Yanyan Hong
Higher Degree by Research Candidate
School of Humanities
Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics
Yanyan is a PhD Candidate in the field of communication and media studies in the Department of English, Creative Writing and Film Studies at the University of Adelaide (2022 - present), and a TED Language Coordinator for Chinese, Simplified language community (2017 - present). She received her Bachelor’s degree in Digital Media in 2018 and Master’s degree in Communication for Social Change in 2020 at the University of Queensland (UQ). In addition to doing research and translating TED Talks, she also translates films and is a Bollywood aficionado. In fact, one of Yanyan’s guiding mottos comes from the words of Bollywood icon (and TED speaker) Shah Rukh Khan: “To have faith is to have wings.”
As a Bollywood aficionado of Chinese origin for about 15 years (having watched more than 1,200 Indian films and counting!), Yanyan's current research is focused on contemporary Indian cinema in global contexts.
Research Interests:
- Indian Cinema, in particular Bollywood
- Digital Media
- Communication (for Social Change!)
- Cross-cultural or intercultural communication
- Screen and media culture
- Film and photography
- Global cinema
- Transnationalism and migration
- Audience Reception
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Language Competencies
Language Competency Chinese (Mandarin) Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review Japanese Can read -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2019 - 2020 The University of Queensland Australia Master of Communication 2016 - 2018 The University of Queensland Australia Bachelor of Communication -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2023 Liu, S., Hong, Y., Gallois, C., Haslam, C., Jetten, J., Tran, T. L. N., & Dane, S. (2023). Contributors to social well-being from the perspective of older migrants in Australia. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 49(9), 2247-2263.
Scopus22021 Hong, Y. (2021). The power of Bollywood: A study on opportunities, challenges, and audiences’ perceptions of Indian cinema in China. Global Media and China, 6(3), 345-363.
Scopus10 WoS72020 Liu, S., & Hong, Y. (2020). Negotiating balance of cultures in families of Chinese immigrants in Australia. China Media Research.
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Memberships
Date Role Membership Country 2023 - ongoing Member The International Society for the Linguistics of English (ISLE) United Kingdom 2022 - ongoing Member Screen Studies Association of Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand (SSAAANZ) Australia 2017 - ongoing Member TED Conferences, LLC. United States -
Editorial Boards
Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country 2023 - ongoing Board Member Adelaide Journal of Social Science (AJSS) University of Adelaide Australia
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