Chen Yun. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 92-100). / Abstracts in English and Chinese; appendix in Chinese. / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Prologue --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter 2： --- "Internet, J-blog, and the Public Sphere..…" --- p.4 / Chapter 2.1. --- The Public Sphere： from West to East --- p.4 / Chapter 2.2. --- Internet and the Public Sphere --- p.8 / Chapter 2.3. --- A Brief History of blog and its Development in China --- p.11 / Chapter 2.4. --- Blogs and the Public Sphere --- p.14 / Chapter 2.5. --- Blogs and Journalism --- p.18 / Chapter 2.6. --- Media and Journalism in China --- p.22 / Chapter 2.7. --- Identity and Public Sphere --- p.26 / Chapter Chapter 3： --- Research Question and Research Methods --- p.30 / Chapter 3.1. --- Research Scope and the Selected Sample --- p.30 / Chapter 3.2. --- A Single Case Study of Anti blog --- p.31 / Chapter 3.3. --- Research Questions: --- p.35 / Chapter 3.4. --- Qualitative methods： --- p.37 / Chapter 3.5. --- Quantitative method： --- p.39 / Chapter Chapter 4： --- Findings --- p.40 / Chapter 4.1 --- Anti blog as alternative public sphere --- p.40 / Chapter 4.2 --- Identity and authority construction of Anti blog --- p.66 / Chapter 4.3. --- The Personalization of j-blog： empowerment and its discontent --- p.76 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- "Discussion： Internet, public sphere and identity construction" --- p.78 / Appendix --- p.90 / Bibliography --- p.92

陳建. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 183-194) / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts in Chinese and English. / Chen Jian.

University of Macau / Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities / Department of Communication

This research aimed to explore the phenomenon of perfectionism in Hong Kong Chinese primary school students, including those with academic talents, and to delineate any causal relationships among perfectionism, social connectedness and academic self-efficacy. To this end, three sequential studies were designed. Study One aimed to develop and validate a version of the Adaptive/Maladaptive Perfectionism Scale (AMPS) translated into Chinese. This instrument permits the examination of various dimensions of perfectionism and made available a reliable perfectionism measure for use in Study Two. The Chinese version of AMPS is now available to other researchers for future perfectionism studies with Chinese students. In Study One, 599 fourth to sixth grade students completed the Chinese version of the AMPS. It was found that perfectionism in this population could be considered in terms of four dimensions, namely: Compulsiveness, Sensitivity to Mistakes, Contingent Self-Esteem, and Need for Admiration. All the dimensions were positively inter-correlated. Study Two then aimed to use the validated Chinese version of AMPS to help develop a causal model to illustrate the direct predictive power of perfectionism on academic self-efficacy, and its indirect influence through the mediation of social connectedness. For this purpose, a structural equation modeling was used. A sample of 1425 fourth to sixth grade students completed a detailed questionnaire which assessed their perfectionism, their perceived social connectedness, and their academic self-efficacy. The results confirmed perfectionism as a significant and direct predictor of academic self-efficacy, and identified social connectedness as an indirect but reliable mediator in the causal relationship between perfectionism and academic self-efficacy. Study Thee focused on academically talented students in fourth to sixth grades. Individual semi-structured interviews were conducted with 21 students nominated by their teachers as “academically talented”. The aim was to collect qualitative data to supplement the quantitative findings already obtained in Study One and Study Two. In particular, the purpose was to investigate conception of perfectionism, as well as the relationships among perfectionism, social connectedness, and academic self-efficacy in academically talented Chinese students. The findings showed Compulsiveness, Sensitivity to Mistakes, and Need for Admiration to be influential dimensions within these students’ conceptions of perfectionism but, together, all four dimensions of perfectionism directly influenced students’ perceived academic competence. Students’ perfectionism was also found to be influenced by their perceived connectedness to their families, teachers, peers and school. Perceived social connectedness, in turn, played an important role in determining academic self-efficacy. Stemming from ecological theory and social cognitive theory, this research has provided an interactive framework for understanding the personal-social development of Chinese primary school students, particularly the academically talented. The quantitative and qualitative findings have pointed to the importance of cultural diversity in understanding perfectionism and social connectedness, and for appreciating the early impact perfectionism has on Chinese students. The implications of the findings are discussed, with due attention given to relevant theories, research methodology, directions for future research, and guidance and counseling. / published_or_final_version / Education / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

published_or_final_version / Social Work / Master / Master of Social Sciences

published_or_final_version / Education / Master / Master of Education

Recent years witnessed incredibly increasing popularity of online social networking sites around the globe. The emergence of new social media, including online social networking sites, brings the communication world a brand-new area to explore. The success of Facebook and MySpace in the U.S. has attracted a considerate number of communication scholars to examine this phenomenon from different perspectives. As the most cutting-edge tool to investigate a newly-grown medium, uses and gratifications perspective focuses on why people use social media, and how people use them to satisfy their needs. In this study, the most popular online social networking site in China, Renren, was selected to investigate the uses and gratifications of Chinese college students. Four motivations, that is, socializing, entertainment, self-status seeking, and information seeking, were utilized to measure how much weight Chinese college students give to each motivation. Culture's impact on the usage of online social networking sites was also investigated. The concept of interdependent self-construal and independent self-construal was borrowed to examine how culture could play a role in SNS use among Chinese college students. The study found Chinese college students use SNS to gratify their needs of socializing, entertainment, information seeking, while self-status seeking seems to be a weaker factor of SNS use. Six themes emerged in the study including: 1) vision and outlook expansion, 2) friendship maintenance, 3) a sense of self-worth, 4) information seeking, 5) entertainment, and 6) cultivated as a habit, to pass time. In addition, Chinese college students seem to have independent self-construal rather than interdependent self-construal, but the tendency is weak and self-report statistics show they tend to give moderate answers regarding to the self-construal. The influence of different self-construals towards motives in using Renren is subtle. Further explanations of observed finding were provided in the thesis.

published_or_final_version / Social Work / Master / Master of Social Work

published_or_final_version / Social Work / Master / Master of Social Work

published_or_final_version / abstract / Social Work and Social Administration / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy