Sam Chan 陳力深
@liksamchan.bsky.social
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Digital Cultures @ University of Sydney | Dating app researcher | Author of 𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝘿𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘼𝙥𝙥𝙨 | 🇭🇰
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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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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/...
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/...
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/...
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/...
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...
journals.sagepub.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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/...
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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October 13, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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Our book series is interdisciplinary! Our team is interdisciplinary (and transnational too)
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October 10, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Our book series is interdisciplinary! Our team is interdisciplinary (and transnational too)
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This can be your first book!
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October 8, 2025 at 11:21 PM
This can be your first book!
Reach out to me if you have any questions!
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Reach out to me if you have any questions!
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October 8, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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October 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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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!
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October 6, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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
Send me your book ideas!
#GenderSexualityPeterLang #GenderSexualityAsia
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
Send me your book ideas!
#GenderSexualityPeterLang #GenderSexualityAsia
October 6, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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
Send me your book ideas!
#GenderSexualityPeterLang #GenderSexualityAsia
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?
September 1, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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?
The CFP for **Digital Intimacies 11: The Love of Machines** will close on 29 Aug 2025. Get your abstracts in!
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August 19, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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Is the 3-paper dissertation model getting more popular in Communication Studies these days?
August 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Is the 3-paper dissertation model getting more popular in Communication Studies these days?
[link updated] just wrote a commentary on AI companions:
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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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August 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
[link updated] just wrote a commentary on AI companions:
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✨ Digital Intimacies 11: The Love of Machines is here!
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Digital Intimacies 11
The Love of Machines
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July 4, 2025 at 12:12 AM
✨ 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
Explore how machines reshape intimacy. Submission deadline: 29 Aug 2025.
Join the conversation: 🖥️🤖❤️
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#digint11 #TheLoveOfMachines
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?
June 24, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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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Issue 4 of #JSexResearch is now online @tiff-marcan.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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May 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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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
February 24, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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
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.
February 17, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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.
See what just came in? @michellehsho.bsky.social
February 14, 2025 at 12:20 AM
See what just came in? @michellehsho.bsky.social
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...
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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February 12, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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...
How come this makes my day 😂
January 18, 2025 at 3:14 AM
How come this makes my day 😂
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.
January 9, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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.
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...
doi.org/10.1007/s121...
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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January 6, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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...
doi.org/10.1007/s121...
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?
December 23, 2024 at 7:25 AM
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?
Perhaps the Australian govt can take a look.
New CDC data is out on youth mental health. Unsurprisingly, the biggest issues have nothing to do with social media. If only we could actually convince policymakers to invest in the actual problems that youth face. For a great topline look at the new data, see: www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
Why the latest CDC teen mental health report is a politically inconvenient bombshell for crusading California pols
The report reveals that teens’ use of social media is more complicated than the simplistic campaigns to restrict access recognize.
www.sfchronicle.com
December 21, 2024 at 11:04 AM
Perhaps the Australian govt can take a look.
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