Bin Chen

Hi! I am an Assistant Professor at the Journalism and Media Studies Centre, Faculty of Social Science, the University of Hong Kong. My research interests include digital media and politics, computational social science, social and political implications of emerging technologies, and comparative media 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.

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Selected Publications

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

Service

• 2022 Digital Data Conference (Panel Chair), April 14-15, 2022
• Digital Data Collection Workshop (Co-host), Feb 28, 2022; May 26, 2022 [repo]
• Intro to R and Tidyverse Workshop (Host), Sept 30, 2022 [repo]

Contact

• Address: EH207, Eliot Hall, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
• Tel: +852 3917 4119
• Email: chenb(at)hku.hk

Last update: Nov 10, 2024