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陳力深

陳力深

助理教授

Co-Chair, International Communication Association LGBTQ Studies Interest Group (2023-2027)

B.S.Sc.
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

M.A.
Goldsmiths, University of London

Ph.D
University of Southern California

(852) 3943-7709 (852) 2603-5007 samchan@cuhk.edu.hk liksamchan.com

Research Interests

  • Online dating and dating apps;
  • Interpersonal relationships;
  • Gender and sexuality;
  • Mixed methods

 

 Teaching Interests

  • Global media;
  • Critical theories;
  • Interpersonal communication

 

Advice to students

When given the choice between being right and being kind, choose kind

Books

Chan, L. S. (2021). The politics of dating apps: Gender, sexuality, and emergent publics in urban China. Cambridge: MIT Press.

Refereed Journal Articles

Chan, L. S., Chui, D. L. T., & Yanagi, J. (2024). Cultural-psychological differences, social acceptance of same-sex relationships, and dating app use motives of young GBMSM: A comparative study across Hong Kong, Taipei, and Osaka. The Journal of Sex Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2024.2317806view >
Chan, L. S., & Wu-Ouyang, B. (2023). Sexting among men who have sex with men in Hong Kong and Taiwan: Roles of sensation-seeking, gay identity, and muscularity ideal. Archives of Sexual Behavior. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-023-02559-wview >
Miao, W., & Chan, L. S. (2023). Revisiting community and media: an affordance analysis of digital media platforms used by gay communities in China. Journal of Communication. https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqad008view >
Chan, L. S. (2022). マッチングアプリ文化におけるネットワーク化された性的公衆の出現 [The emergence of networked sexual publics in dating app culture]. Japanese Journal of International Society for Gender Studies, 20, 18–27.view >
Zheng, Y., & Chan, L. S. (2022). Framing same-sex marriage in U.S. liberal and conservative newspapers from 2004 to 2016: changes in issue attributes, organizing themes, and story tones. The Social Science Journal, 59(1), 34-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soscij.2019.07.001view >
Liang, Z., Huang, Y. T., Chen, Y. C., & Chan, L. S. (2022). “Pattern matters”: a latent class analysis of Internet use and users’ attitudes toward homosexuality in China. Sexuality Research and Social Policy. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-021-00680-wview >
Miao, W., & Chan, L. S. (2020). Domesticating gay apps: An intersectional analysis of the use of Blued among Chinese gay men. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcmc/zmaa015view >
Miao, W., & Chan, L. S. (corresponding author) (2020). Between sexuality and professionalism: Experiences of gay workers at Blued, a Chinese gay social app company. New Media & Society. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444820920876view >
Miao, W., & Chan, L. S. (corresponding author) (2020). Social constructivist account of the world’s largest gay social app: Case study of Blued in China. The Information Society, 36(4), 214–222. https://doi.org/10.1080/01972243.2020.1762271view >
Chan, L. S. (2020). Multiple uses and anti-purposefulness on Momo, a Chinese dating/social app. Information, Communication and Society, 23(10), 1515–1530. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2019.1586977
Chan, L. S. (2019). Paradoxical influences of masculinity ideology on casual sex among male geosocial networking app users in China. Sex Roles, 81(3), 456–466. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-019-1002-4
Chan, L. S. (2018). Liberating or disciplining? A technofeminist analysis on the use of dating apps among women in urban China. Communication, Culture and Critique, 11(2), 298–314. https://doi.org/10.1093/ccc/tcy004
Chan, L. S. (2018). Ambivalence in networked intimacy: Observations from gay men using mobile dating apps. New Media and Society, 20(7), 2566–2581. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444817727156
Chan, L. S. (2017). Who uses dating apps? Exploring the relationships among trust, sensation-seeking, smartphone use, and the intent to use dating apps based on the Integrative Model. Computers in Human Behavior, 72, 246–258. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.02.053

Edited Special Issue

Chan, L. S., Cassidy, E., & Tan, J. (Eds.) (2023). Queer cultures in digital Asia. International Journal of Communication, 17. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/21105view >

For a full list of publications, click here.

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