DR TANG KIN YAT GARY

HomeACADEMIC STAFFDR TANG KIN YAT GARY
  • BSSc (CUHK)
  • MPhil (CUHK)
  • PhD (CUHK)

Associate Professor, Department of Social Science
Associate Director, Centre for Public Policy Research

Tel : (852) 3963 5446
Email : garytang@hsu.edu.hk
HSUHK Scholar: Kin Yat Gary Tang – The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong
ResearchGate: Gary Tang
Google Scholar: ‪Gary Tang‬ – ‪Google Scholar‬
LinkedIn: (6) Gary Tang | LinkedIn

ORCID: 0000-0002-5274-9879

Gary Tang obtained PhD of communication at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His research interests include political communication, and social media.

Research Interests

Political Communication; Social Media

Courses Taught

  • ASI2000 Social Science Research Methods
  • PPE1005 Public Administration in the Global Perspective
  • GEN1013 Technology and Society
  • PRG6301 Political Communication in Public Policy
  • PRG6103 Public Policy Research Methods

Awards

  • Top Paper Award, Political Communication Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Conference 2023. [Dennis Leung and Gary Tang, “Press – Police Relations after Critical Event:  Media Representations of Police Misconduct in Post-Social Movement Hong Kong”.]
  • Social Movement Studies Journal’s 2022 Britta Baumgarten Memorial Prize – Honorable Mentioning. [Samson Yuen and Gary Tang, “Instagram and Social Capital: Youth Activism in a Networked Movement”.]
  • Top Faculty Paper Award, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Conference 2013. [Gary Tang and Francis L. F. Lee, “Facebook Use and Political Participation: The Impact of Exposure to Shared Political Information, Connections with Opinion Leaders, and Network Heterogeneity”.]

Grants​, Publications, and Conference Presentations

Refer to his profile on HSUHK Scholars: https://scholars.hsu.edu.hk/en/persons/gary-k-y-tang/