Dr Yating Yu
Postdoctoral Fellow
- FG325
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- yating-tiff.yu@polyu.edu.hk
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My research focuses on gendered, sociocultural, and media discourses with the aim of understanding how people in society use language for representations, (de)legitimation, and identity-construction. I am interested in exploring the interplay of discourse, discursive (i.e. journalism) practice, and sociocultural context from a critical perspective so as to uncover the ideological implications. The main analytical/theoretical frameworks that I adopt are corpus-assisted discourse analysis and critical discourse analysis.
Education and Academic Qualifications
- Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2020)
- Master of Arts in English Language Arts (Distinction), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2013)
Research Interests
Research Output
- Yu, Y., Tay, D. & Le, Q.* (Forthcoming). Media representations of China amid COVID-19: A corpus-assisted positive discourse analysis. Media International Australia. (2021 SSCI Communication Q3; Citations: 0)
- Yu, Y., Chan, F.*, & Huang, Q. (Forthcoming). Formulating the discourse of pro-work conservatism: A critical discourse analysis of Weibo posts in response to the implementation of three-child policy. Feminist Media Studies. (2021 SSCI Women’s Studies Q2; Communication Q3; Citations: 0)
- Yu, Y., Nartey, M., & Chen, J.* (Forthcoming). A critical discourse analysis of resistance to climate change in the Chinese English-language news media. Asian Studies Review. (2021 SSCI Area Studies Q2; SSCI Cultural Studies Q2; AHCI; Citations: 0)
- Chan, F., & Yu, Y.* (Forthcoming). Building a global community of health for all: A positive discourse analysis of COVID-19 discourse. Discourse & Communication. (2021 SSCI Communication Q4; Citations: 0)
- Yu, Y.*, & Lam, P. (Forthcoming). Representations of “leftover women” in the Chinese English-language news media: A key keyword analysis of the thematic concepts. Pragmatics and Society. (2021 SSCI Linguistics Q3; AHCI; Citations: 0)
- Yu, Y.* (2023). Media representations of foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong: A Corpus-assisted discourse analysis. Text & Talk. (2021 SSCI Linguistics Q3; AHCI; Citations: 0)
- Nartey, M., & Yu, Y.* (2023). A discourse analytic study of #FixTheCountry on Ghanaian Twitter. Social Media + Society. (2021 SSCI Communication Q1; Citations: 0)
- Yu, Y.* (2022). Representations of “leftover” women and men: A keyword analysis of similarities and differences. Text & Talk. (2021 SSCI Linguistics Q3; Communication Q4; AHCI; Citations: 0)
- Yu, Y.*, Coffie, J. A., & Feng, D. Z. (2022). Tradition, modernity, and the visual representation of“leftover women” in the English language news media in China. Feminist Media Studies. (2021 SSCI Women’s Studies Q2; Communication Q3; Citations: 1)
- Yu, Y.* (2022). Resisting foreign hostility in China’s English-language news media during the COVID-19 crisis. Asian Studies Review, 46(2), 254-271. (2021 SSCI Area Studies Q2; SSCI Cultural Studies Q2; AHCI; Citations: 9)
- Yu, Y.* (2022). Perpetuating and/or resisting the “leftover” myth? The use of (de)legitimation strategies in the Chinese English-language news media. Feminist Media Studies. 22(3), 714-731. (2021 SSCI Women’s Studies Q2; Communication Q3; Citations: 14)
- Yu, Y.*, & Sui, H.* (2022). The anxiety over soft masculinity: A critical discourse analysis of the “Prevention of Feminisation of Male Teenagers” debate in the Chinese-language news media. Feminist Media Studies. (2021 SSCI Women’s Studies Q2; Communication Q3; Citations: 5)
- Yu, Y., & Tian, F.* (2022). Leftover or individualised? Representations of Chinese single womanhood in Western English-language news media. Asian Studies Review. (2021 SSCI Area Studies Q2; SSCI Cultural Studies Q2; AHCI; Citations: 4)
- Yu, Y.*, & Nartey, M. (2021). Constructing the myth of protest masculinity in the Chinese English-language news media: A critical discourse analysis of the representations of ‘leftover men’. Gender and Language, 15(2), 184–206. (2021 SSCI Linguistics Q1; SSCI Women’s Studies Q2; AHCI; Citations: 9)
- Yu, Y.* (2021). Metaphorical representations of “leftover women”: between traditional patriarchy and modern egalitarianism. Social Semiotics, 31(2), 248-265. (2021 SSCI Linguistics Q2; SSCI Communication Q4; AHCI; Citations: 28)
- Yu, Y.*, & Tay, D. (2020). A mixed-method analysis of image-schematic metaphors in describing anger, anxiety, and depression. Metaphor and the Social World, 10(2), 253–272. (Citations: 5)
- Yu, Y.* (2019). Media representations of “leftover women” in China: A corpus-assisted critical discourse analysis. Gender and Language, 13(3), 369–395. (2019 SSCI Linguistics Q3; SSCI Women’s Studies Q4; AHCI; Citations: 28)
- Yu, Y.* (2014). Gender and conversational humour in a televised situational comedy: Implications for EFL contexts. English for Specific Purposes World, 43(15), 1-28. (Citations: 7)
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Yu, Y. (2022). Legitimising a global fight for a shared future: A critical metaphor analysis of the reportage of COVID-19 in China Daily. In A. Musolff, R. Breeze, K. Kondo, & S. Vilar-Lluch (Eds.), Pandemic and Crisis Discourse. Communicating COVID-19. London: Bloomsbury.
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Yu, Y.,* & Tay, D. (Forthcoming). Formulating a discourse of solidarity amid COVID-19: A positive discourse analysis of remarks given by China's foreign ministry spokespersons. In F. Rossette, & E. Buckwalter (Eds.), Covid, Culture and Communication. London: Routledge.
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2021 July – Present |
Hong Kong RGC Postdoctoral Fellow |
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2021 January – June |
The PolyU Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow |
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2021 |
ICR Outstanding Corpus Thesis Award |
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2021 |
Outstanding Publication Award for PhD/Doctoral Students 2020/21 (HKD3,000) |
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2021 |
Emerging Scholar Award (a fee waiver for the conference registration) |
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2020 |
Emerging Scholar Award (a fee waiver for the conference registration) |
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2020 |
The ASAA Postgraduate Award (AUD250) |
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2018 |
Best Paper Award (Honorable Mention) |
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2017 |
PhD Scholarship (Around HKD650,000) |
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2016 |
President’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Administrative Services (HKD20,000 for a four-member team) |
| 2013 | Postgraduate Performance Award (HKD5,000) The Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
- Yu, Y. (2023). Media representations of China amid COVID-19: A corpus-assisted positive discourse analysis. The Malaysian Corpus & Applied Linguistics Bimonthly Webinar. University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia. 24 February 2023.
- Yu, Y. (2022). Constructing the myth of protest masculinity in the Chinese English-language news media: A critical discourse analysis of the representations of “leftover men”. The Language, Ideology and Power (LIP) research group. Lancaster University, United Kingdom. 10 February 2022.
- Yu, Y. (2020). Media representations of “leftover women” in China: A corpus-assisted critical discourse analysis. ENGL-RCPCE PhD Student Talk Series. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. 22 October 2020.
- External reviewer: Communication and the Public (ESCI), Feminist Media Studies (SSCI), Journal of Language and Discrimination, Metaphor and the Social World (ESCI), Poznan Studies in Contemporary Linguistics (SSCI; AHCI), Pragmatics (SSCI; AHCI), Review of Cognitive Linguistics (SSCI; AHCI), Social Semiotics (SSCI; AHCI), SAGE Open (SSCI),
- Scientific committee member, Joint Postgraduate Student Symposium on Language, Culture and Cognition. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. April 2022.
- Conference program committee member, Digital Humanities Benelux. Leiden University, Netherlands. 2–4 June 2021.
- Session chair, International Conference on ESP, New Technologies and Digital Learning, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. 7-9 December 2017.
- Hall Tutor and Conciliator, Hung Hom Student Halls of Residence, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2021 July – Present.
- Hall Tutor and Treasurer, Homantin Student Halls of Residence, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2018 October – 2021 June.
- Secretary, PhD Student/Staff Consultative Group Meetings, Department of English and Communication, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2019 September – 2020 August.