School of Humanities and Social Science Division of Social Science 227 Chinese and English Media Representation of Migrant Domestic Workers in Hong Kong Supervisor: GROVES Julian Mcallister / SOSC Student: WONG Mei Yue / CIVL Course: UROP1100, Fall The project examines migrant domestic worker-related articles on print media as well as documentaries aired on public channels in Hong Kong in 2014 and discusses how workers are represented differently. The student is involved in translating documentaries and quantifying the occurrences of several predefined music, visual images and interviewee perspectives of the documentaries using the software NVivo. Comparisons of documentaries produced in English and Chinese by the same media company are made. The data collected verifies the hypothesis that the Chinese media display signs of tabloidization and adopts an objectivity ritual, also selecting their perspectives featured to cater to its target audience, while the English media often stand with the welfare and rights of workers. Understanding Socioeconomic Determinants of Crimes in China Supervisor: HE Guojun / SOSC Student: CEN Yonglin / IS Course: UROP2100, Fall Violence against healthcare staff including doctors and nurses has been a long existing issue in China. These violent incidents often occurred as the offenders was trying to air their grievances and dissatisfaction. This study sets out to explore the determinants of such incidents by investigating the causes of patients’ dissatisfaction in healthcare settings. We have collected negative reviews on one of the largest healthcare community platform in China, Haodf, and will look into these comments and explore the major causes of patients’ dissatisfaction. This report summarizes the progress we have made and also reports the insights we have gained so far. Understanding Socioeconomic Determinants of Crimes in China Supervisor: HE Guojun / SOSC Student: WANG Yilin / GCS Course: UROP4100, Fall Back in the 1990s, there were several cases where the offenders killed the victims in coal mines and pretended to be their relatives to ask for compensation. The revealing of this type of crime that involves both murder and fraud shocked the public and it was named the blind shaft style crime because of a movie that reflects it. The egregious nature of such cases has caused concern in the community. However, due to the lack of research data, the literature on this type of crime is limited. This study regenerates data from previous research, judgment database and online news, aiming to provide an overview of this type of crime and explore the socioeconomic determinants of this type of crime.
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