by admin | May 22, 2024
The Chinese central government has introduced many policies over the years to spur economic growth and curtail excesses such as corruption. But there have been unintended consequences. For instance, policies to develop coastal cities have attracted millions of...
by admin | May 22, 2024
Last autumn, when classes resumed following the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a feeling of relief that life could go back to normal for children and youths. Yet almost the opposite happened. From August to October 2023, there were 16 reported cases of suicide attempts...
by admin | May 22, 2024
Facebook came in for a harsh grilling earlier this year when the CEO of parent company Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, was accused in a US Senate hearing of having ‘blood on his hands’. The reason was the mental health effects linked to the platform’s algorithms.Social media...
by admin | May 16, 2024
About 15 years ago, Professor Masato Kajimoto from HKU’s Journalism and Media Studies Centre (JMSC) noticed a worrying trend. Reputable media outlets were publishing stories from social media without checking if they were true – stories such as the rumoured death of...
by admin | May 16, 2024
Which of these is ‘fake news’ – anti-vaxxers posting unfounded stories against COVID-19 vaccines on social media? Or the British newspaper, The Mail on Sunday, publishing a fake article about a climate change study? For Professor Rachel Sterken, Chairperson of...
