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#9043773, Principal Investigator, Bounded Legitimacy of Emerging Technology: Social Construction of Face Recognition Technology in China, 2024-, 871,763HKD
• General Research Fund, Project#11611021, Principal Investigator, Balancing Authoritarian Innovation and Accountability: An Empirical Study on the Dual-track of Patent Intellectual Property Right Protection in China (1986-2020), 2022 to 2024, 763,831 HKD
• 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)
  

• Opening Film, Nepal International Film Festival--2024
• The Best Sound and Music--2023
• The Best Documentary Feature--2023
• The NETPAC Award for the Best Audience Award--2023
• The NETPAC Award for the Best Asian/Pacific Film--2023
• Chinese Academy Award of Documentary--2023
• Warsaw International Film Festival--2023
• The Excellent Chinese Documentary Award--2022
• 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
  

• Xiong, B., & Lin, F.* (2026). Three models of big data governance: A comparative analysis of privacy policies of contact tracing apps in China, Singapore, and Germany. Telematics and Informatics, Article 102401.
• Zhi, P., & Lin, F. (2026). Incumbency advantage and the role of political parties in the electoral authoritarianism: Evidence from Hong Kong Legislative Council Election (1998–2016). Asian Politics & Policy, 18(2), Article e70081.
• Lin, F., Zhi, P., Meng, X., Zhang, N., & Skoric, M. (2025). Clicktivism vs. commitivism: An empirical study on the relationship between social movement participation and vote intention. Frontiers in Political Science, 7, Article 1690029.
• Lin, F. * & Wu, Y. (2025): From pixelated to biopolitical: The genealogy of the humanness in China’s virtual anchors. In Y. Chandra, & R. Fan. (Eds.), Artificial intelligence and the future of human relations: Eastern and western perspectives. Springer.
• Lin, F.*, Jin, L., & Chen, X. (2025). Digitalization, psychological well-being, and the third-level digital divide: Survey study during the COVID-19 pandemic in China. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 27, Article e48195.
• Yin, J. D.-C., Wu, T.-C., Chen, C.-Y., Lin, F*., & Wang, X. (2025). The role of influencers and echo chambers in the diffusion of vaccine misinformation: Opinion mning in a Taiwanese online community. JMIR Infodemiology, 5, Article e57951.
• Meng, X., & Lin, F.* (2025). Authoritarian backsliding? Public support for liberty reestricting policies during COVID-19: A cross-national study. Social Indicators Research, 1-32.
• Lin, F., Meng, X., & Zhi, P. (2025). Are COVID-19 conspiracy theories for losers? Probing the interactive effect of voting choice and emotional distress on anti-vaccine conspiracy beliefs. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 12, 470.
• Huang, Y. H. C., Hong, Y., Huang, Z. A., Lin, J., Lin, F., Wang, W., Zhi, P., & Cai, Q. (2025). Navigating crossroads: Change, trust, and transformation in communication. Communication and the Public, 10(1), 3-12.
• Sonnevend, J., Lin, F., & Zhi, P. (2025). The power of charm: Understanding the influence of magnetic leadership–A dialogue with Julia Sonnevend. Communication and the Public, 10(2), 73–80.
• Tuzov, V., & Lin, F.* (2024). Two paths of balancing technology and ethics: A comparative study on AI governance in China and Germany. Telecommunications Policy, 48(10), 102850.
• Lin, F.*, Zhou, Q., & Wang, J. (2024). Can information transparency strengthen authoritarian accountability? An empirical study of open-government-information litigation in China (2008–2018). Chinese Sociological Review, 1-35.
• Lin, F., Ding, W. W., & Chen, S. (2024). The patent gold rush? An empirical study of patent bubbles in Chinese universities (1990–2019). The Journal of Technology Transfer, 1-31.
• Lin, F.*, Xiong, B., Zhi, P., & Cheng, E. W. (2024). A three-dimensional framework of perceiving privacy: A cross-national survey on contact tracing technology and privacy concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic. Computers in Human Behavior, 152, 108047.
• Lin, F.*, & Meng, X. (2023). Stuck Between the Great Powers: Secondary Countries’ Responses to Soft Power Competition Between the US and China During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Chinese Political Science, 1-24.
• Yang, X., Nah, F. F. H., & Lin, F. (2023, July). A Review on the Effects of Chanting and Solfeggio Frequencies on Well-Being. In International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (pp. 628-639). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
• Cheuk, C. K., Chan, H. M., Li, L. C., Lin, F., & Tuzov, V. (2023). Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence in Hong Kong: Report.
• Chen, X., Wu, A. M, & Lin, F.* (2023) The role of economic frustration, political discontent and national identity in non-institutional political participation in Hong Kong. Social Indicators Research.
• Howard, P., & Lin, F.* (2023). Computational propaganda: Concepts, Methods and Implications. Communication and the Public.
• Lu, Y., Chen, X., Huang, Y. H. C., & Lin, F. (2023). Measuring up in a pandemic: information attention, source credibility, and public evaluation of the government COVID-19 response in mainland China. Chinese Journal of Communication, 1-19.
• Flew, T., & Lin, F*. (2022). The third way of global Internet governance: A dialogue with Terry Flew.  Communication and the Public, 7(3), 121-129.
• Lin, F.*, Chen, X. & Cheng, E. (2022). Contextualized Impacts of an Infodemic on Vaccine Hesitancy: Evidence from a Cross-sectional Survey in Six Societies. Information Processing & Management. 59(5), 103013.
• Chen, X., Lee, W. & Lin, F*. (2022). Infodemic, Institutional Trust, and COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: A Cross-National Survey. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 022 Jun 30;19(13):8033.
• Chen, X., Lin, F.* & Cheng, E. (2022) 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. 24(3):e31088.
• Lin, F.*, & Han, X. (2022). Perceived social status and ethnic stratification—Evidence from journalists in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Journalism Practice, 1-19.
• Siau, K. L., Ding, C., Lin, F., & Nah, F. (2022). Identifying Legal and Ethical Values in AI. Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems 2022 Proceedings. 313.
• Chen, X., Lin, F.* & Cheng, E. (2022) 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.* (2022). 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

• Zhi, P., Ouyang, Y., Lin, F., Wang, X. V., Wen, B., & Huang, Y.-H. C. (2026, June 04–08). When literacy isn’t enough: The role of trust in digital health transformation [Paper presentation]. Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Cape Town, South Africa.
• Lin, F., & Ouyang, Y. (2026, June 04–08). Building digital authoritarianism 2.0: Social construction of bounded legitimacy of facial recognition technology in China and the UK [Paper presentation]. Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Cape Town, South Africa.
• Li, S., & Lin, F. (2026, June 04–08). Digital gendered labor in the attention economy: A case study on iconic female influencers in China [Paper presentation]. Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Cape Town, South Africa.
• Ouyang, Y., Zhi, P., Lin, F., Kao, L., Cai, Q., Liu, H., Wang, J., Li, W. J., & Huang, Y.-H. C. (2026, June 04–08). Beyond policy texts: How governance culture shapes the public perception of autonomous vehicles privacy policies in Shenzhen and Hong Kong [Paper presentation]. Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Cape Town, South Africa.
• Wu, Y., & Lin, F. (2026, June 04–08). “That’s good enough”: How logics of pragmatic satisfaction shape the humanness of AI anchors on Alibaba.com [Paper presentation]. Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Cape Town, South Africa.
• Zhang, T., & Lin, F. (2026, June 04–08). Building soft power with foreign influencers: An alternative framework to China’s public diplomacy [Paper presentation]. Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Cape Town, South Africa.
• Lin, F., Zhi, P., Ouyang, Y., Wang, X., LU, Z., Wen, B., Huang, Y.-H. C., & Wang, J. (2025, August 08-12). Constructing digital health capital index: Measuring inequality for techcare and smart-ageing in post-COVID Hong Kong [Paper presentation]. The 120th American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, United States.
• Wang, L., Wang, X., & Lin, F. (2024, June 30–July 04). Algorithmic divide among elderly and sandwich generation in Hong Kong: Development and validation an algorithm literacy scale [Paper presentation]. Annual Conference of International Association for Media and Communication Research, Christchurch, New Zealand.
• Lin, F., Zhi, P., & Ouyang, Y. (2024, June 30–July 04). Data divide as the fourth level: An extended digital divide model [Paper presentation]. Annual Conference of International Association for Media and Communication Research, Christchurch, New Zealand.
• Xiong, B., & Lin, F. (2024, June 20–24). Why did Chinese campaign-style governance fail during the COVID-19 pandemic? The roles of central-local relations and governance measures [Paper presentation]. Annual Conference of International Communication Association, Cold Coast, Australia.
• Lin, F., & Ouyang, Y. (2024, June 20–24). Bounded legitimacy of emerging technology: Social construction of facial recognition technology in China [Paper presentation]. Annual Conference of International Communication Association, Cold Coast, Australia.
• Wu, Y., & Lin, F. (2024, June 17–18). The third approach to media convergence: Battle with negative affordances while cooperate with positive affordances [Paper presentation]. Chinese Internet Research Conference, Brisbane, Australia.
• Zhi, P., Lin, F., Ouyang, Y., Kao, L., Cai, Q., Liu, H., Lin, L. Y., Wang, J., Li, W. J., Huang, Y. (2024, June 17–18). Dissecting policy influence: Empirical evidence from Shenzhen and Hong Kong on autonomous vehicle system intention [Paper presentation]. Chinese Internet Research Conference, Brisbane, Australia.
• Lin, F., Xiong, B., & Zhi, P. (2023, August 17–21). Three dimensions of privacy: A cross-national survey of the willingness to disclose privacy during COVID-19 [Paper presentation]. Annual Conference of American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, USA.
• Lin, F., Ding, Waverly, & Chen, S. (2023, August 17–21). The patent gold rush? An empirical study on patterns of patent inflation in Chinese universities (1985-2019) [Paper presentation]. Annual Conference of American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, USA.
• Lin, F. (2023, July 9–13). How does legal traditions matter in information governance? The diffusion of freedom of information laws among OECD countries (1949-2013) [Paper presentation]. Annual Conference of International Association for Media and Communication Research, Lyon, France.
• Meng, X., & Lin, F. (2023, June 25–July 01). Does trust in government increase public support for authoritarian policies during COVID-19 pandemic? Cross-cultural evidence from five jurisdictions [Paper presentation]. XX ISA World Congress of Sociology, Melbourne, Australia.
• Meng, X., Zhi, P., & Lin, F. (2023, May 25–29). Are COVID-19 conspiracy theories for losers? Probing the interactive effect of voting choice and emotional distress on anti-vaccine conspiracy beliefs [Paper presentation]. Annual Conference of International Communication Association, Toronto, Canada.
• Meng, X., & Lin, F. (2023, May 25–29). How do secondary countries respond to the soft power competition between the US and China during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from four jurisdictions [Paper presentation]. Annual Conference of International Communication Association, Toronto, Canada.
• Meng, X., & Lin, F. (2022, August 05–09). The pandemic effect on China’s image: Evidence from four Asian societies [Paper presentation]. Annual Conference of American Sociological Association, Los Angeles, USA.
• Yang, C., & Lin, F. (2022, July 11–15). Divergence in background expectancies: Battle between media and courts in high profile legal trials in China [Paper presentation]. Annual Conference of International Association for Media and Communication Research, Beijing, China.
• Huang, Y. C., Lin, F., Lin, L. Y. H., Xiang, Y., Cai, Q., Lee, J. A., Song, Y., He, S. Y., Li, J., & Wang, J. (2022, June 13–16). Towards a multi-perspective model of responsible innovation ecosystem (RIE): Trust-based autonomous vehicles (TAVs) [Paper presentation]. 38th Quality & Productivity Research Conference (QPRC 2022), San Francisco, USA.
• Tuzov, V., & Lin, F. (2022, May 26–30). A point of global cooperation or technological disintegration? Overview of national AI strategies in China, Germany and Russia [Paper presentation]. Annual Conference of International Communication Association, Paris, France.
• Zhi, P., Lin, F., Skoric, M., & Zhang, N. (2021, September 13–16). Conventional vs. Contentious: Exploring the relationship between participation in the social movement and voting intention in Hong Kong [Paper presentation]. 7th International Journal of Press/Politics Conference, virtual.
• Tuzov, V., & Lin, F. (2021, August 06–10). Framing AI and digital sovereignty – A survey on national AI strategies in Russia, Germany and China [Paper presentation]. Annual Conference of American Sociological Association.
• Lin, F., Chen, X., Xu, D. (2021, August 06–10). The impacts of social and digital disparity on online education during the COVID-19 pandemic [Paper presentation]. Annual Conference of American Sociological Association.
• Zhi, P., Lin, F., Skoric, M., & Zhang, N. (2021, June 25–26). Can political activities transfer to vote? Exploring the relationship between lower/higher-threshold political activities and voting intention in the electoral authoritarian regime [Paper presentation]. 2nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Hong Kong Studies, virtual.
• Xiong, B., Zhi, P., Lin, F., Wu, A., & Cheng, E. (2021, June 25–26). Integrating EPPM with authoritarianism to predict people’s intention to accept digital tracing surveillance : an empirical study during the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia [Paper presentation]. 2nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Hong Kong Studies, virtual.
• Lu, Y., Chen, X., Huang, Y., Lin, F., Zou, Y. (2021, May 27–31). Chinese government performs well? The impacts of attention to COVID-19 information and perceived source credibility [Paper presentation]. Annual Conference of International Communication Association, virtual.
• Yang, C., & Lin, F. (2021, May 27–31). Give them a taste of their own medicine: How media confront legal institutions with legal discourse in trial-based media events in China [Paper presentation]. Annual Conference of International Communication Association, virtual.
• Xiong, B., & Lin, F. (2021, May 27–31). Three models of big data surveillance: A comparative analysis on technology and privacy polices of COVID19 contact tracing applications [Paper presentation]. Annual Conference of International Communication Association, virtual.
• Lin, F., Jin. L., Chen, X., & Guo, H. (2021, May 27–31). Trading privacy for health? A comparative study on the willingness of privacy disclosure during the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia [Paper presentation]. Annual Conference of International Communication Association, virtual.
• Lin, F., Xiong, B., Zhi, P., Wu, A., & Cheng, E. (2021, May 27–31). The digital equalizer or digital apartheid? The third level digital divide and health disparity during the lockdown period of the COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, China [Paper presentation]. Annual Conference of International Communication Association, virtual.
• Zhi, P., & Lin, F. (2020, August 08-11). Legislative professionalism and the role of parties: Empirical study on Hong Kong Legislative Council Elections (1991-2016) [Paper presentation]. Annual Conference of American Sociological Association, virtual.
• Lin, S., Zhi, P., Lin, F., & Wu, A. M. (2020, July 12-16). The salient majority? The hybridized identity between ‘Hongkonger’ and ‘Chinese’ in post-Umbrella Hong Kong [Paper presentation]. Annual Conference of International Association for Media and Communication Research, virtual.
• Zhi, P., & Lin, F. (2020, May 21-26). How political party operates: Decomposing the party effect in Hong Kong Legco Election [Paper presentation]. Annual Conference of International Communication Association, virtual.
• Lin, S., Zhi, P., Lin, F., & Wu, M. (2020, May 21-26). Where is the silent majority? The hybridized identity between “Honghonger” and “Chinese” in post-Umbrella Hong Kong [Paper presentation]. Annual Conference of International Communication Association, virtual.
• Lin, F., & Zhou, Q. (2019, December 12-15). Does leadership matter in legal innovation? Diffusion of opening government information law in China (2000-2016) [Paper presentation]. Asian Law and Society Association (ALSA) 4th Annual Meeting, Osaka, Japan.
• Lin, F., & He, X. (2019, November 14-17). Suing for honor: The social nature of individual reputation and damage compensation in China (1988-2013) [Paper presentation]. Annual Conference of National Communication Association, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
• Lin, F., & Han, X. (2019, November 14-17). A survey of journalists in Xinjiang [Paper presentation]. Annual Conference of National Communication Association, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
• Zhi, P., & Lin, F. (2019, September 14-15). Party effect in Hong Kong : How party works in Hong Kong Legislative Council Election [Paper presentation]. 3rd International Interdisciplinary Symposium on the Quantitative Analysis of Textual Data, Tokyo, Japan.
• Lin, F., & Yang, C. (2019, August 10-13). Legal justice vs. populist justice : The media-court relation and construction of social justice in China [Paper presentation]. Annual Conference of American Sociological Association, New York, USA.
• Lin, F., & He, X. (2019, August 10-13). Pricing reputation: A community approach on defamation litigation in China (1988-2013) [Paper presentation]. Annual Conference of American Sociological Association, New York, USA.
• Lin, S., & Lin, F. (2019, June 22). The mother, the sea and the zoo: Metaphors in the national identity construction among Hong Kong students [Paper presentation]. 1st Annual Meeting of the Society for Hong Kong Studies, Hong Kong.
• Kang, S., Lin, F., & Wu, A. M. (2019, June 22). Unravelling the myth of identity polarization in Hong Kong: Evidence from survey data [Paper presentation]. 1st Annual Meeting of the Society for Hong Kong Studies, Hong Kong.
• Lu, Y., Lin, F., & Liang, L. (2019, May 24-28). In the name of the people: Public opinion infrastructure in China, 1978-2018 [Paper presentation]. Annual Conference of International Communication Association, Washington, United States.
• Lin, F. (2018, May 24-28). Digital intellectual property protection in China: Trends and damages in litigation involving the big five websites (2003–13) [Paper presentation]. Annual Conference of International Communication Association, Prague, Czech Republic.
• Lin, F., & Lin, S. (2017, August 12-15). Being Chinese? National identity and student movements in Hong Kong [Paper presentation]. Annual Conference of American Sociological Association, Montreal, Canada.
• Lin, S., & Lin, F. (2017, August 12-15). Why framing national identities fails: A case study of the anti-moral and national education movement in Hong Kong [Paper presentation]. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada.
• Lin, F. (2017, May 25-29). Constructing justice in media trials: An analytical typology of social justice in China [Paper presentation]. Annual Conference of International Communication Association, San Diego, USA.
• Lin, F. (2017, May 25-29). Moving beyond Nimbyism? [Paper presentation]. Annual Conference of International Communication Association, San Diego, USA.
• Lin, F. (2017, May 25-29). Searching Tsangyang Gyasto. [Paper presentation]. Annual Conference of International Communication Association, San Diego, USA.
• 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