challenging. As an epicenter of identity conflicts, Hong Kong is an ideal place to study mixed identities. However, the conventional unidimensional measurement in Hong Kong surveys and statistical correlation analysis may not accurately estimate the prevalence of different combinations of identities. Therefore, this study reassesses the patterns of identity combinati…
The Political Effects of Economic Inequality: Evidence from Hong Kong
Economic inequality can have significant political-social impacts, leading to social unrest and other negative consequences. With a high level of economic inequality and a remarkably contentious society, Hong Kong offers an intriguing case for investigating the political consequence of economic inequality. Based on an original random sampling survey in 2017, this study examines the political effects of perceived economic inequality in Hong Kong f…
Chief executive and cabinet member approval in Hong Kong: A rolling-window Granger causality analysis
The interaction between public approval of the head of government and cabinet members represents a crucial yet surprisingly underexplored area of research. This note applies a rolling-window Granger causality test to the case of Hong Kong, which resembles a presidential system and is characterized by highly volatile interconnections. The findings reveal a nuanced bilateral relationship. First, the approval ratings of the Chief Secretary for Admin…
The Economic Consequences of Protest Repression: The Case of Business Activism in Hong Kong
Studies of contentious politics have extensively examined the impacts of protest repression on mobilization, but the implications of repression on economic phenomena have received little attention. This study contributes to the literature by examining the impact of protest repression on business activism. Business activism refers to businesses taking a public stance on controversial social-political issues, a subject that has been understudied in…
The Danger of Feeling Fine: Objective–Subjective Thermal Mismatch in Delivery Workers under Urban Heat Extremes
Trust in the courts of Hong Kong: Levels, dynamics, and sources
Using five waves of Asian Barometer Surveys (2001–2021), this study reveals that judicial trust in Hong Kong rose until 2012 but declined from 2016 to 2021, alongside a weakening association with democratic values. After the introduction of the National Security Law (NSL), judicial trust among pro-establishment residents increased. In contrast, the difference-in-differences analysis reveals that the NSL and its subsequent cases reduced judicial t…
Social capital in the Internet era across societies: Development, inequality and netizen’s advantage
Using the 2017 module of International Social Survey Program (ISSP), we explore the differences in individual social capital between netizens and non-netizens across seven countries and make a tentative analysis of how varying degrees of economic development and inequality are associated with social capital and netizen’s advantage in social capital. We find that netizens have higher social capital than non-netizens in six ISSP member countries, s…
Political science (10 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Politics (6 works) · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (5 works) · Political economy (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Public relations (4 works)