Cheryl Shea

ABOUT ME

I am currently a Ph.D. student studying Communication Science in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. My research interests include political communication, public opinion, STS and media sociology. I received my MPhil in Communication in 2021 and B.S. in Journalism and Communication in 2019 from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Civic Resistance, Media Sociology, Knowledge Production, Public Opinion, STS

EDUCATION

B.S. Journalism and Communication, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2019

M.Phil. Communication, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2021

PUBLICATIONS

1. Shea, C. S. Y. & Lee, F. L. F. (2022). Public diplomacy via Twitter: opportunities and tensions. Chinese Journal of Communication, 15 (3), 449-462. https://doi.org/10.1080/17544750.2022.2081988.
2. Shea, C., Jiang, Y. & Leung, W. L. Y. (2022). David vs. Goliath: Transnational grassroots outreach and empirical evidence from the #HongKongProtests Twitter network. Review of Communication, 22 (3), 193-212. https://doi.org/10.1080/15358593.2022.2106793

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Digital Media and Civic Resistance

1. Shea, C. S.Y. & Ismangil, M. (2023, May). We are the only ones left: Independent bookstores and the crackdown on civil society in Hong Kong [extended abstract]. Paper presented at the International Communication Association (ICA) 73rd Annual Conference, Toronto, May 25 – 29, 2023.
2. Shea, C. S.Y. (2022, May). Tripartite Pathways on Legitimizing Radicalization: A Case Study of the Hong Kong Anti-ELAB Movement. Paper presented at the International Communication Association (ICA) 72nd Annual Conference, Paris, May 26 – 30, 2022.
3. Shea, C. S.Y. & Jiang, Y. & Leung, W. L. Y. (2021, Aug). Asking the Enemy of My Enemy for Help: Transnational Grassroots Outreach on Twitter in #HongKongProtests. Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Annual Conference, Virtual Conference, Aug 4 – 7, 2021.
4. ​Wong, H. C. & Shea, C. S.Y. (2020, May). The Social Media Battlefield: Countermovement in the Hong Kong Anti-Extradition Bill Protests. Paper presented at the International Communication Association (ICA) 70th Annual Conference, Virtual Conference, May 20 – 27, 2020.

Media Sociology and Journalism

• Shea, C. S.Y. (2023, May). Translating the Protest Violence: Legitimizing Radicalization in Traditional and Alternative News Media in the Hong Kong Anti-ELAB Movement. Paper presented at the International Communication Association (ICA) 73rd Annual Conference, Toronto, May 25 – 29, 2023. Top Student Paper Award.

• Shea, C. S.Y. & Leung, W. L. Y. (2020, Aug). Epidemic arrives in political times: A Comparative Study of Hong Kong Newspaper Reporting on SARS and COVID-19. Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Annual Conference, Virtual Conference, Aug 5 – 9, 2020.