Professor WONG Ho Chun, Frankie
Assistant Professor
Contact
Tel: (852) 2616 8379
Fax: (852) 2456 0737
Email: [email protected]
Office
WYL114, Dorothy Y L Wong Building
Department of Sociology and Social Policy
Lingnan University, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong
Frankie Ho Chun Wong studies the intersection between digital media, health, and society. Frankie obtained his Ph.D. from Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland, College Park. Prior to that, he worked at The University of Hong Kong on ageing and mental health research. Frankie employs machine learning, natural language processing, and mixed methods techniques, looking for nuances in the sea of data. His work examines how social and policy issues were shaped by new media and technology in the digital age, as well as the influence of social and demographic factors on media use and health outcomes.
- Digital Media and Society
- Health and Society
- Ageing and Mental Health
- International Communication
- Computational Social Science
BSSc (CUHK); MSc (UCL); PhD (Maryland)
Journal Articles
Wong, F. H. C., Leung, D. K. Y., Wong, E. L. Y., Liu, T., Wong, G. H. Y., Lum, T. Y. S. (2023). Negative ageism and compassionate ageism in news coverage of older people under COVID-19: how did the pandemic progression and public health responses associate with different news themes? Ageing & Society, 1-23.
Chu, D., Wong, F. H. C. (2023). Fact-Checking or Not? News Verification Behaviours of Young People in Hong Kong. Journal of Education. 204(3), 487-498.
Leung, D. K. Y., Wong, F. H. C., Wong, E. L. Y., Sze, L., Chan, M., Liu, T., … & Lum, T. Y. S. (2023). Technology affordance in an information and communication technology-delivered group psychotherapy and exercise program for older people with depressive symptoms: A multiple triangulation qualitative study. Innovation in Aging. 7(6), igad063.
Wong, F. H. C., Leung, D. K. Y., Wong, E. L. Y., Liu, T., Lu, S., Chan, O. F., ... & Lum, T. Y. S. (2022). The Moderating Role of Community Capacity for Age-friendly Communication in Mitigating Anxiety of Older Adults During the COVID-19 Infodemic: Cross-sectional Survey. JMIR Infodemiology, 2(1), e33029.
Liu, T., Peng, M. M., Au, W. S. H., Wong, F. H. C., Kwok, W. W., Yin, J., ... & Wong, G. H. Y. (2022). Depression risk among community-dwelling older people is associated with perceived COVID-19 infection risk: effects of news report latency and focusing on number of infected cases. Aging & Mental Health, 27(3), 475-482.
Wong, F. H. C., Liu, T., Leung, D. K. Y., Zhang, A. Y., Au, W. S. H., Kwok, W. W., ... & Lum, T. Y. S. (2021). Consuming information related to COVID-19 on social media among older adults and its association with anxiety, social trust in information, and COVID-safe behaviors: Cross-sectional telephone survey. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(2), e26570.
1st Term
- SOC2101: Introduction to Sociology
2nd Term
- SOC3102: Mass Communication
- SOC4341: Integrative Seminar in Global Media and Society
Supervision
- Co-supervisor: Ms. ZHENG Tong (PhD Student)