Wai Lo
Biographic Data
| ID | 6543096 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wai Lo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wai |
| FAMILY NAME | Lo |
| SIGNATURE | LO W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hong Kong Baptist University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9117-0720 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
What matters most in the responses to political campaign posts on social media: The candidate, message frame, or message format
Shifting Power Centers and News Sources: The Practices and Struggles of Hong Kong’s Political Journalists Since the Handover
Focusing on Hong Kong’s news media, this study uses the concepts of news paradigms and information subsidies to examine how a shift in political power centers can affect the production of political news and its reportage. A quantitative content analysis of the sourcing patterns of press reports on interpretations of the Basic Law by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress after the 1997 handover of Hong Kong indicated a rising tr…
Governmentality and neoliberalism: A study of media discourse on poverty in Hong Kong
This study uses a governmentality approach to examine poverty and welfare media discourse as a complex aggregate of a wide variety of knowledge and political rationalities aimed at governing citizens. A discourse analysis of newspaper articles about poverty from 1994 to 2013 was conducted. Five discursive strategies and four oppositional claims were found in the 20-year sample period. The findings illustrate the relationship between neoliberalism…
The Dynamics of Political Elections: A Big Data Analysis of Intermedia Framing Between Social Media and News Media
This article examines the news framing of the 2017 Hong Kong Chief Executive election using a big data analysis approach. Analyses of intermedia framing of over 370,000 articles and comments are conducted including news published in over 30 Chinese press media, four prominent Chinese online press media, and posts published on three candidates’ Facebook pages within the election period. The study contributes to the literature by examining the rare…
Traditional opera and young people: Cantonese opera as personal development
Cantonese opera, one of the regional opera forms in China, flourishes mainly in the southern province of Guangdong. By exploring the culture of Cantonese operatic singing, this study explores the role of traditional music in the lives of young people. Ethnography was chosen as the method of data collection and to describe the findings of the study. The rituals and core values of Cantonese operatic singing lessons were identified. The findings sho…
The Use of Melodramatic Animation in News, Presence and News Credibility: A path model
An experiment with 187 college students was conducted to investigate the influence of melodramatic animation on the perceived credibility of crime-related news reporting, and the role of presence in mediating this influence. The results of a path analysis showed that presence positively predicts the perceived credibility of a news report. However, the effects of melodramatic animation on viewers’ experience of presence were found to vary. Practic…
The music culture of older adults in Cantonese operatic singing lessons
Cantonese operatic singing, one of the regional opera forms in China, flourishes mainly in the southern province of Guangdong. By exploring the culture of Cantonese operatic singing, this study relates older people's music participation to a sense of collectivism, thereby contributing to the maintenance of interpersonal relationships and promoting successful ageing. The study also illustrates how the musical participation of older adults can be i…
The Dynamics of Political Elections: A Big Data Analysis of Intermedia Framing Between Social Media and News Media
This article examines the news framing of the 2017 Hong Kong Chief Executive election using a big data analysis approach. Analyses of intermedia framing of over 370,000 articles and comments are conducted including news published in over 30 Chinese press media, four prominent Chinese online press media, and posts published on three candidates’ Facebook pages within the election period. The study contributes to the literature by examining the rare…
Governmentality and neoliberalism: A study of media discourse on poverty in Hong Kong
This study uses a governmentality approach to examine poverty and welfare media discourse as a complex aggregate of a wide variety of knowledge and political rationalities aimed at governing citizens. A discourse analysis of newspaper articles about poverty from 1994 to 2013 was conducted. Five discursive strategies and four oppositional claims were found in the 20-year sample period. The findings illustrate the relationship between neoliberalism…
The music culture of older adults in Cantonese operatic singing lessons
Cantonese operatic singing, one of the regional opera forms in China, flourishes mainly in the southern province of Guangdong. By exploring the culture of Cantonese operatic singing, this study relates older people's music participation to a sense of collectivism, thereby contributing to the maintenance of interpersonal relationships and promoting successful ageing. The study also illustrates how the musical participation of older adults can be i…
The Use of Melodramatic Animation in News, Presence and News Credibility: A path model
An experiment with 187 college students was conducted to investigate the influence of melodramatic animation on the perceived credibility of crime-related news reporting, and the role of presence in mediating this influence. The results of a path analysis showed that presence positively predicts the perceived credibility of a news report. However, the effects of melodramatic animation on viewers’ experience of presence were found to vary. Practic…
The music culture of older adults in Cantonese operatic singing lessons
Cantonese operatic singing, one of the regional opera forms in China, flourishes mainly in the southern province of Guangdong. By exploring the culture of Cantonese operatic singing, this study relates older people's music participation to a sense of collectivism, thereby contributing to the maintenance of interpersonal relationships and promoting successful ageing. The study also illustrates how the musical participation of older adults can be i…
Traditional opera and young people: Cantonese opera as personal development
Cantonese opera, one of the regional opera forms in China, flourishes mainly in the southern province of Guangdong. By exploring the culture of Cantonese operatic singing, this study explores the role of traditional music in the lives of young people. Ethnography was chosen as the method of data collection and to describe the findings of the study. The rituals and core values of Cantonese operatic singing lessons were identified. The findings sho…
Governmentality and neoliberalism: A study of media discourse on poverty in Hong Kong
This study uses a governmentality approach to examine poverty and welfare media discourse as a complex aggregate of a wide variety of knowledge and political rationalities aimed at governing citizens. A discourse analysis of newspaper articles about poverty from 1994 to 2013 was conducted. Five discursive strategies and four oppositional claims were found in the 20-year sample period. The findings illustrate the relationship between neoliberalism…
The Dynamics of Political Elections: A Big Data Analysis of Intermedia Framing Between Social Media and News Media
This article examines the news framing of the 2017 Hong Kong Chief Executive election using a big data analysis approach. Analyses of intermedia framing of over 370,000 articles and comments are conducted including news published in over 30 Chinese press media, four prominent Chinese online press media, and posts published on three candidates’ Facebook pages within the election period. The study contributes to the literature by examining the rare…
What matters most in the responses to political campaign posts on social media: The candidate, message frame, or message format
Shifting Power Centers and News Sources: The Practices and Struggles of Hong Kong’s Political Journalists Since the Handover
Focusing on Hong Kong’s news media, this study uses the concepts of news paradigms and information subsidies to examine how a shift in political power centers can affect the production of political news and its reportage. A quantitative content analysis of the sourcing patterns of press reports on interpretations of the Basic Law by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress after the 1997 handover of Hong Kong indicated a rising tr…
Political science (6 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Advertising (3 works) · Art (3 works) · China (3 works)