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RESEACH PROJECTS 研究計劃

Scholarly Works 學術著作

Journal Articles

  1. Fung, T. K. F., Leung, H. M., Lai, P. Y., & Griffin, R. J. (2026). Accuracy and Defense Motives: Exploring Types of Information Insufficiency in the Risk Information Sseeking and Processing (RISP) Model. Science Communications, Advanced online. https://doi.org/10.1177/10755470261465788 

  2. Fung, T. K. F., Leung, H. M., Lai, P. Y., & Griffin, R. J. (2026). Understanding the Moderating Effects of Relevant Channel Beliefs and Information Gathering Capacity in the Risk Information Seeking and Processing Model. Mass Communication and Society, Advanced online. https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2026.2697218

  3. Leung, H. M., & Fung, T. K. F. (2026). Examining the Role of Patient-Centered Communication in COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake. Discover Public Health, 23(1), 1073. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12982-026-02434-8

  4. Fung, T. K. F., Leung, H. M., Zhou, X., & Zheng, S. (2026). “What Might Happen with Generative AI?”: Examining the Role of Prefactual Thinking in the Cognitive Mediation Model in the Context of Emerging Technologies. Science Communication, 48(3), 367 – 401. https://doi.org/10.1177/10755470251362368

  5. Fung, T. K. F., Siu, J. Y. M., Leung, H. M. (2026). Vaccine Name Framing, Relationship Status, and Fear: Examining Heterosexual Men’s Intention to Vaccinate against Human Papillomavirus Infection. World Medical & Health Policy, 18: e70055. https://doi.org/10.1002/wmh3.70055

  6. Fung, T. K. F., Lai, P. Y., Griffin, R. J., & Leung, H. M. (2025). Defense Information Insufficiency and Biased Information Use Behavior: Extending the Risk Information Seeking and Processing Model. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 37(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/edae044 

  7. Leung, H. M., Fung, T. K. F., & Chang, L. (2025). Understanding Self‐Rated Health: Examining the Mediating Effect of Self‐Efficacy. World Medical & Health Policy, 17(3), 589-605. https://doi.org/10.1002/wmh3.70014

  8. Chang, L., Fung, T. K. F., & Leung, H. M. (2024). Factors Associated with Information Needs and Information-Seeking Intention Among People with Cancer Experience in Hong Kong. Journal of Cancer Education, 40, 600-608. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-024-02551-5

  9. Fung, T. K. F., Leung, H. M., Lai, P. Y., & Griffin, R. J. (2024). Examining the Link Between Information Processing and Preventive Behavior in the Risk Information-Seeking and Processing (RISP) Model: A Panel Study. Science Communication, 47(2), 147-181. https://doi.org/10.1177/10755470241277197  

  10. Chang, L., Fung, T. K., Leung, H. M., & Lai, P. Y. (2024). Generational Differences in Health Information Behaviors During The COVID-19 Crisis: A Hong Kong Study. Global Media and China, 9(3), 303-324. https://doi.org/10.1177/20594364241238635

  11. Fung, T. K. F., Lai, P. Y., Chang, L., & Leung, H. M. (2022). Applying The Comprehensive Model of Information Seeking to Understand Chronic Illness Information Scanning: Hong Kong Evidence. World Medical & Health Policy, 14, 382-412. https://doi.org/10.1002/wmh3.515  

  12. Siu, J. Y. M., Fung, T. K. F., & Leung, H. M. (2019). Social and Cultural Construction Processes Involved in HPV Vaccine Hesitancy among Chinese Women: A Qualitative Study. International Journal for Equity in Health, 18(1), 147. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-019-1052-9  

  13. Siu, J. Y. M., Fung, T. K. F., & Leung, H. M. (2019). Barriers to Receiving HPV Vaccination Among Men in a Chinese Community: A Qualitative Study in Hong Kong. American Journal of Men's Health, 13(1), 1557988319831912. https://doi.org/10.1177/1557988319831912  

Conference Presentations and Papers Presented

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  • Fung, T. K. F., Leung, H. M., Lai, P. Y., & Griffin, R. J. (2026, August 5 – 8). Testing the Downstream RISP Model: A Panel Study of Booster Uptake. The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) 2026 109th Annual Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

  • Zhou, X., Fung, T. K. F., & Leung, H. M. (2026, June 28 – July 2). Media Engagement and Public Opinion on Discriminative AI: Extending the Cognitive Mediation Model through Interpersonal Communication. The International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) Annual Conference 2026, Galway, Ireland.

  • Leung, H. M., Fung, T. K. F., & Zhou, X. (2025, November 5 – 7). Linking Patient-Centred Communication in Social Cognitive Theory. The 2025 Asian Network for Public Opinion Research-Asia-Pacific Communication Alliance (ANPOR-ARCA) Annual Conference, Pattaya, Thailand.

  • Fung, T. K. F., Leung, H. M., Zhou, X., & Zheng, S. (2025, August 8 -10). What Might Happen with Generative AI?: Examining the Role of Prefactual Thinking in the Cognitive Mediation Model in the Context of Emerging Technologies. The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) 2025 108th Annual Conference, San Francisco, California, United States.

  • Fung, T. K. F., Siu, J. Y. M., & Leung, H. M. (2025, June 12 – 16). Vaccine Name Framing, Relationship Status, and Fear: Examining Heterosexual Men’s Intention to Vaccinate Against Human Papillomavirus Infection. The 75th Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference, Denver, Colorado, United States.

  • Chang, L., Fung, T. K. F., & Leung, H. M. (2025, June 12 – 16). Understanding Cancer Information Seeking among Individuals with Cancer Experience in Hong Kong. The 75th Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference, Denver, Colorado, United States.

  • Leung, H. M., Fung, T. K. F., & Chang, L. (2025, June 12 – 16). Understanding Self-Rated Health: Examining the Mediating Effect of Self-Efficacy. The 75th Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference, Denver, Colorado, United States. [Top Poster Award, The ICA Health Communication Division]

  • Fung, T. K. F., Leung, H. M., Griffin, R. J., & Lai, P. Y. (2024, August 8 – 11). Examining the Link Between Information Processing and Preventive Behavior in the Risk Information Seeking and Processing (RISP) Model: A Panel Study. The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) 2024 107th Annual Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

  • Zhou, S., Li, Q., Leung, H. M., Hong, M. R., & Huang, L. W. (2024, June 20 – 24). Understanding the Conceptualization, Operationalization, and Persuasive Effects of Interactive Narratives: A Systematic Review. The 74th Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference, Gold Coast, Australia.

  • Chang, L., Fung, T. K. F., Leung, H. M. & Lai, P. Y. (2022, May 26 – 30). Generational Differences in Online Health Information Behaviour During The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Hong Kong Study. The 72nd Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference. Paris, France.

  • Leung, H. M. & Mo, M. K. T. (2021, May 1 – 2). The Tuen Mun “Dancing Aunties”: The Contradiction Between Life Satisfaction and Violation of Norms among Dancing Activity in Tuen Mun. Hong Kong Popular Culture: Imagining a Research Field, Hong Kong.

  • Siu, J. Y. M., Fung, T. K. F., & Leung, H. M. (2019, April 7 – 11). Barriers to Receiving HPV Vaccination among Men in a Chinese Community: A Qualitative Study in Hong Kong. The 23rd International Union of Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) World Conference on Health Promotion, Rotorua, New Zealand.

  • Leung, H. M. (2015, December 5). An Exploratory Study on Localist Tendency in Hong Kong. Hong Kong Sociology Association 17th Annual Conference, Hong Kong.

  • Leung, H. M. (2015, July 2-3). From Occupy Central to Occupy Movement –A Change of Visions of Movements in Hong Kong, Sociology and Critical Perspective Conference 2015 (SOCIOCRI’15), Eastern Mediterranean Academic Research Center (DAKAM), Istanbul, Turkey.

Ongoing Research Projects 正在進行之研究

Mobility Strategy of non-standard employment in Hong Kong
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This study aims to explore the relationship between non-standard employment and social mobility among Hong Kong's youth. I am recruiting young individuals engaged in temporary and part-time work to conduct interviews. By doing so, I tend to investigate their strategy to safeguard themselves against a downward spiral in life and to secure greater labor returns, striving for upward mobility in earnings. 

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Occupational Safety and Health of Bus Drivers in Hong Kong : An application of risk information seeking and processing model 

The present study investigates the information-seeking and processing behaviour, as well as behaviour of bus drivers in occupational safety and health, using the "risk information-seeking and processing model.

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