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Sam Chan 陳力深

@liksamchan.bsky.social
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Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Digital Cultures @ University of Sydney | Dating app researcher | Author of 𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝘿𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘼𝙥𝙥𝙨 | 🇭🇰

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School of Art, Communication and English (USYD) @usyd-sace.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In our next Media@Sydney seminar, four Media & Communications experts will discuss how literary journalism amplifies marginalised voices, resists oppression, and shapes cultural memory. 🗓️Fri, 9 Oct, 1:30pm. 📍On campus and online.▶️ whatson.sydney.edu.au/event/1f0738...
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Lisa Duggan @lisaduggan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Intro to my new project at George Washington University. Excited!
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School of Art, Communication and English (USYD) @usyd-sace.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
What happens when youth crime becomes content? Join A/Prof Jonathon Hutchinson and colleagues and explore the production, circulation and regulation of youth performance crime on social media in our Media@Sydney seminar. 🗓️ Fri, 18 Sep, 1:30-3pm. ➡️ events.humanitix.com/jonathon-hut...
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Sam Chan 陳力深 @liksamchan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
My latest theoretical piece. Tilte inspired by Ara Wilson. www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
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Rest of World @restofworld.org · 20/08/2026
Deepfakes dominate headlines, but the real danger lies in opaque AI systems that make up election infrastructure restofworld.org/2026/ai-elections-d…
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Why we should all be worried about AI in elections
Deepfakes dominate headlines, but the real danger lies in opaque AI systems that make up election infrastructure.
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Sam Chan 陳力深 @liksamchan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
This looks fascinating!
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Sam Chan 陳力深 @liksamchan.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Two third-year students ask me if attending lectures is mandatory. 🚩🚩🚩
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School of Art, Communication and English (USYD) @usyd-sace.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
In our inaugural Media@Sydney annual lecture, award-winning journalist Dr Kate McClymont will discuss the power of investigative journalism. Fri, 10 July, 5pm. Reception & lecture on campus. Free event. Register here: bit.ly/investigativ...
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Sam Chan 陳力深 @liksamchan.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
*CFP* Digital Intimacies 12: Intimately Disconnected considers what remains of digital intimacies when we are digitally disconnected. Keynote: Dr Tingting Liu, University of Technology Sydney Conference: 4-5 Dec 2026@USyd CFP closes: 28 Aug 2026 digitalintimacies12.wordpress.com
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School of Art, Communication and English (USYD) @usyd-sace.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
In our upcoming Media@Sydney webinar A/Prof. Tony Zhang will discuss China's everyday internet control and censorship at local governments. 🗓️Fri 24 Apr 1:30pm. All welcome. bit.ly/media-at-syd...
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School of Art, Communication and English (USYD) @usyd-sace.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
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...
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Sam Chan 陳力深 @liksamchan.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
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....
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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...
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ARC Tracker @arc-tracker.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
The ARC have said (on LinkedIn) they will release outcomes for Discovery Projects Expressions of Interest (2027) tomorrow👇
Screenshot of LinkedIn post from ARC saying that DP27 EOI outcomes will be released on RMS on the 26th Feb 2026.
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School of Art, Communication and English (USYD) @usyd-sace.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
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...
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Sam Chan 陳力深 @liksamchan.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Lately I have so little motivation to post. Guess life in Sydney is less stressed?
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Sam Chan 陳力深 @liksamchan.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
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. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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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...
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Sam Chan 陳力深 @liksamchan.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Starting a book is not too difficult - Reach out to me! #GenderSexualityPeterLang #GenderSexualityAsia
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Sam Chan 陳力深 @liksamchan.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Our book series is interdisciplinary! Our team is interdisciplinary (and transnational too) #GenderSexualityPeterLang #GenderSexualityAsia
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Sam Chan 陳力深 @liksamchan.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
This can be your first book! Reach out to me if you have any questions! #GenderSexualityPeterLang #GenderSexualityAsia
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Sam Chan 陳力深 @liksamchan.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Got questions for us? We've got you covered. #GenderSexualityPeterLang #GenderSexualityAsia
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Sam Chan 陳力深 @liksamchan.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
What to know more about my new book series on Gender and Sexuality Studies? Join our Zoom party/Q&A! No registration needed. #GenderSexualityPeterLang #GenderSexualityAsia
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Sam Chan 陳力深 @liksamchan.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
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! #GenderSexualityPeterLang #GenderSexualityAsia
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Sam Chan 陳力深 @liksamchan.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
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! #GenderSexualityPeterLang #GenderSexualityAsia
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Sam Chan 陳力深 @liksamchan.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
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?
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Sam Chan 陳力深 @liksamchan.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
The CFP for **Digital Intimacies 11: The Love of Machines** will close on 29 Aug 2025. Get your abstracts in! Join the conversation: 🖥️🤖❤️ 👉 digitalintiamcies11.wordpress.com #digint11 #TheLoveOfMachines
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Digital Intimacies 11
The Love of Machines
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Sam Chan 陳力深 @liksamchan.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Is the 3-paper dissertation model getting more popular in Communication Studies these days?
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Sam Chan 陳力深 @liksamchan.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
[link updated] just wrote a commentary on AI companions: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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How not to train your AI companion to be racist: lessons from Replika - AI & SOCIETY
AI & SOCIETY -
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Sam Chan 陳力深 @liksamchan.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
✨ Digital Intimacies 11: The Love of Machines is here! Explore how machines reshape intimacy. Submission deadline: 29 Aug 2025. Join the conversation: 🖥️🤖❤️ 👉 digitalintiamcies11.wordpress.com #digint11 #TheLoveOfMachines
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Digital Intimacies 11
The Love of Machines
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Sam Chan 陳力深 @liksamchan.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
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?
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Cynthia Graham, Ph.D. @cygraham.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Issue 4 of #JSexResearch is now online @tiff-marcan.bsky.social @drlaurawidman.bsky.social @liksamchan.bsky.social @maritarantino.bsky.social @stinenyg.bsky.social @stephaniebward.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/toc/hjsr20/6... @kinseyinstitute.bsky.social @sexsciencesociety.bsky.social
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The Journal of Sex Research
Volume 62, Issue 4 of The Journal of Sex Research
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Peter Lewis @peterlewis55.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
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
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Sam Chan 陳力深 @liksamchan.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
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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Sam Chan 陳力深 @liksamchan.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
See what just came in? @michellehsho.bsky.social
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Sam Chan 陳力深 @liksamchan.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
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...
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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 ...
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Sam Chan 陳力深 @liksamchan.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
How come this makes my day 😂
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Sam Chan 陳力深 @liksamchan.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
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.
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Sam Chan 陳力深 @liksamchan.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
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. doi.org/10.1007/s121...
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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...
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Sam Chan 陳力深 @liksamchan.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
I am working on a media psychology study. Reviewer #2 suggested that my discussion should be framed specifically within the context of HK. This feedback made me wonder how often studies based on US data limit their discussions exclusively to the US context - almost never, right?
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Sam Chan 陳力深 @liksamchan.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Perhaps the Australian govt can take a look.
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Michelle Ho @michellehsho.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
✨Here's the moment you've been waiting for🏳️‍⚧️Free Introduction to #EmergentGenders 🆓https://ow.ly/3saJ50UnQWs Pre-order: dukeupress.edu/emergent-gen... Get 30% off with code E25MHSHO
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Sam Chan 陳力深 @liksamchan.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
When I heard that, my first question was: where did they get the corn? did the kids just have corn in their pockets?
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Sam Chan 陳力深 @liksamchan.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Hello world.
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