Sam Chan 陳力深

Join our Media@Sydney research seminar with Dr Wilfred Wang (University of Melbourne). He will explore how China's internet platforms are challenging Silicon Valley's dominance. 🗓️Fri, 27 Mar, 1:30pm. On campus and online via Zoom. whatson.sydney.edu.au/event/6f9ed5...

Dating App Use, Self-Disclosure, and Life Satisfaction Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men: An Exploratory Study from Taiwan Research on the relationship between dating app use and life satisfaction has produced mixed findings. This study, based on survey data from 330 self-identified young gay, bisexual, and other men w...

Dating app use and life satisfaction are related in some way - check out my latest article on gay and bisexual men in Taiwan! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Screenshot of LinkedIn post from ARC saying that DP27 EOI outcomes will be released on RMS on the 26th Feb 2026.

The ARC have said (on LinkedIn) they will release outcomes for Discovery Projects Expressions of Interest (2027) tomorrow👇

Join our Media@Sydney research seminar with Dr Diana Chester, a sound studies scholar and artist. This talk explores sonic storytelling through deep listening, offering new ways to understand environmental change. 🗓️Fri 6 Mar, 1:30pm 🎯Register: whatson.sydney.edu.au/event/c41051...

Lately I have so little motivation to post. Guess life in Sydney is less stressed?

Using pictureless dating apps: Affordance, self-presentation, and relationship development - Rachel Ka-man Sin, Lik Sam Chan, 2025 The use of profile photos is central to most dating apps, yet some apps deliberately delay the display of photos. This study examines user experiences on pictur...

Have you heard of pictureless dating apps? Yes, dating without pictures 😜.

My wonderful undergraduate student Rachel Sin explores why Gen Z opts for this newer type of dating apps and the pathways for relationship development.

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Our book series is interdisciplinary! Our team is interdisciplinary (and transnational too)

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This can be your first book!

Reach out to me if you have any questions!

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Happy to announce the launch of Gender and Sexuality Studies in S/SE/E Asia book series with the wonderful team as my co-editors!

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Happy to announce the launch of Gender and Sexuality Studies in S/SE/E Asia book series with the wonderful team as my co-editors!

Send me your book ideas!

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Using cross-sectional data in communication studies remains common. While we now consciously acknowledge that correlation does not imply causation, how might the most classic media effects theories evolve with longitudinal data?

The CFP for **Digital Intimacies 11: The Love of Machines** will close on 29 Aug 2025. Get your abstracts in!

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Is the 3-paper dissertation model getting more popular in Communication Studies these days?

How not to train your AI companion to be racist: lessons from Replika - AI & SOCIETY AI & SOCIETY -

[link updated] just wrote a commentary on AI companions:
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Digital Intimacies 11 The Love of Machines

✨ Digital Intimacies 11: The Love of Machines is here!

Explore how machines reshape intimacy. Submission deadline: 29 Aug 2025.

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Thanks! Someone also mentioned Mayring to me.

Thanks for your words. I was specifically looking for references to "qualitative content analysis," not just qualitative research in general.

One of my students talked about 'qualitative content analysis'. Coming from communication studies from HK, UK, and the US, I have never learned of this. Could anyone point me to any authoritative source on this method?

The Journal of Sex Research Volume 62, Issue 4 of The Journal of Sex Research

Issue 4 of #JSexResearch is now online @tiff-marcan.bsky.social
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Jupiter this evening. One of the unusual times when all 4 Gallilean Moons appear on one side of their parent! #astronomy #astrophotography @stormhour.bsky.social @photohour.bsky.social

Couldn’t put this book down once I started. It’s amazing on so many levels—one standout is how it frames visits to themed cafe-bars as a form of "healing," addressing both Japan’s stagnant economic conditions and the precarity faced by visitors. Brilliantly conceived.

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The Association Between Dating App Usage and Body Image Dissatisfaction among Young Men Who Have Sex with Men in Hong Kong: A Mixed Methods Study - Sexuality Research and Social Policy Introduction Recent studies show that men who have sex with men (MSM) face body image concerns. This research examines the link between dating app usage and body image dissatisfaction among young MSM ...

In this research, we found that dating apps had a negative association with body satisfaction among young MSM, but we also found that creating spaces to expand their social circles and connect with diverse peer groups can help counter the negative influence of dating apps.. doi.org/10.1007/s131...

How come this makes my day 😂

Just read a paper whose author claimed that Taiwanese gay men who want to get married, but whose mainland Chinese boyfriends don't (or can't), are marginalizing Chinese gay men and imposing a Western ideology.

Boys’ Love as Conditional Resilience: How Gay and Bisexual Men from Hong Kong Consume Boys’ Love - Sexuality & Culture Boys’ Love (BL) is a fictional genre that depicts homoerotic relationships between two men. As it is often regarded as created by women and for women, most BL-related studies have focused on its femal...

I’m excited to share my graduate student Don Chui's research on queer men’s consumption of BL in Hong Kong! Her work situates the reading practice within the context of Hong Kong's limited progress in queer rights.

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