published_or_final_version / Architecture / Master / Master of Landscape Architecture

published_or_final_version / Architecture / Master / Master of Architecture

published_or_final_version / abstract / toc / Education / Master / Master of Science in Information Technology in Education

published_or_final_version / Politics and Public Administration / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

The study sought to determine the relationships of preference responses to grade, gender, familiarity, musical training, peers'/parents' listening habits, music media use, and listening contexts. Grade six through nine Hong Kong students (N = 310) completed the audio preference test followed by verbal responses to training, peers'/parents' preferences, leisure/music media involvement, and listening context. Results indicated: The preferred genres, in descending order, were Western pop/rock, Cantopop/rock, Western classical; the disliked genres were jazz, Chinese, and non- Western/non-Chinese. Preference correlated strongly with genre familiarity. Pop genres were the most familiar to all adolescents. The students' preference toward Western pop/rock and Cantopop/rock associated with several listening contexts: solitary listening, having great freedom to choose one's desired music for listening, listening to music in one's room, and listening to music as background activity. The adolescents expressed that their leisure activities were spent with their family and friends. However, they made it clear that music listening was a personal activity that very likely was listened to alone. On all listening occasions, the girls exhibited a more positive response than the boys did. With four to five hours daily leisure time, the adolescents watched TV for three to four hours while spending less than two hours on listening to recorded music, and less than an hour on listening to radio music, MTV/karaoke, and music websites. Cantopop/rock was the most pursued music style in terms of the records bought, concerts attended outside of school, their peers', and parents' most-listened-to music. Some weak correlations of preference with grade and gender were identified: the grade six students showed more tolerance to Chinese and non-Western/non-Chinese music. Boys preferred jazz more than the girls did. Private music study and extracurricular musical experiences related to Western classical and non-Western/non-Chinese music preferences whereas school music training failed to show any association with students' musical preference.

Chan, Pui Shan. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 113-118). / Abstracts in English and Chinese; appendixes includes Chinese. / Acknowledgements --- p.ii / Abstract --- p.iii / Chapter Chapter 1: --- The Political and Social Influence on the Development of Hong Kong Film Industry and the Cantonese Cinema in the 1950s and the 1960s --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter 2: --- Defining the Genre: Three Characteristics of Hong Kong Cantonese Youth Film --- p.24 / Chapter Chapter 3: --- The Functions and Characteristics of Song in Cantonese Youth Film --- p.53 / Chapter Chapter 4: --- The Modernity of Cantonese Cinema and the City (Hong Kong) --- p.87 / Chapter Conclusion: --- Hong Kong Cantonese Youth Film and the Construction of Identity --- p.104 / Appendix 1 --- p.107 / Appendix 2 --- p.109 / Appendix 3 --- p.111 / Bibliography --- p.112

published_or_final_version / Social Work / Master / Master of Social Work

published_or_final_version / Sociology / Master / Master of Social Sciences

published_or_final_version / Social Work / Master / Master of Social Work

by Fung Cheung Tim. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 81-84). / Chapter Chapter I --- Introduction --- p.1-3 / Chapter Chapter II --- Rationale for the Study --- p.4-8 / Chapter Chapter III --- Literature Review / Communication and its Process in Organizations --- p.9-17 / The Concept of Organizational Communication --- p.20-24 / Upward Communication --- p.24-30 / Timeliness of Information --- p.30-31 / Organizational Communication Relationship --- p.31-34 / Job Satisfaction --- p.34-37 / The Relationship between Upward Communication and Job Satisfaction --- p.37-39 / Chapter Chapter IV --- Conceptual Framework --- p.40-44 / Chapter Chapter V --- Research Methodology / Sampling Design --- p.45-47 / Measuring Instruments --- p.47-53 / Method of Data Analysis --- p.53-55 / Chapter Chapter VI --- Findings / Characteristics of the Respondents --- p.56-57 / Job Satisfaction among Outreaching Social Workers in Hong Kong --- p.57-59 / "Upward Communication, Organizational Communication and Timeliness of Information Perceived by Outreaching Social Workers" --- p.59-61 / The Influence of Upward Communication on Job Satisfaction --- p.61-66 / The Association between Organizational Communication and Job Satisfaction: A Multiple Regression Analysis --- p.65-73 / Chapter Chapter VII --- Summary and Conclusion / Summary of Major Findings --- p.74-75 / Conclusion --- p.76-79 / Limitations of the Study --- p.80 / Bibliography --- p.8184 / Appendix A --- p.85 / Appendix B --- p.86-93