School of Humanities and Social Science Division of Social Science 204 Reconstructing Historical Lives from Demographic Data Supervisor: GIETEL-BASTEN Stuart Arthur / SOSC Student: NGAU Ming De Pearl / GCS Course: UROP1100, Fall Focusing on the links between population and policy in Asia, “Reconstructing Historical Lives from Demographic Data” has adopted archival research method gathering historical data from FamilySearch to analyse critical social issues among Asian countries, including the emergence of low fertility and the consequences of this in terms of population ageing and growth. Based on the extensive empirical research done in Asia, archival-based analytical research is thought to develop a more thorough knowledge of social concerns in Asia and revise and support the implementation of policies. Repressing the Emotion: Censorship of Popular Culture under Authoritarianism Supervisor: HONG Jean (Ji Yeon) / SOSC Student: CHAN Ho Wai / GCS Course: UROP1100, Fall The political climate in Hong Kong encountered a drastic change after 2019 . Major events like the antiextradition law movement in 2019, legislation of National Security Law 2020 and the reformation of the electoral system of the legislative council created huge changes in Hong Kong’s politics. With a series of important social movements and institutional reforms, it is unavoidably that the general public and the press changed their attitude towards the HKSAR government and the central government. The paper demonstrates the changes in public sentiment as well as the changes in magnitude of the propaganda effect. By adopting textual analysis through R studio, sentiment analysis and topic modeling would visualize the results. It was discovered that the sentiment score towards the HKSAR government had improved from 20192021. It was also discovered that the authority may make tremendous efforts in propaganda where the propaganda wordings appeared more frequently. Furthermore, the topic of the NewsPaper articles primarily focussed on the Social event in Hong Kong. For example, the social protest in 2019, national security law legislation in 2020. The research findings would provide insights for future analysis and further interpretation related to the relationship between the government and the media.
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