Donna Chu
Biographic Data
| ID | 4208251 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Donna Chu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Donna |
| FAMILY NAME | Chu |
| SIGNATURE | CHU D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3214-6883 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Fact-Checking or Not? News Verification Behaviours of Young People in Hong Kong
This paper discusses the factors affecting the behaviours for coping with fake news among young people. The data were collected from a survey conducted in late 2019, which sampled 2112 secondary school students from 21 partnering schools. This study aims to understand the opinions and behaviours of teenagers towards disinformation when fake news was prevalent during the anti-extradition bill protests in Hong Kong. It finds that awareness of the p…
Mediating memories
This article aims to discuss the roles of media in shaping and sustaining personal memories of social movements. Through 24 in-depth interviews with witnesses of and participants in two mass protests in Hong Kong, it examines how media might contribute to differences in individual remembering. First, it found that individual remembering was characterized by a strong embodiment of various senses, experiences, and emotions. Second, personal memory …
Mundane Participation
This study aims at revisiting the notion of participatory culture at a time when social media use is deemed even more central and hence mundane in our everyday lives. Through 10 focus group interviews with 67 secondary students in Hong Kong, the study focuses on the experiences of a generation of young people who are generally savvy social media users, yet facing immense uncertainties brought by political and social changes in recent years. The r…
Young journalists and old news
In this study, 20 journalists who had worked on news about the anniversaries of mass protests in Hong Kong were interviewed. Given that most had been born after the historical events being commemorated, this paper aims to understand how young journalists comprehend and cover such old news. It also uncovers the journalistic processes behind the related anniversary journalism and discusses the role of journalism in constructing collective memory. T…
Remembering 1989
This study analysed 487 news stories in 30 anniversary editions of a newspaper in Hong Kong, with an aim to systematically review what has been recorded and remembered about the commemoration on June 4th every year. Through analysis of recurring themes, the case sheds light on the ideological packages embedded in news stories, while also addressing emerging questions about anniversary journalism and collective memory. How Hong Kong remembers 1989…
Civic intentionality in youth media participation
This paper aims to discuss changing perspectives observed and collected from 10 focus groups conducted with teenagers in Hong Kong between 2012 and 2017. It has identified a growing sense of distrust and fear about online participation. It found that young people were increasingly aware of the public nature of social media and exercised great cautions in their online activities, resulting in more notable non-participation. In addition to refraini…
An (un)romantic journey
This article examines the production and negotiation of ‘authenticity’ in reality television through a case study of a popular Chinese dating show If You Are the One. The study reconstructed the various stages of the show and collected perspectives from participating bachelors and production people. The ethnographic approach has enabled a relatively thick description of what happened on-screen and off-screen. Primarily, it details how four ordina…
Media Use and Protest Mobilization
This study aims to examine the roles of social media in protest mobilization through the case of Umbrella Movement. Instead of focusing in the occupied sites, the study chose to look at mobilization efforts and confrontations within Hong Kong secondary schools. In-depth interviews were conducted with 14 students, teachers and principals from four schools, with an aim to identify how members in schools used different media for information sharing,…
Sex Talk
Internet risks and expert views
This study collects and analyses the viewpoints of front-line youth workers regarding the notion of 'Internet risks'. Previous studies have examined and discussed various dangers of the Internet. Parental, school, and governmental interventions are often called for by those concerned. The implicit assumption is that these are the people who possess the expertise to tackle the problems at hand. Through participation in three forums focusing on 'In…
Kong Girls and Lang Mo
The aim of this study was to explore how young people perceive and evaluate two emergent gender stereotypes in Hong Kong. It examines how the young population defines and negotiates the meanings of two media labels, Kong Girls (Hong Kong Girls) and Lang Mo (teenage models), which have become a part of daily usage. Moving beyond the debates about misrepresentations in the media, the paper discusses the functions and influences of stereotypes. A su…
The Production of Erotica
This article examines the production of erotica in a Chinese cultural context. It takes the photo books featuring teenage models published in Hong Kong in 2010 as case studies in which a total of 2,205 photographs of teenage models were analyzed. In-depth interviews were conducted with six producers of these images. It was found that the set of erotic pictures was characterized by three distinctive features. First, they emphasized a look of innoc…
Interpreting news values in j-blogs
This study aims to arrive at a contextualized understanding of the perspectives of a small group of Hong Kong journalist bloggers regarding a wide range of media issues. In addition to analyzing how they interpret news values in post-1997 Hong Kong, it also discusses how j-blogs can facilitate a new form of ‘interpretive community’. Together with in-depth interviews with eight journalist bloggers, this study analyzes 1044 blog posts written by th…
In search of prosumption
This study addresses three research questions that aim to describe the media use patterns of young people in Hong Kong. In particular, four dimensions of media use are taken as preliminary indicators to determine whether young people fit the popular stereotype of active Internet users. The dimensions include their reasons for going online, their initiative for information management, their production of content, and their collaboration and sharin…
Interpreting news values in j-blogs
This study aims to arrive at a contextualized understanding of the perspectives of a small group of Hong Kong journalist bloggers regarding a wide range of media issues. In addition to analyzing how they interpret news values in post-1997 Hong Kong, it also discusses how j-blogs can facilitate a new form of ‘interpretive community’. Together with in-depth interviews with eight journalist bloggers, this study analyzes 1044 blog posts written by th…
Kong Girls and Lang Mo
The aim of this study was to explore how young people perceive and evaluate two emergent gender stereotypes in Hong Kong. It examines how the young population defines and negotiates the meanings of two media labels, Kong Girls (Hong Kong Girls) and Lang Mo (teenage models), which have become a part of daily usage. Moving beyond the debates about misrepresentations in the media, the paper discusses the functions and influences of stereotypes. A su…
The Production of Erotica
This article examines the production of erotica in a Chinese cultural context. It takes the photo books featuring teenage models published in Hong Kong in 2010 as case studies in which a total of 2,205 photographs of teenage models were analyzed. In-depth interviews were conducted with six producers of these images. It was found that the set of erotic pictures was characterized by three distinctive features. First, they emphasized a look of innoc…
Mediating memories
This article aims to discuss the roles of media in shaping and sustaining personal memories of social movements. Through 24 in-depth interviews with witnesses of and participants in two mass protests in Hong Kong, it examines how media might contribute to differences in individual remembering. First, it found that individual remembering was characterized by a strong embodiment of various senses, experiences, and emotions. Second, personal memory …
Media Use and Protest Mobilization
This study aims to examine the roles of social media in protest mobilization through the case of Umbrella Movement. Instead of focusing in the occupied sites, the study chose to look at mobilization efforts and confrontations within Hong Kong secondary schools. In-depth interviews were conducted with 14 students, teachers and principals from four schools, with an aim to identify how members in schools used different media for information sharing,…
In search of prosumption
This study addresses three research questions that aim to describe the media use patterns of young people in Hong Kong. In particular, four dimensions of media use are taken as preliminary indicators to determine whether young people fit the popular stereotype of active Internet users. The dimensions include their reasons for going online, their initiative for information management, their production of content, and their collaboration and sharin…
Interpreting news values in j-blogs
This study aims to arrive at a contextualized understanding of the perspectives of a small group of Hong Kong journalist bloggers regarding a wide range of media issues. In addition to analyzing how they interpret news values in post-1997 Hong Kong, it also discusses how j-blogs can facilitate a new form of ‘interpretive community’. Together with in-depth interviews with eight journalist bloggers, this study analyzes 1044 blog posts written by th…
The Production of Erotica
This article examines the production of erotica in a Chinese cultural context. It takes the photo books featuring teenage models published in Hong Kong in 2010 as case studies in which a total of 2,205 photographs of teenage models were analyzed. In-depth interviews were conducted with six producers of these images. It was found that the set of erotic pictures was characterized by three distinctive features. First, they emphasized a look of innoc…
Kong Girls and Lang Mo
The aim of this study was to explore how young people perceive and evaluate two emergent gender stereotypes in Hong Kong. It examines how the young population defines and negotiates the meanings of two media labels, Kong Girls (Hong Kong Girls) and Lang Mo (teenage models), which have become a part of daily usage. Moving beyond the debates about misrepresentations in the media, the paper discusses the functions and influences of stereotypes. A su…
Internet risks and expert views
This study collects and analyses the viewpoints of front-line youth workers regarding the notion of 'Internet risks'. Previous studies have examined and discussed various dangers of the Internet. Parental, school, and governmental interventions are often called for by those concerned. The implicit assumption is that these are the people who possess the expertise to tackle the problems at hand. Through participation in three forums focusing on 'In…
Sex Talk
Media Use and Protest Mobilization
This study aims to examine the roles of social media in protest mobilization through the case of Umbrella Movement. Instead of focusing in the occupied sites, the study chose to look at mobilization efforts and confrontations within Hong Kong secondary schools. In-depth interviews were conducted with 14 students, teachers and principals from four schools, with an aim to identify how members in schools used different media for information sharing,…
Civic intentionality in youth media participation
This paper aims to discuss changing perspectives observed and collected from 10 focus groups conducted with teenagers in Hong Kong between 2012 and 2017. It has identified a growing sense of distrust and fear about online participation. It found that young people were increasingly aware of the public nature of social media and exercised great cautions in their online activities, resulting in more notable non-participation. In addition to refraini…
An (un)romantic journey
This article examines the production and negotiation of ‘authenticity’ in reality television through a case study of a popular Chinese dating show If You Are the One. The study reconstructed the various stages of the show and collected perspectives from participating bachelors and production people. The ethnographic approach has enabled a relatively thick description of what happened on-screen and off-screen. Primarily, it details how four ordina…
Remembering 1989
This study analysed 487 news stories in 30 anniversary editions of a newspaper in Hong Kong, with an aim to systematically review what has been recorded and remembered about the commemoration on June 4th every year. Through analysis of recurring themes, the case sheds light on the ideological packages embedded in news stories, while also addressing emerging questions about anniversary journalism and collective memory. How Hong Kong remembers 1989…
Young journalists and old news
In this study, 20 journalists who had worked on news about the anniversaries of mass protests in Hong Kong were interviewed. Given that most had been born after the historical events being commemorated, this paper aims to understand how young journalists comprehend and cover such old news. It also uncovers the journalistic processes behind the related anniversary journalism and discusses the role of journalism in constructing collective memory. T…
Mediating memories
This article aims to discuss the roles of media in shaping and sustaining personal memories of social movements. Through 24 in-depth interviews with witnesses of and participants in two mass protests in Hong Kong, it examines how media might contribute to differences in individual remembering. First, it found that individual remembering was characterized by a strong embodiment of various senses, experiences, and emotions. Second, personal memory …
Mundane Participation
This study aims at revisiting the notion of participatory culture at a time when social media use is deemed even more central and hence mundane in our everyday lives. Through 10 focus group interviews with 67 secondary students in Hong Kong, the study focuses on the experiences of a generation of young people who are generally savvy social media users, yet facing immense uncertainties brought by political and social changes in recent years. The r…
Fact-Checking or Not? News Verification Behaviours of Young People in Hong Kong
This paper discusses the factors affecting the behaviours for coping with fake news among young people. The data were collected from a survey conducted in late 2019, which sampled 2112 secondary school students from 21 partnering schools. This study aims to understand the opinions and behaviours of teenagers towards disinformation when fake news was prevalent during the anti-extradition bill protests in Hong Kong. It finds that awareness of the p…
Political science (13 works) · Sociology (13 works) · Media studies (9 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Social Media and Politics (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics (6 works) · Public relations (6 works) · Social media (6 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (5 works)