Media and Communication

23 September 2022
CLASS Survey Reveals Citizens’ Preference to End Hotel Quarantine

CLASS Survey Reveals Citizens’ Preference to End Hotel Quarantine

CLASS Survey Reveals Citizens’ Preference to End Hotel Quarantine Professor Christine HUANG Yi-hui, Chair Professor of CityU’s Department of Media and Communication, conducted a survey along with her research team in August 2022, asking 1,042 local citizens aged above 20, about their opinions on the existing “3+4” quarantine policy.
16 December 2022
Political Unfriending: A Comparative Study of Selective Avoidance on Social Media in Western Democracies

Political Unfriending: A Comparative Study of Selective Avoidance on Social Media in Western Democracies

Political Unfriending: A Comparative Study of Selective Avoidance on Social Media in Western Democracies When people encounter dissonant speech on social media, functions such as hiding comments, unfriending and unfollowing friends may reinforce the behaviour of selective avoidance in order to re-establish more homophilous environments online. Dr Marko SKORIC of CityU’s Department of Media and Communication conducted a comparative study with his team on the selective avoidance behaviour of social media users in France, the United Kingdom, and the United States.