Dr. Tsen Wai-sing 謝瑋陞博士
Division Leader; Associate Programme Director of Associate Degree in Communication; Academic Co-ordinator and Senior Lecturer, Generic Content - GE Level 1 Foundational Courses (Quantitative Reasoning), Division of Communication
tsensing@hkbu.edu.hk3411 3256
Teaching Areas
Course(s) taught:- CRCM2405 Introduction to Media and Communication
- FCQR1400 Data and the Media: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
- FREL1401 Interpersonal Communication
- MECM2401 Media Audience Analysis
- MECM2402 Principles and Practices of Media Communication
Research Interests
- Social Media and Mental Health
- Youth Culture and Cultural Identity
- Youth and Social Media
Selected Publications
- Tsen, W.S. and Lo, W.H. (2024). Mental health counselling apps: exploring young people’s perspectives and concerns with using the apps for emotional support. Paper presented in International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) Annual Conference 2024. Christchurch, New Zealand.
- Tsen, W.S. and Lo, W.H. (2023). A study of youngsters’ evaluation of e-mental health experiences – identifying factors that motivate young people’s use of e-mental health services. Paper presented in International Association of Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) Annual Conference 2023. Lyon, France.
- Tsen, W.S. and Lo, W.H. (2022). A study of the preferences to e-mental health services among teenagers and its implications for effective mental health support. Paper presented in International Association of Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) Annual Conference 2022. Beijing, China.
- Tsen, W.S., & Cheng, B.K.L. (2021). Who to find to endorse? Evaluation of online influencers among young consumers and its implications for effective influencer marketing. Young Consumers, 22(2), 237-253. https://doi.org/10.1108/yc-10-2020-1226
- Tsen, W.S. & Lo, W. H. (2021). Why do young people embrace e-mental health? A qualitative study of service users in Hong Kong. Paper presented in International Association of Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) Annual Conference 2021. Nairobi, Kenya.
- 鄭嘉麟、謝瑋陞(2020)。網紅の育成:香港大專生評估網上意見領袖之向面及其對影響力行銷的啟示。2020數位創世紀學術實務研討會論文發表,臺北市。
- Tsen, W.S. and Lo, W.H. (2020). A study of youth social media usage characteristics, and mental health status. Paper presented in International Association of Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) Annual Conference 2020. Tampere, Finland.
- Cheng, B.K.L. and Tsen, W.S. (2019). Engaging sub-degree students in community-based research – case study of a student research group in advocacy journalism. Paper presented in FSTE 25th Anniversary Conference – Developing Higher Education for Next Decade. Hong Kong.
- Tsen, W.S. (2018). Learned to be a “Prodigal Son”: A narrative analysis on the appropriation of mediated drug discourse in drug rehabilitation. Paper presented in International Association of Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) Annual Conference 2018. Eugene, United States.
- Tsen, W.S. (2016). Drug Addiction and Social Control: the hegemonic meanings of drug addiction in media and drug rehabilitation services in Hong Kong. Paper presented in International Association of Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) Annual Conference 2016. Leicester, United Kingdom.
Grants
- “The use of social media as a resource of mental health intervention: a study of youth social media usage, notion of trust, and mental health support on social media” awarded by Seed Grant Funding Scheme (2019/20), School of Continuing Education, HKBU.
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