HKU Research Hub of Population Studies: Symposium on Public Health in a Ubiquitous Media Environment: Big Data and Innovative Methods

Keynote Presentation

Rajiv N. Rimal

Data for Good: How Ubiquitous Media and Big Data can Shift Norms, Change Behaviours, and Improve Health

Rajiv N. Rimal
Johns Hopkins University

Speaker Introduction: King-wa Fu, The University of Hong Kong

Jeff Boissoneault Virtual Bar, Real Alcohol: Using VR to Understand Biopsychosocial Influences on Drinking Topography (via Zoom)


Junhan Chen The Role of Attention and Norm Perception in Online Comments’ Impact on Attitudes towards Sunscreen: An Eye-Tracking Approach


Edmund W. J. Lee Data Absenteeism in LLM-Generated Synthetic Health Surveys: A Comparative Study across ASEAN Countries


Moderator: Yuan-wei Yao,
The University of Hong Kong

Jeff Boissoneault

University of Minnesota

Junhan Chen

Junhan Chen

The University of Hong Kong

Edmund W. J. Lee

City University of Hong Kong

Haibo Yang Prefrontal Cortex Responses and Connection to Game Rewards and Losses: Evidences from fNIRS during Mobile Gameplay (via Zoom)

 

Christian Montag Going Beyond Self-report Assessments of Technology Use: Investigating Objective Screen Time Use in the Context of Depression, Anxiety, and Personality

 

Benjamin Becker Rewiring Social Brains: How AI and Social Media Target and Transform Evolutionary Shaped Social and Reward Circuits

 

Celine Song Mapping Digital Mental Health Discourse in Hong Kong’s Online Forums: A Mixed- Methods Study of Stigma, Disclosure, and Peer Support for AI-Enabled Public Health Interventions

 

Moderator: David Makram Bishai, The University of Hong Kong

Haibo Yang

Haibo Yang

Tianjin Normal University

Christian Montag

University of Macau

Benjamin Becker

The University of Hong Kong

Celine Song

Celine Song

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Sihui Chen Utilising GenAI in Personal Health Contexts: Investigating Information Seeking Motivations, Information Processing Behaviours and Behavioural Transformations Post-Information Exposure

 

Ye Sun Navigating the Media Ecosystem of Health Information: Cross-Platform Coordination of Real and Mis-information in China’s Online Environment

 

Hao Zhang Tailored Dialogues with Large Language Models to Counter Health Misconceptions: A Randomised Controlled Trial

 

Moderator: Junhan Chen,
The University of Hong Kong

Sihui Chen

Sihui Chen

The Hong Kong
Polytechnic University

Ye Sun

City University of Hong Kong

Hao Zhang

The University of Hong Kong

Donna S. C. Chu Friend or Foe: AI Imaginaries in Youth Narratives


Hui Jin Government Response and Public Sentiment in Major Public Health Crisis: Based on Generative AI Methods and the Big Data from Governmental Online Platform


Paul S. F. Yip Preferences for AI Functionalities in Emotional Counselling among Youth and Young Adults


Moderator: Cecilia Cheng,
The University of Hong Kong

Donna S. C. Chu

Donna S. C. Chu

The Chinese University of
Hong Kong

Hui Jin

Hui Jin

Zhejiang Sci-Tech University

Paul S. F. Yip

Paul S. F. Yip

The University of Hong Kong

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