Grants/Awards

GRANTS (External)

2023/24 – PI, Examining the effectiveness of social media fact-check labels to mitigate the effects of misinformation: A cross-national comparison (HK$328,000 – RGC General Research Fund)

2021/22 – Co-I, SNSNEWS: How social media changed news consumption (EUR$150,000 – Starting Grants, European Research Council) [PI: ‪Shira Dvir-Gvirsman, Tel Aviv University, Israel]

2018/19 – Co-I, Visual Misinformation in Global Perspective: Platforms, Devices, and Users (US$150,000 – Integrity Foundational Research Awards, Facebook Research) [PI: ‪Cristian Vaccari, Loughborough University, UK]

2013/16 – PI, The use of social media for political and civic engagement: A study of Hong Kong citizens (HK$298,000 – RGC Early Career Grant)

GRANTS (Internal)

2023/24 – PI, “Assessing the Transformative Potentials of Young Social Media Influencers on Political Engagement: A cross-national analysis (HK$45,000 – C-Centre, School of Journalism & Communication, CUHK)

2021/22 – PI, That can’t be true! Examining audiences’ social media news authentication behaviors in the era of fake news (HK$80,000 – CUHK Direct Grant)

2017/18 – PI, “With our flesh and blood, let us build a new Great Wall!” Does national anthem exposure influence individuals’ processing of news? (HK$30,000 – C-Centre, School of Journalism & Communication, CUHK)

2015/16 – PI, Multimodal connectedness, media multiplexity and psychological well-being: A lifespan perspective on the impact of interpersonal communication technologies on quality of life (HK$80,000 – CUHK Direct Grant)

2014/15 – PI, The role of ethnic identification in the linguistic intergroup bias: Examining how stereotypical attitudes towards Mainland Chinese by Hong Kongers are manifested through language (HK$30,000 – C-Centre, School of Journalism & Communication, CUHK)

2013/14 – PI, Multiple uses. Diverse effects? The impact of mobile phone usage on social capital and subjective well-being (HK$40,000 – CUHK Direct Grant)

AWARDS / RECOGNITION

2022 – Top 2% of the World’s Most Highly Cited Scientists (yearly), Ioannidis (2022), Stanford University

2021 – Top 2% of the World’s Most Highly Cited Scientists (yearly), Baas et al. (2021), Stanford University

2020 – Top 2% of the World’s Most Highly Cited Scientists (yearly), Baas et al. (2020), Stanford University

2020 – Top 3 Faculty Paper and Top Methods Paper, Communication Theory and Methodology Division, AEJMC

2019 – Top Peer Reviewers in Social Sciences, Publons

2019 – Top 3 Faculty Paper and Top Methods Paper, Communication Theory and Methodology Division, AEJMC

2019 – Top 3 Faculty Paper, Intergroup Communication Division, ICA

2013 – Top 3 Faculty Paper, International Communication Division, AEJMC

2011 – Best Research Paper, Political Communication Interest Group, AEJMC

2011 – Top 3 Student Paper, International Communication Division, AEJMC