King-wa FU 傅景華

Assistant Professor

Journalism and Media Studies Centre

The University of Hong Kong

Room 206, Eliot Hall, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong

Office Tel: (852) 3917-1643

Fax: (852) 2858-8736

Email: kwfu@hku.hk

A 100-word biography: Dr. King-wa Fu is Assistant Professor at the Journalism and Media Studies Centre (JMSC), The University of Hong Kong. His research focuses on political participation and media use, computational media studies, mental health/suicide and the media, health communication, young people's Internet use, and statistics for journalism. He has a PhD from the JMSC, a MA in Social Sciences and a MPhil in Engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He obtained an undergraduate degree in Engineering from HKU. He was a journalist at the Hong Kong Economic Journal. His CV can be found here: http://sites.google.com/site/fukingwa/.

Education

PhD (2009), Journalism and Media Studies Centre, The University of Hong Kong

MA in Social Sciences (2001), School of Humanities and Social Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,

MPhil in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (1995), Department of Electronic & Computer Engineering & Hong Kong Telecom Institute of Information Technology, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (1993), HKU

Teaching Record

2008 - 2010          Certificates in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (Stage I & Stage II) & Induction to University Learning and Teaching, issued by the Centre for the Advancement of University Teaching, HKU

Peer-reviewed journals

1. Fung, IC-H, Tse, ZTH, & Fu, K-W. (2015). Converting Big Data into public health. Science, 347(6222), 620
   
2. Fung, IC-H, Tse, ZTH, Cheung, C-N, Miu, AS, & Fu, K-W. (2014) Ebola and the social media. The Lancet, 384(9961), 2207.
3. Fu, K.W., & Chau, M. (2014). Use of Microblogs in Grassroots Movements in China: Exploring the Role of Online Networking in Agenda-Setting. Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 11(3), 309-328.
   
4. Fu, K.W., Chan, C., & Ip, P. (2014). Exploring the relationship between cyberbullying and unnatural child death: an ecological study of twenty-four European countries. BMC Pediatrics, 14(1), 195.
   
5. Fu K.W. (2014) Can Network Help Chinese Microblogs Diffuse? Analyzing 118 Networks of Reposts About Social Issues in China. In: Meiselwitz G, ed. Social Computing and Social Media. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, 2014:331-41.
6. Chen, Y.-Y., Yip, P. S. F., Chan, C. H., Fu, K.W., Chang, S.-S., Lee, W. J., et al. (2014). The Impact of a Celebrity's Suicide on the Introduction and Establishment of a New Method of Suicide in South Korea. Archives of Suicide Research, 18(2), 221-226.
   
7. Hui, A., Wong, P., & Fu, K.W. (2014). Building a model for encouraging help-seeking for depression: a qualitative study in a Chinese society. BMC Psychology, 2(1), 9.
   
8. Zhang, Y., Yip, P., & Fu, K.W. (2014). Validation of the Chinese version of the Reynolds' suicidal ideation questionnaire: psychometric properties and its short version. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 12(1), 33.
   
9. Cheng, Q., Fu, K.W., Caine, E., & Yip, P. S. F. (2014). Why Do We Report Suicides and How Can We Facilitate Suicide Prevention Efforts? Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 35(2), 74-81.
   
10. Chan, C.H., Caine, E.D., You, S., Fu, K.W., Chang, S.S. Yip, P.S.F. (2014). Suicide rates among working-age adults in South Korea before and after the 2008 economic crisis. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health  68  (3)  PP. 246 - 252. doi: 10.1136/jech-2013-202759
11. Fung, I. C.-H., Fu, K.-W., Ying, Y., Schaible, B., Hao, Y., Chan, C.-H., & Tse, Z. T.-H. (2013). Chinese social media reaction to the MERS-CoV and avian influenza A(H7N9) outbreaks. Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2(1), 31.
    
12. Fu, K.W., Cheng, Q., Wong, P. W. C., & Yip, P. S. F. (2013). Responses to a Self-Presented Suicide Attempt in Social Media. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 34(6), 406-412. doi: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000221
    
13. Fu, KW, Chan CH (2013). Analyzing Online Sentiment to Predict Telephone Poll Results. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking. September 2013, 16(9): 702-707. doi:10.1089/cyber.2012.0375.
14. White, J., Fu, KW, & Benson, B. (2013) Social media: An ill-defined phenomenon. Vol. 8029 (pp. 422-431): Lecture Notes in Computer Science.
    
15. Fu KW, Chan CH, Chau M. Assessing Censorship on Microblogs in China: Discriminatory Keyword Analysis and the Real-Name Registration Policy. Internet Computing, IEEE. 2013; 17(3): 42-50.
    
16. Fu, KW, Chau M (2013) Reality Check for the Chinese Microblog Space: A Random Sampling Approach. PLoS ONE 8(3): e58356. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0058356
17. Fu, KW, & Chan, CH. (2013). A Study of the Impact of Thirteen Celebrity Suicides on Subsequent Suicide Rates in South Korea from 2005 to 2009. PLoS ONE, 8(1), e53870. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053870
18. Wong PWC, Fu KW, Yau RSP, Ma HHM, Law YW, Chang SS, Yip PSF (2013) Accessing Suicide-Related Information on the Internet: A Retrospective Observational Study of Search Behavior. J Med Internet Res 2013;15(1):e3 doi: 10.2196/jmir.2181
19. Wong, P.W.C., Fu, K.-W., Chan, K.Y.K., Chan, W.S.C., Liu, P.M.Y., Law, Y.-W., Yip, P.S.F. (2012) Effectiveness of a universal school-based programme for preventing depression in Chinese adolescents: A quasi-experimental pilot study. Journal of Affective Disorders Volume 142, Issues 1–3, 15 December 2012, Pages 106–114
20. Niederkrotenthaler, T., Fu, K.-W., Yip, P., Fong, D. Y., Stack, S., Cheng, Q., et al. (2012). Changes In Suicide Rates Following Media Reports On Celebrity Suicide: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 66, 1037-1042 doi: 10.1136/jech-2011-200707.
21. White, J. D., & Fu, K.-W. (2012). Who Do You Trust? Comparing People-Centered Communications in Disaster Situations in the United States and China. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice, 14(2), 126-142.
22. Fu, K.W., Zhou, L., Zhang, Q., Chan, Y.-y., & Burkhart, F. (2012). Newspaper coverage of emergency response and government responsibility in domestic natural disasters: China-US and within-China comparisons. Health, Risk & Society, 14(1), 71-85. doi: 10.1080/13698575.2011.641521 (ISI Impact Factor 2010 = 1.103)
23. Fu, K.W., Chan, Yuen-Ying, & Yip, Paul S F. (2011) Newspaper reporting of suicides in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Guangzhou: compliance with WHO media guidelines and epidemiological comparisons. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 65:928-933 doi:10.1136/jech.2009.105650 (ISI Impact factor 2009 = 3.043)
24. Cheng Qijin, Fu, K.W., Yip PS (2011) A Comparative Study of Online Suicide-Related Information in Chinese and English, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry; 72(3): 313-319 (ISI Impact factor 2009 = 5.218)
25. Fu, K. W., Wong, P.W.C & Yip, P. S. F. (2010) What Do Internet Users Seek to Know About Depression From Web Searches? A Descriptive Study of 21 Million Web Queries. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 72(9), 1246-1247. doi: 10.4088/JCP.09l05903blu (ISI Impact factor 2009 = 5.218)
26. Fu, K. W., Chan, WSC, Wong, P.W.C & Yip, P. S. F. (2010) Internet addiction: prevalence, discriminant validity and correlates among adolescents in Hong Kong. British Journal of Psychiatry, 196, 486–492. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.109.075002 (ISI Impact factor 2009 = 5.777)
27. Fu, K. W., White, J., Chan, Y., Zhou, L., Zhang, Q., & Lu, Q. (2010). Enabling the disabled: media use and communication needs of people with disabilities during and after the Sichuan earthquake in China. International Journal of Emergency Management, 7(1), 75-87.
28. Chen, Ying-Yeh, Yip, Paul S. F., Lee, Carmen, Fan, Hsiang-Fang, & Fu, K.W. (2010) Economic Fluctuations and Suicide: A Comparison of Taiwan and Hong Kong. Social Science & Medicine,  71, 2083-2090. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.09.043 (ISI Impact factor 2009 = 2.710)
29. Yip, P. S. F., Law, C. K., Fu, K.-W., Law, Y. W., Wong, P. W. C., & Xu, Y. (2010). Restricting the means of suicide by charcoal burning. British Journal of Psychiatry, 196(3), 241-242. (ISI Impact factor 2009 = 5.777)
30. Fu, K. W. & Yip, P. S. F.  (2009) Estimating the risk for suicide following the suicide deaths of three Asian entertainment celebrities: A meta-analysis approach, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 70(6):869–878. (ISI Impact factor 2009 = 5.218)
31. Fu, K. W., Chan, Y.Y. & Yip, P. S. F.  (2009) Testing a Theoretical Modelbased on Social Cognitive Theory for Media Influence on Suicidal Ideation:Results from a Panel Study. Media Psychology, 12:26–49 (ISI Impact factor 2009 = 1.321)
32. Wong, P. W., Liu, P. M., Chan, W. S., Law, Y. W., Law, S. C., Fu, K. W., Li, H. S., Tso, M. K., Beautrais, A. L., & Yip, P. S. (2009). An integrative suicide prevention program for visitor charcoal burning suicide and suicide pact. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 39(1), 82-90. (ISI Impact factor 2009 = 1.454)
33. Fu, K. W. & Yip, P. S. F. (2008) Changes in reporting of suicide news after the promotion of the WHO media recommendations, Suicide & life-threatening behavior, 38(5),  p.631-636 (ISI Impact factor 2007 = 1.32)
34. Law, C. K., Yip, P. S., Chan, W. S., Fu, K. W., Wong, P. W., & Law, Y. W. (2008). Evaluating the effectiveness of barrier installation for preventing railway suicides in Hong Kong. Journal of Affective Disorders. 114, 254-262. (ISI Impact factor 2007 = 3.14)
35. Fu, K. W., Liu, K., & Yip, P. (2007). Predictive validity of the Chinese version of the Adult Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire: Psychometric properties and its short version. Psychological Assessment, 19(4), 422-429. (ISI Impact factor 2007 = 2.20)
36. Fu, K. W., & Yip, P. S. F. (2007) Long-term impact of Celebrity Suicide on Suicidal Ideation: Results from A Population-based Study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Jun; 61(6):540-6 (ISI Impact factor 2007 = 2.96)
37. Yip, P. S. F., Fu, K. W., Yang, K. C. T., Ip, B. Y. T., Chan, C. L. W., Chen, E. Y. H., et al. (2006). The effects of a celebrity suicide on suicide rates in Hong Kong. Journal of Affective Disorders, 93(1-3), 245-252. (ISI Impact factor 2007 = 3.14)

Book chapters

1. Fu, K. W., Wong, P.W.C & Yip, P. S. F.  (2009) Internet and emerging suicide method: A case study of contagion of charcoal burning suicides via the Internet. In: Sher L. & Vilens A. ed. Internet and Suicide (pp 153-168). New York: Nova Science Publishers.
2. Wong, P.W.C, Fu, K. W. & Yip, P. S. F.  (2009) A Potential Source of Data in Understanding Youth Suicide - Instant Messages. In: Sher L. & Vilens A. ed. Internet and Suicide (pp 137-152). New York: Nova Science Publishers.

Research Reports

1. Fu. K.W., Xiao. E., Yin, F., Yuen. D., (2013) Media Study of Chinese Fisheries Journalism. Internews' Earth Journalism Network
2. Fu. K.W. (2012) Collecting and Analyzing Online Public Opinion for Public Policy Deliberation. Central Policy Unit, Hong Kong SAR Government
3. Fu. K.W., Chau. M. (2011) Understanding and analyzing online public opinion in Hong Kong Cyberspace. Central Policy Unit, Hong Kong SAR Government
   

Conference presentations

1. Fu K.W. (2013) The (Mis)use of Web-based Data: Methodological, Ethical and Practical Research Concerns(panel). Paper presented at the Chinese Internet Research Conference, June 15, Oxford
2. Sam C., Chan YY, Bandurski D, Fu K.W. (2012) A Fully Automated Method to Catch and Characterize Deleted Posts on Sina and Tencent Weibo. Paper presented at the Chinese Internet Research Conference, May 21-22, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
3. Fu K.W. (2012) Internet/IT (Chairperson). Hong Kong Child Safety Conference 2012. February 11, Centre for Health Promotion, Hong Kong
4. Fu K.W. (2011) Computational Journalism. Presented at the Future Media Fest at Georgia Tech. November 15-17, Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center, Atlanta.
   
5. Fu K.W. (2011) Micro Blogging Suicide in China: Data Mining and Exploratory Analysis. Paper presented at the 26th World Congress - International Association of Suicide Prevention. September 13-17, Beijing, China, 2011
   
6. Fu K.W. (2011) Media coverage of emergency response and government responsibility in domestic natural disasters: Comparisons between Chinese and American newspapers. Paper presented at the Annual International Communication Association Conference, May 26-30, Boston, 2011
7. Fu K.W., Sam C., Chau M. (2011) Reposting Microblogs During Public Incident in China: a case study on the death of Qian Yunhui. Paper presented at the Chinese Internet Research Conference, May 22-24, Washington DC., 2011
8. Fu K.W. (2010) Is Internet Addiction a Distinct Construct From Other Psychopathological Conditions? Evidence From a Panel Study on a Representative Sample in Hong Kong, China. Paper presented at the Annual International Communication Association Conference, June 22-26, Singapore, 2010
9. Fu K.W., White J. (2010) Who do you Trust? Comparing People-centered Communication in Disaster Situations in the US and China. Paper presented at the 7th Annual ICPA-Forum Workshop, Designing Disaster Resilience and Public Policy, April 23-24, 2010, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
   
10. Fu K.W., Zhou L, Chan YY (2009) Analyzing media coverage on government's disaster management practices after Wenchuan earthquake: a preliminary result. Paper presented at the International Disaster and Risk Conference Chengdu 2009, July 13-15, 2009, Chengdu, China.
11. Fu K.W., Zhou L, Chan YY (2009) Wireless Alert Accessibility: International Research Findings. Paper presented at the Wireless Emergency Communications, State of Technology Conference, September 21-23, 2009, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
12. Fu, K. W. (2009). Media Representation of Suicide in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Mainland China: A Comparative Study. Paper presented at the Annual International Communication Association Conference, Chicago, 2009
13. Fu, K. W. (2009). What Do People Want to Know About Depression? Analyzing a Representative Web Search Queries Sample. Paper presented at the 2009 Conference on Emerging Mode of Communication: Technology Enhanced Interaction, 26-27 March 2009, Hong Kong
14. Fu, K. W. (2008). Media influence on Suicidal Ideation: A Theory Testing Approach. Paper presented at the Communication Theory and Methodology Division, Annual Convention of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Chicago, 2008
15. Fu, K. W. (2006). Testing cultivation theory for media influences on suicidal thought. Paper presented at the Communication Theory and Methodology Division, Annual Convention of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, San Francisco, 2006 (Top Three Student Paper Award).
16. Fu, K. W. (2008). Estimating the risk for suicide following the suicide deaths of three Asian entertainment celebrities: A meta-analysis approach, Paper presented at the 3^rd Asia Pacific Regional Conference of International Association for Suicide Prevention, Hong Kong, 2008
17. Fu, K. W. (2008). Efficacy of a school-based psycho-educational programme using cognitive-behavioral approach: A pilot case-control study in secondary schools, Paper presented at the 3^rd Asia Pacific Regional Conference of International Association for Suicide Prevention, Hong Kong, 2008
18. Fu, K. W. (2005). A population study on associated risks and protective factors for vulnerable people influenced by celebrity suicide and media. Paper presented at the 23rd World Congress - International Association of Suicide Prevention. Durban, South Africa, 2005

Rapid Responses

Fu, K. W., Yip, P. S. F. Emerging suicide methods in Asia and the Internet . BMJ 

Fu, K. W., Yip, P. S. F. Please don't underestimate the media effect. PLoS Medicine

Knowledge Exchange (Selected Media Coverage)

Reuters. China imposes new restrictions on instant messaging tools. August 7, 2014.

CNN International. Why a giant toad set off Chinese censors. August 1, 2014

Reuters. Blog posts on article about Alibaba's China leadership links censored. July 22, 2014.

主場新聞. 香港公投前後 大陸網管狂刪敏感微博 .June 24, 2014

蘋果日報, 港大教授破中共監控　敏感帖子翻生 「微博視野」證人民未忘六四, May 29, 2014

CNN Digital, More than 10 million core users give value to Weibo ahead of lPO, April 11, 2014

South China Morning Post, Almost all Weibo messages are generated by just 5 per cent of users, April 8, 2014

香港電台, 鏗鏘集 - 開放資訊如何改變社會？RTHK - How Open Data changes society?, March 16, 2014