Peer-reviewed journals
Brockling, M., Hu, H. L., & Fu, K.-W. (2023). The Role of “State Endorsers” in Extending Chinese Propaganda: Evaluating the Reach of Pro-Regime YouTubers. International Journal of Communication, 17, 23.
Fu, K. W. (2023). Propagandization of Relative Gratification: How Chinese State Media Portray the International Pandemic. Political Communication, 1-22. doi:10.1080/10584609.2023.2207492
Cheng, E. W., Lui, E., & Fu, K. W. (2023). The power of digital activism for transnational advocacy: Leadership, engagement, and affordance. New Media & Society, 14614448231155376.
Fu, K. W. (2023). Digital mobilization via attention building: The logic of cross-boundary actions in the 2019 Hong Kong social movement. The Information Society, 1-13.
Zhu Y, Fu. KW (2022). How Propaganda Works in the Digital Era: Soft News as a Gateway. Digital Journalism, 1-20
Chung, R. W. M., & Fu, KW. (2022). Tweets and Memories: Chinese Censors Come after Me. Forbidden Voices of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre on Sina Weibo, 2012-2018. Journal of Contemporary China, 31 (134), 319-334.
CCR Gan, S Feng, H Feng, KW Fu, SE Davies, KA Grépin, R Morgan (2021). # WuhanDiary and# WuhanLockdown: gendered posting patterns and behaviours on Weibo during the COVID-19 pandemic. BMJ global health 7 (4), e008149
Wong, C. K., Wong, R. S., Cheung, J. P., Tung, K. T., Yam, J. C., Rich, M., Fu, KW, & Ip, P. (2021). Impact of sleep duration, physical activity, and screen time on health-related quality of life in children and adolescents. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 19(1), 1-13.
Wong, R. S., Tung, K. T., Fu, KW., Bacon-Shone, J., Molasiotis, A., Li, W. O., ... & Ip, P. (2021). Examining social context and the pathways to mental wellness in young adults during social movement: A parallel mediation analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 294, 876-882.
WWY Tso, F Reichert, N Law, KW Fu, J de la Torre, N Rao, LK Leung. (2021) Digital competence as a protective factor against gaming addiction in children and adolescents: A cross-sectional study in Hong Kong. The Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific 20, 100382
Ho, F. K., Tung, K. T., Wong, R. S., Chan, K. L., Wong, W. H., Ho, S. Y., . . . Fu, K. W. (2021). An internet quiz game intervention for adolescent alcohol drinking: A clustered RCT. Pediatrics, 148(6).
Teo, E., & Fu, KW. (2021). A novel systematic approach of constructing protests repertoires from social media: comparing the roles of organizational and non-organizational actors in social movement. Journal of Computational Social Science, 1-26.
Zhu, Y, Fu, KW. (2021). Speaking Up or Staying Silent? Examining the Influences of Censorship and Behavioral Contagion on Opinion (Non-)Expression in China. New Media and Society 23 (12), 3634-3655
Yuen, S., Cheng, E. W., Or, N. H., Grépin, K. A., Fu, KW., Yung, K. C., & Yue, R. P. (2021). A tale of two city-states: A comparison of the state-led vs civil society-led responses to COVID-19 in Singapore and Hong Kong. Global public health, 1-21.
Tai, Y, Fu, KW. (2020). Specificity, Conflicts, and Focal Point: A systematic investigation into social media censorship in China. Journal of Communication, Volume 70, Issue 6
Chow, S., Fu, KW., & Ng, Y.-L. (2020). Development of the Hong Kong Identity Scale: Differentiation between Hong Kong ‘Locals’ and Mainland Chinese in Cultural and Civic Domains. Journal of Contemporary China, 29 (124), 568-584
Fu, KW., & Zhu, Y. (2020). Did the world overlook the media’s early warning of COVID-19? Journal of Risk Research, 1–5.
Zhu, Y., Fu, K.-W., Grépin, K. A., Liang, H., & Fung, I. C.-H. (2020). Limited early warnings and public attention to COVID-19 in China, January-February, 2020: a longitudinal cohort of randomly sampled Weibo users. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 1–9.
Liang, H., Fung, I. C.-H., Tse, Z. T. H., Yin, J., Chan, C.-H., Pechta, L. E., Smith, B. J., Marquez-Lameda, R. D., Meltzer, M. I., Lubell, K. M. , Fu. KW. (2019). How did Ebola information spread on twitter: broadcasting or viral spreading? BMC Public Health, 19(1), 438.
Adnan, M. M., Yin, J., Jackson, A. M., Tse, Z. T. H., Liang, H., Fu, K.-W., Saroha, N., Althouse, B. M., & Fung, I. C.-H. (2019). World Pneumonia Day 2011–2016: Twitter contents and retweets. International Health, 11(4), 297–305.
Chan, C., Chow, C. S., & Fu, KW. (2019). Echoslamming: how incivility interacts with cyberbalkanization on the social media in Hong Kong. Asian Journal of Communication, 29(4), 307–327.
Chan, C., Zhu, J. Y., Chow, C. S., & Fu, KW. (2019). The intertwined cyberbalkanizations of Facebook pages and their audience: an analysis of Facebook pages and their audience during the 2014 Hong Kong Occupy Movement. Journal of Computational Social Science, 2(2), 183–205.
Duke, C. H., Yin, J., Zhang, X., Blankenship, E. B., Akuse, S. E., Shah, G. H., Chan, C.-H., Fu, K.-W., Tse, Z. T. H., & Fung, I. C.-H. (2019). Adopting YouTube to Promote Health: Analysis of State Health Departments. The Permanente Journal, 23.
Fung, I. C.-H., Blankenship, E. B., Ahweyevu, J. O., Cooper, L. K., Duke, C. H., Carswell, S. L., Jackson, A. M., Jenkins III, J. C., Duncan, E. A., Liang, H., Fu KW, Tse ZTH (2019). Public Health Implications of Image-Based Social Media: A Systematic Review of Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr, and Flickr. The Permanente Journal, 24.
Fung, I. C.-H., Yin, J., Pressley, K. D., Duke, C. H., Mo, C., Liang, H., Fu, K.-W., Tse, Z. T. H., & Hou, S.-I. (2019). Pedagogical Demonstration of Twitter Data Analysis: A Case Study of World AIDS Day, 2014. Data, 4(2), 84.
Jordan, S. E., Hovet, S. E., Fung, I. C.-H., Liang, H., Fu, K.-W., & Tse, Z. T. H. (2019). Using Twitter for public health surveillance from monitoring and prediction to public response. Data, 4(1), 6.
Lee, S. H., & Fu, KW. (2019). Internet use and protest politics in South Korea and Taiwan. Journal of East Asian Studies, 19(1), 89–109.
Liang, H., & Fu, KW. (2019). Network redundancy and information diffusion: The impacts of information redundancy, similarity, and tie strength. Communication Research, 46(2), 250–272.
Schaible, B. J., Snook, K. R., Yin, J., Jackson, A. M., Ahweyevu, J. O., Chong, M., Tse, Z. T. H., Liang, H., Fu, KW., & Fung, I. C.-H. (2019). Twitter conversations and English news media reports on poliomyelitis in five different countries, January 2014 to April 2015. The Permanente Journal, 23.
Ng YL., Ma Flora, Frederick, Ho, Ip Patrick., & Fu KW. (2019). Effectiveness of virtual and augmented reality-enhanced exercise on physical activity, psychological outcomes, and physical performance: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Computers in Human Behavior.
Zhu, Y., & Fu, KW. (2019). The Relationship Between Interdisciplinarity and Journal Impact Factor in the Field of Communication During 1997–2016. Journal of Communication, 69(3), 273–297.
Chan, C., & Fu, KW. (2018). The “mutual ignoring” mechanism of cyberbalkanization: triangulating observational data analysis and agent-based modeling. Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 15(4), 378–387.
Jackson, A. M., Mullican, L. A., Yin, J., Tse, Z. T. H., Liang, H., Fu, K.-W., Ahweyevu, J. O., Jenkins III, J. J., Saroha, N., & Fung, I. C.-H. (2018). # CDCGrandRounds and# VitalSigns: a Twitter analysis. Annals of Global Health, 84(4), 710.
Jiang, M., & Fu, KW. (2018). Chinese Social Media and Big Data: Big Data, Big Brother, Big Profit? Policy & Internet, 10(4), 372–392.
Law, N., Chow, S. L., & Fu, K.W. (2018). Digital Citizenship and Social Media: A Curriculum Perspective. Second Handbook of Information Technology in Primary and Secondary Education, 1-16.
Fung, I. C. H., Zeng, J., Chan, C. H., Liang, H., Yin, J., Liu, Z., & Fu, K.W. (2018). Twitter and Middle East respiratory syndrome, South Korea, 2015: a multi-lingual study. Infection, Disease & Health, 23(1), 10-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idh.2017.08.005
Blankenship, E. B., Goff, M. E., Yin, J., Tse, Z. T. H., Fu, K.W., Liang, H. & Fung, I. C. H. (2018). Sentiment, Contents, and Retweets: A Study of Two Vaccine-Related Twitter Datasets. The Permanente Journal, 22. https://dx.doi.org/10.7812%2FTPP%2F17-138
Ip P., Tso W.Y.W., Rao N., Ho K.W.F., Chan K.L., Fu K.W., Li S.L., Goh W., Wong W.H.S. and Chow C.B., Rasch validation of the Chinese parent–child interaction scale (CPCIS), World Journal of Pediatrics. 2018, 14: 238-246. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12519-018-0132
Hu X., QIAO C. and Fu K.W. (2017) Weibo, In: Sloan, L., & Quan-Haase, A., The SAGE Handbook of Social Media Research Methods. Sage Publications Ltd. p.593-609
Chan C.H. and Fu K.W. (2017) The Relationship Between Cyberbalkanization and Opinion Polarization: Time-Series Analysis on Facebook Pages and Opinion Polls During the Hong Kong Occupy Movement and the Associated Debate on Political Reform, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. Volume 22, Issue 5, p.266–283. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcc4.12192
Zeng J., Chan C.H. and Fu K.W., (2017). How Social Media Construct “Truth” Around Crisis Events: Weibo's Rumor Management Strategies After the 2015 Tianjin Blasts, Policy & Internet. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/poi3.155
Chan, M., Li, T. M., Law, Y. W., Wong, P. W., Chau, M., Cheng, C., Fu K.W. & Yip, P. S. (2017). Engagement of vulnerable youths using internet platforms. PLoS one, 12(12), e0189023.
B C.H., Fung C.H., H R.N., B E.B., Tse T.H., Fu K.W., Ip P. and Basch C.,(2017). Zika Virus on YouTube: An Analysis of English-language Video Content by Source, Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, 50: 133-140. http://dx.doi.org/10.3961/jpmph.16.107
Fu K.W., Ho F.K.W., Rao N., Fan F.J., Li L., Lee T.M.C., Chan H.S.S., Yung A.W.Y., Young Y.M.E. and Ip P., (2017). Parental restriction reduces the harmful effects of in-bedroom electronic devices, Archives of Disease in Childhood, archdischild-2017-312639. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2017-312639
Fung F.I.C.H., B E.B., Goff E., M L.A., Chan K.C., Saroha N., Duke C.H., Er M.E., Fu K.W. and Tse T.H.,(2017). Zika-Virus-Related Photo Sharing on Pinterest and Instagram, Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 1-4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2017.23
Fung, I. C. H., Jackson, A. M., Ahweyevu, J. O., Grizzle, J. H., Yin, J., Tse, Z. T. H.,& Fu, K.W. (2017). # Globalhealth Twitter conversations on# Malaria,# HIV,# TB,# NCDS, and# NTDS: a cross-sectional analysis. Annals of global health, 83(3-4), 682-690. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aogh.2017.09.006
Liang H. and Fu K.W.,(2017). Information Overload, Similarity, and Redundancy: Unsubscribing Information Sources on Twitter, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 22: 1-17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcc4.12178
Liang H., Shen F. and Fu K.W., (2017). Privacy protection and self-disclosure across societies: A study of global Twitter users, New Media & Society, 19: 1476-1497. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1461444816642210
Fung F.I.C.H., B E.B., Goff E., M L.A., Chan K.C., Saroha N., Duke C.H., Er M.E., Fu K.W. and Tse T.H.,(2017) Zika-Virus-Related Photo Sharing on Pinterest and Instagram, Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 1-4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2017.23
Fung C.H., D C.H., F K.C., S K.R., T P.L., H A., G M., Fu K.W.,Tse Z.,(2016) Ebola virus disease and social media: A systematic review, American Journal of Infection Control, 44: 1660-1671. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2016.05.011
Fu, K.W., Liang, H., Saroha, N., Tse, Z. T. H., Ip, P., & Fung, I. C.-H. (2016) How people react to Zika virus outbreaks on Twitter? A computational content analysis. American Journal of Infection Control, 44(12), 1700-1702. doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2016.04.253
Fung, I. C.-H., Cheung, C.-N., Fu, K.W., Ip, P., & Tse, Z. T. H. (2016) Vaccine safety and social media in China. American Journal of Infection Control, 44(10), 1194-1195. doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2016.04.248
Finch, K. C., Snook, K. R., Duke, C. H., Fu, K.W., Tse, Z. T. H., Adhikari, A., & Fung, I. C.-H. (2016). Public health implications of social media use during natural disasters, environmental disasters, and other environmental concerns. Natural Hazards, 83(1), 729-760. doi:10.1007/s11069-016-2327-8
Fu, K.W., Wong, P. W. C., Law, Y. W., & Yip, P. S. F. (2016). Building a typology of young people’s conventional and online political participation: A randomized mobile phone survey in Hong Kong, China. Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 13(2), 126-141. doi:10.1080/19331681.2016.1158138
Fung, I. C., Fu, KW, Chan, C., Chan, B. S., Cheung, C., Abraham, T., & Tse, Z. T. (2016). Social Media's Initial Reaction to Information and Misinformation on Ebola, August 2014: Facts and Rumors. Public Health Reports, 131(3), 461-473.
Jiang, M., Leeman, R. W., & Fu, KW. (2016). Networked Framing: Chinese Microbloggers’ Framing of the Political Discourse at the 2012 Democratic National Convention. Communication Reports, 29(2), 87-99. doi:10.1080/08934215.2015.1098715
Nip, J. Y. M., & Fu, KW. (2016). Networked framing between source posts and their reposts: an analysis of public opinion on China's microblogs. Information, Communication & Society, 19(8), 1127-1149.
Nip, J. Y. M., & Fu, KW. (2016). Challenging Official Propaganda? Public Opinion Leaders on Sina Weibo. The China Quarterly, 225, 122-144. doi:doi:10.1017/S0305741015001654
Lai, E. S. Y., Kwok, C.-L., Wong, P. W. C., Fu, KW., Law, Y.-W., & Yip, P. S. F. (2016). The Effectiveness and Sustainability of a Universal School-Based Programme for Preventing Depression in Chinese Adolescents: A Follow-Up Study Using Quasi-Experimental Design. PLoS ONE, 11(2), e0149854. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0149854
Chan, B., Tse, Z., Fu, KW., Cheung, C.-N., & Fung, I.-H. (2015). Why We Should Care About Ebola in West Africa and Middle EastRespiratory Syndrome in South Korea: Global Health Ethics and the MoralInsignificance of Proximity. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 12(4), 541-543. doi:10.1007/s11673-015-9677-x
Fung, I. C., Cai, J., Hao, Y., Ying, Y., Chan, B. S., Tse, Z. T., & Fu, KW. (2015). Global Handwashing Day 2012: a qualitativecontent analysis of Chinese social media reaction to a health promotion event. Western Pac Surveill Response J, 6(3), 34-42. doi:10.5365/wpsar.2015.6.2.003
Auer, M., & Fu, KW. (2015). Clearing the air: investigating Weibo censorship in China: New research to show censorship of microbloggers who spoke out about pollution documentary. Index on Censorship, 44(3), 76-79.
Liang, H, & Fu, KW. (2015). Testing Propositions Derived from Twitter Studies: Generalization and Replication in Computational Social Science. PLoS ONE, 10(8), e0134270.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0134270
Wong HSW, LS, Fu KW, Tinsley H, Chow C, Ip P. (2015). The Importance of Online Resources for Parents of Children with Special Needs in Hong Kong: South China’s Experience. J Health Med Informat, 6(192).doi:10.4172/2157-7420.1000192
Fung, IC-H, Tse, ZTH, Chan, BSB, & Fu, KW. (2015). MERS in Korea: Transparency and communications are key. Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, 6(3).doi:10.5365/wpsar.2015.6.2.011
Fung, IC-H, Tse, ZTH, & Fu, KW. (2015). The use of social media in public health surveillance. Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, 6(2), 3-6.doi:10.5365/wpsar.2015.6.1.019
Wong, PW, Li, TM, Chan, M, Law, Y, Chau, M, Cheng, C, Fu, KW, Bacon-Shone, John, Yip, PS. (2015). The prevalence and correlates of severe social withdrawal (hikikomori) in Hong Kong: A cross-sectional telephone-based survey study. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 61(4), 330-342
Fung IC-H, Hao Y, Cai J, Ying Y, Schaible BJ, Yu CM, Tse ZT, Fu KW. (2015) Chinese Social Media Reaction to Information about 42 Notifiable Infectious Diseases. PLoS ONE 10(5): e0126092. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0126092
Hui A, Wong PWC, Fu KW. (2015) Evaluation of an OnlineCampaign for Promoting Help-Seeking Attitudes for Depression Using a Facebook Advertisement: An Online Randomized Controlled Experiment. JMIR Mental Health 2015;2(1):e5
Fung, IC-H, Tse, ZTH, & Fu, K-W. (2015). Converting Big Data into public health. Science, 347(6222), 620
Fung, IC-H, Tse, ZTH, Cheung, C-N, Miu, AS, & Fu, K-W. (2014) Ebola and the social media. The Lancet, 384(9961), 2207.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
White, J., Fu, KW, & Benson, B. (2013) Social media: An ill-defined phenomenon. Vol. 8029 (pp. 422-431): Lecture Notes in Computer Science.
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.
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
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
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):e3doi: 10.2196/jmir.2181
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
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.
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.
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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.
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
Law, N., Chow, S. L., & Fu, KW. (2018). Digital Citizenship and Social Media: A Curriculum Perspective. Second Handbook of Information Technology in Primary and Secondary Education, 1-16.
Hu X., Qiao C. and Fu KW. (2017) Weibo, In: Sloan, L., & Quan-Haase, A., The SAGE Handbook of Social Media Research Methods. Sage Publications Ltd. p.593-609
White, J., Fu, KW, & Benson, B. (2013) Social media: An ill-defined phenomenon. Vol. 8029 (pp. 422-431): Lecture Notes in Computer Science.
Research Reports
Fu. K.W., Xiao. E., Yin, F., Yuen. D., (2013) Media Study of Chinese Fisheries Journalism. Internews' Earth Journalism Network
Fu. K.W. (2012) Collecting and Analyzing Online Public Opinion for Public Policy Deliberation. Central Policy Unit, Hong Kong SAR Government
Fu. K.W., Chau. M. (2011) Understanding and analyzing online public opinion in Hong Kong Cyberspace. Central Policy Unit, Hong Kong SAR Government
Invited lectures and Keynote Speeches (2015-2020)
Keynote/Plenary
Fu, KW (2017, July 24-25). Denouncing ‘fake news’ as a social control China's rumour management strategy on social media. Keynote speech at CENS Workshop on Distortions, Rumours, Untruths, Misinformation & Smears (DRUMS), Nanyang Technological University. Singapore
Fu, KW (2017, June 21-23). Internet Censorship in China. Keynote speech at the “Digital Transformation & Global Society” (DTGS’17), St. Petersburg, Russia
Fu, KW (2016, September 13) Use of Internet, Electronics Devices, and Child’s Development: Opportunity and Risk. Keynote speech at the “Improving Cross-Cultural Communications through New Media under the Digital Environment”, Tsukuba Global Science Week, Japan
Invited Talks
1. Fu, KW (2020, Jan 7) Researching Mobile Messaging Apps: hacking WeChat’s censorship and Telegram’s Social Movement Mobilization. Presented at Graduate Institute of Journalism, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
2. Fu, KW (2019, December 4) Researching closed messaging systems: hacking WeChat censorship and Telegram’s social movement mobilization. Presented at MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, Cambridge, MA, USA
3. Fu, KW (2019, Nov 27) China's "360 degree" Digital Governance and Information Operation: An update” Department of Communication, Presented at the University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
4. Fu, KW (2019, June 27-28) China’s Digital Governance in the Era of We-media Workshop on Digital Governance in China, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Germany.
5. Fu, KW (2018, June 12) WeChatscope: "Hacking" censorship of WeChat public accounts. Presented at Berkman Klein Centre at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
6. Fu, KW (2018, May 17). WeChatscope: "Hacking" censorship of WeChat public accounts, Presented at Department of East Asian Studies/Chinese Studies, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
7. Fu, KW (2018, May 28) China's 360-degree Information Control: An update, Presented at Institut für Sinologie, Uni Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
8. Fu, KW (2018, May 30) Between Censorship and Commerce: A Perspective of Social Media in China. Presented at Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS), Berlin, Germany.
9. Fu, KW (2017, September 18) Digital Citizenship and Social Media: A curriculum perspective. Online Presentation in the University of Canterbury e-Learning Lab
10. Fu, KW (2017, March 20). How Millennials Use the Internet. Presented at the St John’s University, New York, USA.
11. Fu, KW (2017, March 1). Social Media in China: An Update. Presented at the Kalamazoo Valley Community College/Western Michigan University, Michigan, USA
12. Fu, KW (2016, Nov 18). Social Media Data and Public Health Research. Presented at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
13. Fu, KW (2016, September 14) Insights on Public and Environmental Health Research from Social Media, Presented at the Jesse L. Rosenberger Seminar Series, Center for Energy & Environment & Goergen Institute for Data Science, University of Rochester, Rochester, USA.
Conference Presentations (international, externally peer-reviewed)
1. Fu, KW (2020). Fake Accounts, Real Impact: How Social Bots Distort Online Discussion About 2019 Hong Kong Anti-Extradition Bill Social Movement? Paper presented at the 70th International Communication Association Annual Conference, Gold Coast (virtual conference, with Zhu Y.)
2. Fu, KW (2020). Mapping Ideological Landscape of Social Networking Sites: A Neural Network Approach. Paper presented at the 70th International Communication Association Annual Conference, Gold Coast (virtual conference, with Zhu Y.)
3. Fu, KW (2020). Telegram and Teargas: a transfer entropy analysis on social media mobilization and police response. Presented at the 6th International Conference on Computational Social Science, Boston, US (virtual conference)
4. Fu, KW (2020). Fake Accounts, Real Impact: How can Twitter bots manipulate online discussion about 2019 Hong Kong Anti-extradition Bill social movement? Presented at the 6th International Conference on Computational Social Science, Boston, US (virtual conference with Zhu Y.)
5. Fu, KW (2019). Interdisciplinarity: Blessing or Curse? Examining the Relationship between Interdisciplinarity and Citation Impact in Communication Studies. Paper presented at the 69th International Communication Association Annual Conference, Washington DC (with Zhu Y.)
6. Fu, KW (2019). Content Censorship of WeChat Public Account: A Five-Month Preliminary Analysis. Paper presented at the 69th International Communication Association Annual Conference, Washington DC (with Tai, Y.)
7. Fu KW (2018). Tracking Censorship of WeChat Public Accounts in China: a Computational Social Science Approach. Presented at the 4th International Conference on Computational Social Science, Northwestern, US (with Tai, Y.)
8. Fu KW (2018). Mobile App Crawling for Internet Research: WeChat Official Account as a Case Study. Paper presented at the 68th International Communication Association Annual Conference, Prague.
9. Fu, KW (2018, May 22-23). “WeChatscope: Tracking Censorship of Weixin Public Accounts”. Presented at 16th Chinese Internet Research Conference, Leiden University, Leiden.
10. Fu, KW (2017). "Fake News" Drives out Real: Analyzing Posts and Links shared on Public Facebook Pages during the 2016 US Presidential Election. Paper presented at 2nd International Workshop on Application of Big Data for Computational Social Science, Boston, MA, USA.
11. Chan, K. C., Fu, K. W., & Chan, C. H. (2015). Does Dialectal Variation Matter in Term-Based Feature Selection of Sentiment Analysis? An Investigation into Multi-dialectal Chinese Microblogs. Paper presented at the Proceedings of the ACM Web Science Conference, Oxford, United Kingdom.
12. Liao, H.-T., Fu, K.-W., & Hale, S. A. (2015). How much is said in a microblog? A multilingual inquiry based on Weibo and Twitter. Paper presented at the Proceedings of the ACM Web Science Conference, Oxford, United Kingdom.
13. Chan, C.H., & Fu, K.-W. (2015). Predicting Political Polarization from Cyberbalkanization: Time series analysis of Facebook pages and Opinion Poll during the Hong Kong Occupy Movement. Paper presented at the Proceedings of the ACM Web Science Conference, Oxford, United Kingdom.
14. Fu KW. (2014) Can Network Help Chinese Microblogs Diffuse? Analyzing 118 Networks of Reposts about Social Issues in China. Paper presented at the Social Computing and Social Media, HCI International, 22 - 27 June 2014, Creta Maris, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
15. Fu K.W. (2013, June 15) The (Mis)use of Web-based Data: Methodological, Ethical and Practical Research Concerns(panel). Paper presented at the Chinese Internet Research Conference, Oxford, UK.
16. Fu K.W. (2012, May 21-22) A Fully Automated Method to Catch and Characterize Deleted Posts on Sina and Tencent Weibo. Paper presented at the Chinese Internet Research Conference, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
17. Fu K.W. (2011, September 13-17) Micro Blogging Suicide in China: Data Mining and Exploratory Analysis. Paper presented at the 26th World Congress - International Association of Suicide Prevention, Beijing, China
18. Fu K.W. (2011, May 26-30) 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, Boston, USA.
19. Fu K.W., Sam C., Chau M. (2011, May 22-24) Reposting Microblogs During Public Incident in China: a case study on the death of Qian Yunhui. Paper presented at the Chinese Internet Research Conference, Washington DC., USA
20. Fu K.W. (2010, June 22-26) 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, Singapore
21. Fu K.W., White J. (2010, April 23-24) 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, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
22. Fu K.W., Zhou L, Chan YY (2009, July 13-15) 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, Chengdu, China.
23. Fu K.W., Zhou L, Chan YY (2009, September 21-23) Wireless Alert Accessibility: International Research Findings. Paper presented at the Wireless Emergency Communications, State of Technology Conference, 2009, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
24. 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, USA
25. 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, USA
26. 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, USA. (Top Three Student Paper Award).
27. 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