Prof. Fen LIN 林芬

• Med & Con:Fd & Fash in Ey Life (GE2225)
• Commn Research Methods (COM2103)
• Visual Communication (COM 2105)

• General Research Fund, Project#11609219, Throwing an Egg against a Stone? An Empirical Study of Opening Government Information Litigation in China (2008-2018), 2019 to 2022, Principal Investigator, 697,022 HKD
• City University of Hong Kong Applied Research Grant, Project #9667209, AI Governance: Ethics and Policy Challenges in Hong Kong，2020 to 2021, Co-Investigator, 200,000 HKD
• General Research Fund, Project#11608717, Principal Investigator, “Constructing social justice: The evolving media–court relation and media trials in China,” 260,264 HKD. 01/01/2018 – 30/06/2021.
• General Research Fund, Project#11672616, Principal Investigator, “The Chinese Reputation: A Community Approach on Defamation Litigation in China,” 514,000 HKD. 01/06/2017 – 31/05/2020.
• General Research Fund, Project#11406014, Principal Investigator, “The Losing Media? An Empirical Study on the Media-related Litigation,” 566,666 HKD. 01/01/2015 – 30/06/2017.
• China’s National Social Science Fund, Project#14CSH033, Co-Investigator, “Collective Actions in the Internet Era”, 200,000 RMB. 01/07/2014 – 31/12/2017.
• Horizon Research Grant, Project#9231119, Principal Investigator, “Collective Identity and Media Strategies: The Framing Contest in a Student Movement in Hong Kong,” 60,000 HKD. 01/10/2013 –31/09/2015. (Completed)
• City University of Hong Kong Strategic Research Fund, Project#7004511, Principal Investigator, “Cultural Omnivorousness and Globalization,” 100,000 HKD. 01/09/2015 – 31/08/2016. (Completed)
• City University of Hong Kong Research Grant Writing Fund, Project#9610309, Principal Investigator, “Are You What You Eat? Cultural Consumption, Social Network and the Global Taste Map,” 299,565 HKD. 01/06/2014 – 31/08/2015. (Completed)
• City University of Hong Kong Media and Communication Department Research Fund, Project#9610306. Principal Investigator, “Collective Identity and Media Framing in a Student Movement in Hong Kong,” 100,000 HKD. 01/10/2013 – 31/10/2015. (Completed)
• City University of Hong Kong Strategic Research Grant, Project#7008169, Principal Investigator, “The Anti-CNN Movement: Nationalism, New Media and Chinese Generation Y”, 179,568 HKD. 01/05/2012 – 31/07/2014. (Completed)
• City University College Research Fund, Project# 9610187, “Media and Chinese Nationalism: A Case Study on the Anti-CNN Movement”, 60,000 HKD. 01/04/2011 – 31/03/2013. (Completed)
  
• City University College Research Fund, Project #9610154, “Individual Innovativeness and Social Network,” 60,000 HKD. 01/04/2010 – 30/04/2011. (Completed)
• City University College Research Fund, Project #9610137, “Information and Cognitive Processes in Art Appreciation”, 60,000 HKD. 01/05/2009 – 01/06/2010. (Completed)
• City University of Hong Kong Start-up Grant, Project#7200139, Principal Investigator, “Flow of Information in Conventional and Web Media in China: Political Impact of New Media”, 99,992 HKD. 01/04/2009 – 30/06/2010. (Completed)
  

• Visiting Scholarship--Columbia University--2017-2018
  
• Top Faculty Paper Award--International Communication Association--2016
  
• William Rainey Harper and Social Science Visiting Committee Fellow--University of Chicago--2007-2008
  
• Robert E. Park Lectureship Award--University of Chicago--2006-2007
  

• Chen, X., Lin, F.* & Cheng, E. (Forthcoming) Stratified Impacts of Infodemic and Information Overload during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-sectional Survey of Six Asian Jurisdictions. Journal of Medical Internet Research.
• Yang, C. and Lin, F.* (Forthcoming). Fluid social construction of justice: Transition of trial-based media events (2000-2016). Communication & Society. (流动的正义建构：中国案件型媒体事件的演变（2000–2016）《传播与社会学刊》)
• 林芬（2021）<羅馬和通往羅馬之路>, 《香港文學》, 441, 102-103。
• Jin, L., Chen, X., Lin, F*., Zou, Y., & Gao, H. (2021). Does education matter for psychological recovery amidst the COVID-19 pandemic? Evidence from a panel survey in Hubei, China. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping. DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2021.1978431
• Lin. F. (2021). Beyond category: The cotton club and jazz in Harlem (1927-1931). Media Criticism. Vol. 11. （林芬 （2021）< 化外之音：棉花俱乐部和哈莱姆爵士乐 （1927-31）>， 《媒介批评》, 第11期。）
• Han, X., and Lin, F.* (2021). Perceptions of the media's role and job satisfaction: A survey of journalists in Xinjiang. Asian Journal of Communication. 31:4, 254-275, DOI: 10.1080/01292986.2021.1937247
• Ding, C., and Lin, F. (2021). Information Authoritarianism vs. Information Anarchy: A Comparison of Information Ecosystems in Mainland China and Hong Kong during the Early Stage of the COVID-19 Pandemic. China Review, 21(1), 91-105.
• Lin, F. (2020). Authoritarian transparency: A comparative survey on open government information regulations in China. In Xiaowei Zang and Hon Chan (eds.) Handbook of Public Policy and Public Administration in China. Cheltenham: Elgar. (p.205-220).
• 林芬（2020）<从波兰到纽约：一个面包的故事>,《正午故事》2020-01-09.
• Chen, X., Gao, H, Zou, Y., Lin, F.* (2020). Changes in psychological wellbeing, attitude, and information-seeking behavior among people at the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic: A panel survey of residents in Hubei province, China. Epidemiology and Infection. 148, E201. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268820002009
• Xiong, B. and Lin, F.* (2020). How to balance governance efficiency and privacy protection? Textual analysis of the privacy policies of the COVID-19 contact-tracing app in China and Singapore. International Journal of Chinese & Comparative Philosophy of Medicine, 18(2), 113-143.
• Lin, F. (2019). The discursive paradox of AI criticism. International Journal of Chinese & Comparative Philosophy of Medicine, 17(2), 133-137.
• 林芬（2019）<卡夫卡式布拉格>, 《香港文學》, 409(1), 62-65。
• Lin, F*. and Y. Xie (2019). Moving beyond Nimbyism? Media-Movement Dynamics in Chinese NIMBY Movements. China: An International Journal, 17(2):19-38.
• 林芬（2018）<人如其食>， 《正午故事》, 2018-09-06
• Lin, F. (2018). “Moon over the Eastern Hill: Constructing the Han Chinese Imagination of Modern Tibet”. Journal of Popular Culture. 51(3):674-692. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpcu.12691
• Lin, F*. and X. Zhang. (2018). Movement-press dynamics and news diffusion: A typology of activism in digital China." The China Review.
• 林芬（2018）<權力與信息悖論：研究中國媒體的國家視角>,《傳播與社會學刊》。(Lin, F. (2018). “Power and Information Paradox: A State Perspective on Studying Chinese Media". Communication & Society.
• Lin, F. (2017). “Digital intellectual property protection in China: Trends and damages in litigation involving the Big Five websites (2003–13)”. Asian Pacific Law Review. 25(2):149-169.
• He, X and F. Lin*. (2017). “The Losing Media? An Empirical Study of Defamation Litigation in China”. The China Quarterly. 230: 371-298
• Lin, F. and M. Yao (2017). “The Impact of Accompanying Text on Visual Processing and Hedonic Evaluation of Art”. Empirical Studies of the Arts. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0276237417719637
• 林芬，林斯嫻 （2017）<香港青年的中国观：民族认同与香港学生运动>,《二十一世紀》，第164期。(Lin, F. and S. Lin (2017). “Chinese Identity among Hong Kong Youth: National Identity and Student Movements in Hong Kong. Twenty-First Century. 164.
• Lin, F., & Zhao, D. (2016). Social Movements as a Dialogic Process: Framing, Background Expectancies, and the Dynamics of the Anti-CNN Movement. Chinese Sociological Review, 48(3), 185-208.
• 谢颖，林芬 （2016）<抗争性政治中的群体差异与资源借用: 中产抗争与农民抗争的个案比较>, 《社会学评论》，第四期：34-48. (Xie, Y. and F. Lin. (2016). “Weapons of the Middle Class: A Comparative Study of Collective Action in China”. Sociological Review of China.4(1):34-48)).
• 林芬, 王鑫 （2016）<浅谈英文学术写作技巧：把作者的问题变成读者的问题>，《新闻记者》第12期(Lin, F. & X. Wang (2016). On English Academic Writing Skills: Turning Authors’ Questions into Readers’ Questions. The Journalist Monthly. 12)
• Lin, F., Chang, T. K., & Zhang, X. (2015). After the spillover effect: news flows and power relations in Chinese mainstream media. Asian Journal of Communication, 25(3), 235-254.
• Lin, F., Sun, Y., & Yang, H. (2015). How are Chinese Students Ideologically Divided? A Survey of Chinese College Students' Political Self-Identification. Pacific Affairs, 88(1), 51-74.
• Chang, T. K., & Lin, F. (2014). From propaganda to public diplomacy: Assessing China's international practice and its image, 1950–2009. Public Relations Review, 40(3), 450-458.
• Lee, F. L., Lee, C. C., Yao, M. Z., Chang, T. K., Lin, F. J., & Shen, C. F. (2013). Communication, public opinion, and globalization in urban China (Vol. 18). Routledge.
• Lee, F., CC Lee, M. Yao, TK Zhang, F. Lin & C. Shen, (2013), Communication, Public Opinion, and Globalization in Urban China (Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Communication). London: Routledge
• Lin, F. (2012). Information Differentiation, Commercialization and Legal Reform – The Rise of a Three-dimensional State-media Regime in China. Journalism Studies. Vol 13. No. 3.
• Raudenbush, S. W., Martinez, A., Bloom, H., Zhu, P., & Lin, F. (2010). Studying the reliability of group-level measures with implications for statistical power: A six-step paradigm. University of Chicago Working Paper.
• Lin, T., D. Yarcia, & F. Lin. (2010). Income inequality in the People's Republic of China 1990–2005. In Poverty, Inequality, and Inclusive Growth in Asia: Measurement, Policy Issues, and Country Studies (Anthem Studies in Development and Globalization). Edited by J. Zhuang. London: Anthem Press
  
• Lin, F. (2010). Organizational construction or individual’s deed? -- The literati tradition in the journalistic professionalization in China, International Journal of Communication, 4: 175-197
• Lin, F. (2010). A survey report on Chinese journalists in China. The China Quarterly. 202: 421-434
• Lin, T, C. Wang, Y. Chen, T. Camacho, & F. Lin. (2009). Green Benches: What can the People’s Republic of China Learn from International Experiences of Environment Courts? Asian Development Bank.
• 林芬，赵鼎新 （2008）<霸权文化缺失下的中国新闻和社会运动>, 《传播与社会学刊》6,93-119. (Lin, F., & D. Zhao. (2008). Lack of hegemony: dynamics between news media and social movement in China. Communication & Society, 6, 93-119)
• 林暾，庄巨忠，达玛娅秀，林芬（2008）<1990-2004年中国收入差距与增长益贫性研究>,《以共享式增长促进社会和谐》。中国计划出版社。（Lin, T., J. Zhang, D. Yarcia & F. Lin (2008). Income Disparity and Poverty in China 1990-2004. In Inclusive Growth toward a Harmonious Society in China. Edited by Justin Lin and Juzhong Zhuang. Pp.213-232. Beijing: China Planning Press)
• Raudenbush, S., M. Andres, B. Howard, P. Zhu & F. Lin. (2008). The reliability of group-level measures and the power of group-randomized studies. William T. Grant Foundation, working report.
• Raudenbush, S., M. Andres, B. Howard, P. Zhu, & F. Lin. (2008). An eight-step paradigm for studying the reliability of group-level measures”. William T. Grant Foundation, working report.
• Howard, B., P. Zhu, J. Robin, S. Raudenbush, M. Andres, & F. Lin. (2008). Empirical issues in the design of group-randomized studies to measure the effects of interventions for children. MDRC Working Papers on Research Methodology. No. 483.
• Lin, F., & D. Zhao. (2008). Lack of hegemony: dynamics between news media and social movement in China. Communication & Society. 6:93-119.
• Lin, T., J. Zhang, D. Yarcia & F. Lin (2008). Chinese income disparity: A diagnosis”. in Inclusive Growth toward a Harmonious Society in China. Edited by Justin Lin and Juzhong Zhuang. p213-232. Beijing :China Planning Press
• Lin, T., J. Zhang, D. Yarcia & F. Lin (2008): Income inequality in the People's Republic of China and its decomposition: 1990–2004”. Asian Development Review. 25:119-136
• Lin, F. (2006). Dancing beautifully but with hands cuffed? A historical review of journalism formation during media commercialization in China. Perspectives. 7(2): 79-98.
• Salama, JK., R. Heimann, F. Lin, N. Mehta, SJ Chmura, R. Singh, & J. Kao (2005). Does the number of lymph nodes examined in node negative breast cancer have prognostic significance? Cancer. 103(4): 664-671.

Conference papers

• Lin, S., & F, Lin. (14/08/2016). “Why Framing National Identities Fails: A Case Study of the Anti-Moral and National Education Movement in Hong Kong,” American Sociological Association annual meeting, Montreal, Canada
• Lin, F., & S, Lin. (13/08/2016). “Being Chinese? National Identity and Student Movements in Hong Kong” American Sociological Association annual meeting, Montreal, Canada
• Lin, F. (29/05/2017). “Constructing Justice in Media Trials: An Analytical Typology of Social Justice in China”. International Communication Association annual meeting, San Diego, United States.
• Lin, F. (29/05/2017). “Moving beyond Nimbyism?” International Communication Association annual meeting, San Diego, United States.
  
• Lin, F. (29/05/2017). “Searching Tsangyang Gyasto” International Communication Association annual meeting, San Diego, United States.
• Lin. F. (20/08/2016). “The Losing Media? An Empirical Study of Defamation Litigation in
  China,” The Judicial Reform in China Conference, Centre for Chinese and Comparative
  Law, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
• Lin. F. (20/07/2016). “From Social Movements to Party Politics: A Case of Hong Kong,” The
  Political Sociology Annual Workshop, University of Chicago and Renmin University,
  Beijing, China.
• Lin. F. (13/06/2016). “The Losing Media? An Empirical Study of Defamation Litigation in
  China,” The International Communication Association Annual Meeting, Fukuoka, Japan.
• Lin. F. (05/12/2015). “From the Uncles of Victoria Park to the Net-Gen Square People: National
  Identity and Student Movements in Hong Kong”. The Political Communication and
  Social Development Forum, the 2nd annual meeting. Beijing, China.
• Lin. F. (27/11/2015). “Collective Identity and Student Activism in Hong Kong and Mainland
  China”. College of Mass Communication, Shenzhen University.
• Lin. F. (11/10/2015) “When the Media Enter the Court: An Alternative Perspective of Media
  Ecology”. The Young Scholars’ Communication Forum in South China, 2nd annual
  meeting, Guangzhou.
• Lin. F. (10/10/2015). “Revisit the Power: The State-Media Relation in China”. School of
  Communication and Design. Sun Yat-Sen University
  
• Lin. F. (11/03/2015). “Tara and Chinese Imagination on Tibet”. Invited guest lecturer for the course Sociology of Religion, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago.
• Lin. F. (01/10/2014). “Who are the critical mass in online activism? A Case Study on the Role of Political Identity in Connected Actions in China. ”International Communication Association, regional meeting, Brisbane, Australia. October 01-03, 2014
• Lin. F. and D. Zhao. (18/06/2013). "Bring schemata of interpretations back: the structured framing process the Anti-CNN movement." International Communication Association, annual meeting, London, United Kingdom. June 17-21, 2013
• 2011 International Association for Media and Communication Research, Istanbul, Turkey
• “The State--‐Intellectuals Relationship and Collective Actions: Three Case Studies in China”
• “Gendered Conception of Globalization and Media Use in Greater China”
• American Sociological Association, Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, United States
• “Diffusion of News after the Spillover: The Bureaucratic Nature of News Websites and Online Activism in China”
• 2010 International Sociological Association, Annual Meeting, Gothenburg, Sweden
• “Hierarchical attitudes and communication mechanisms – The micro-translation of globalization in China”
• International Association for Media and Communication Research, Braga, Portugal
• “Information and cognitive process in art appreciation”
• “Online activism, framing strategy and media representation – the green dam youth escort software incident in China"
• “Hierarchical attitudes and communication mechanisms – the micro-translation of globalization in China”
• 2009 International Communication Association, Annual Meeting. Chicago
  “Turning Gray – the Transition of Political Communication in China”

Invited Book Reviews

• Book Review: Jonathan Hassid, China’s Unruly Journalists: How Committed Professionals Are Changing the People’s Republic. The China Journal, (forthcoming)
• Book review: Fanxu Zeng, 媒体作为调停人：公民行动与公共协商 [Media as mediators: Citizen activism and public deliberation] Communication and the Public 2(1): 107-108