Hi! I am an Assistant Professor at the Journalism and Media Studies Centre, Faculty of Social Science, the University of Hong Kong. My research explores digital platforms and politics, AI and media studies, computational social science, and comparative communication studies. Before joining HKU, I received my Ph.D. in Journalism and Media and M.S. in Statistics and Data Science from the University of Texas at Austin.
🙌 I’m currently hiring two part-time Research Assistants in Computational Social Science. Strong skills in statistics and data science (Python or R) are required. If you’re interested, please email me your CV along with a brief statement of purpose.
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Selected Publications
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DJ
Bin Chen, Anfan Chen, & Shuning Lu
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JITP
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EMNLP
Josephine Lukito, Bin Chen, Gina Masullo, Natalie Stroud
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IJPP
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SMS
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JQD
Bin Chen, Porismita Borah, Ross Dahlke, Josephine Lukito
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MAC
Josephine Lukito, Jason Greenfield, Yunkang Yang, Ross Dahlke, Megan A Brown, Rebecca Lewis, Bin Chen
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SMS
Bin Chen, Josephine Lukito, Gyo Hyun Koo
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JOC
Stephen D Reese, Bin Chen
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IJOC
Bin Chen, Gyo Hyun Koo
International Journal of Communication, Volume 16, 2022.
Public Writings
- The State of Digital Media Data Research 2024 by Brown, M. A., Lukito, J., Greenfield, J., Chen, B., Graham, S., Shugars, S., Pruden, M. MDDC, 2024.
- The State of Digital Media Data Research 2023 by Lukito, J., Brown, M., Dahlke, R., Suk J., Yang, Y., Zhang, Y., Chen, B., Kim, S. J., Soorholtz, K. MDDC, 2023.
- Op-Ed: Social Media Platforms’ Struggles with Misinformation and Racism: Challenges and Paths Forward by Lukito, J., Murthy, D, Chen, B., Kazanas, K., Kolluri, A., Venkatesh, P. Bridging Barriers, November 11, 2022.
- Policy Brief: Designing Responsible AI Technologies to Curb Disinformation Project by Lukito, J., Kazanas, K., Chen, B.. October 26, 2022.
Teaching
- JMSC6113: Data Journalism
- JMSC1003: Fundamentals of Data Journalism
✨ My open-source textbook, Data Journalism with R, is available online. It’s a work in progress and constantly evolving — if you have any comments, suggestions, or spot anything that could be improved, feel free to drop me an email.
Grants
- Early Career Scheme (ECS), Research Grants Council (RGC), Hong Kong SAR Government, 2025.
- Teaching Development Grant, The University of Hong Kong, 2025.
- Seed Fund for Basic Research, The University of Hong Kong, 2024.
Last update: July 16, 2025