Fen Lin林芬

Research · 研究

Power, information, and the shape of public life研究

A sociology of media that takes both institutions and imagination seriously — tracing how information is produced, governed, contested and felt across Chinese societies and their global entanglements.

Resilient China韌性中國

How journalism, newsrooms and civic actors adapt under shifting information governance. Questions of state–media dynamics, professional autonomy, and the everyday negotiation of constraint.

  • State–media dynamics
  • Information governance
  • Journalism studies

Contagious China傳染中國

Risk communication, rumour, and public health information in a densely networked society — how uncertainty spreads, and how publics make sense of it together.

  • Risk communication
  • Public health media
  • Networked publics

Cultural China文化中國

Cultural production, art markets and creative labour across Hong Kong, the mainland and the diaspora, including the institutional design of art trading and cultural exchange.

  • Cultural production
  • Art markets
  • Creative labour

Technology & Divide科技與鴻溝

Emerging technology, AI and innovation: who gains voice, who is left outside, and how new tools reshape authorship, value and participation.

  • Emerging technology
  • Digital divide
  • Innovation

Areas · 研究領域

  • Media sociology
  • State–society relations
  • Social movements & social change
  • Political communication
  • Information governance
  • Digital divide
  • Emerging technology & innovation
  • China studies

Publications · 論著

A continuously updated list of journal articles, chapters and grants is maintained on the university's research portals.