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MAK, Macau K. F.

MAK, Macau K. F.

Assistant Professor

B.S.Sc., M.Phil.
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Ph.D.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison

(852) 3943-5300 (852) 2603-5007 macaukfmak@cuhk.edu.hk

Research Interests

  • Political communication
  • Media effects
  • Platform features and affordances
  • Multiplatform social media use
  • Journalism

 

Teaching Interests

  • Role of media and platforms in society
  • Communication theories
  • Quantitative research methods

 

Advice to student

Appreciate your past and current self.

 

Publication List :

Peer Reviewed Publications:

Li, M., Mak, M. K. F.*, Kim, J., & Rojas, H. (*co-first author & corresponding author) (2026). Understanding support for TikTok/Douyin regulation: the role of platform experiences, perceived influence, and algorithmic awareness in China and the United States. Information, Communication & Society, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2026.2616763View >
Mak, M. K. F., Duan, Z., Yang, S., & Wagner, M. W. (2025). To quit or not to quit Twitter? The interplay of identities, perceptions, and behavioral reactions to changing platform ownership. Information, Communication & Society, 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2025.2600448View >
Mak, M. K. F., & Wagner, M. W. (2025). Multi-platform social media use and incidental exposure: A two-step analysis of the conjoint and distinct roles of network heterogeneity and homogeneity across platforms. Social Media + Society, 11(4). https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051251386721View >
Mak, M. K. F., Li, M., & Rojas, H. (2024). Social media and perceived political polarization: Role of perceived platform affordances, participation in uncivil political discussion, and perceived others’ engagement. Social Media + Society, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051241228595
Mak, M. K. F., Koo, A. Z. X., & Rojas, H. (2024). Social media engagement against fear of restrictions and surveillance: The mediating role of privacy management. New Media & Society, 26(4), 1984-2005. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448221077240
Mak, M. K. F. (2023). Explaining gender gap in news access across 30 countries: Resources, gender-bias signals, and societal development. The International Journal of Press/Politics, 28(3), 533–557. https://doi.org/10.1177/19401612211049444
Mak, M. K. F. (2023). Significant social movement as a critical event: The impact of journalists’ mutual attention on the differentiation between traditional and alternative media in the field. Journalism, 24(10), 2192-2212. https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849221097734
Mak, M. K. F., Chan, M., Lee, F. L. F., & Chen, H.-T. (2022). The mediating role of social recommendation in the relationship between concern over expression and social media news participation: A comparative study of six Asian societies. Asian Journal of Communication, 32(4), 271-289. https://doi.org/10.1080/01292986.2022.2046826
Mak, M. K. F., & Tse, H. (2022). Institutional activists’ participation in social movement: Examining the roles of perceived damage to work reputation, collective efficacy, and communication patterns. Social Movement Studies, 21(5), 697-715. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14742837.2021.1967123.
Tse, H., & Mak, M. K. F. (2022). Value dynamics in support to social movement: Hong Kong civil servants in the anti-extradition bill movement. Social Transformations in Chinese Societies, 18(2), 137-153. https://doi.org/10.1108/STICS-04-2021-0007
Chan, M., Hu, P., & Mak, M. K. F. (2022). Mediation analysis and warranted inferences in media and communication research. Examining research design in communication journals from 1996 to 2017. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 99(2), 463–486. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077699020961519
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