Bin Chen
Assistant Professor
University of Hong Kongchenb (at) hku.hk
Hi! I am an Assistant Professor at the School of Future Media, 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.
Hiring Research Assistants — I’m looking for RAs in Computational Social Science. Strong skills in statistics and programming (Python or R) are required. If you’re interested, please email me your CV.
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Selected Publications
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DJ
Buzz Across Borders: Analyzing the Global and Local Dynamics Shaping the ChatGPT Media Hype in ChinaDigital Journalism, 2025, pages 1–20, https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2025.2483737. -
JITP
Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 2025, pages 1–15, https://doi.org/10.1080/19331681.2025.2468948. -
EMNLP
Proceedings of the 2024 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing, pages 19140–19153, Miami, Florida, USA. Association for Computational Linguistics https://aclanthology.org/2024.emnlp-main.1067. -
IJPP
The International Journal of Press/Politics, Online First, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1177/19401612241291811. -
SMS
Social Media + Society, Volume 10, Issue 3, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051241269278. -
JQD
Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media, Volume 4, 2024, https://doi.org/10.51685/jqd.2024.012. -
MAC
Media and Communication, Volume 12, 2024, https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.7851. -
SMS
Social Media + Society, Volume 9, Issue 3, September 2023, https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051231196879. -
JOC
Journal of Communication, Volume 72, Issue 6, December 2022, Pages 633–646, https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqac030. -
IJOC
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
- CCAI9010: AI, Communication, and Society
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, feel free to drop me an email.
Grants
- Seed Grant for Research Projects — Strategic Research Theme, FOSS, HKU, 2026–2028
- Early Career Scheme (ECS), Research Grants Council (RGC), Hong Kong SAR Government, 2025–2027
- Teaching Development Grant, The University of Hong Kong, 2025–2026
- Seed Fund for Basic Research, The University of Hong Kong, 2024–2026
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: April 19, 2026