YATING YU

Research Assistant Professor

Academic Qualifications

  • Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics and Communication (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR)

Research Interests

  • Main Disciplines: Communication; Linguistics; Women’s Studies

  • Methodology: Corpus-assisted Discourse Studies; (Critical) Discourse Analysis

  • Empirical Scopes: Gender Studies; Language and Identities; Mass Media

Recent Publications 

  • Yu, Y., Nartey, M., & Chen, J.* (Forthcoming). A critical discourse analysis of resistance to climate change in the Chinese English-language news media. Asian Studies Review.
  • Zhang, J. & Yu, Y.* (2023). Heterogeneous discursive representations of Chinese Dream: A corpus-assisted critical discourse analysis. Media Asia. https://doi.org/10.1080/01296612.2023.2243051
  • Yu, Y., Li, R*., & Chan, F.* (2023). A debate between hegemonic masculinity and the rise of gender nonconformity: Media representations of the ‘niangpao’ phenomenon in China. Women’s Studies International Forum.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2023.102811
  • Yu, Y., Li, R.*, & Chan, F.* (2023). Representing the “little fresh meat” phenomenon in the Chinese English-medium news media: A corpus-assisted critical discourse analysis. Journal of Asian and African Studies. https://doi.org/10.1177/00219096231184407
  • Yu, Y.*, & Lam, P. (2023). Representations of “leftover women” in the Chinese English-language news media: A key keyword analysis of the thematic concepts. Pragmatics and Society. https://doi.org/10.1075/ps.20073.yu
  • Yu, Y., Chan, F.*, & Huang, Q. (2023). Formulating the discourse of pro-work conservatism: A critical discourse analysis of Weibo posts in response to the implementation of three-child policy. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2023.2200589
  • Chan, F., & Yu, Y.* (2023). Building a global community of health for all: A positive discourse analysis of COVID-19 discourse. Discourse & Communication. https://doi.org/10.1177/17504813231163078
  • Yu, Y., Tay, D. & Yue, Q.* (2023). Media representations of China amid COVID-19: A corpus-assisted positive discourse analysis. Media International Australia. https://doi.org/10.1177/1329878X231159966
  • Yu, Y., Tay, D. & Yue, Q.* (2023). Media representations of China amid COVID-19: A corpus-assisted positive discourse analysis. Media International Australia. https://doi.org/10.1177/1329878X231159966
  • Yu, Y., & Tian, F.* (2023). Leftover or individualised? Representations of Chinese single womanhood in western English-language news media. Asian Studies Review, 47(2), 264-280. https://doi.org/10.1080/10357823.2021.2023095

Contact Details

Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS)
University of Macau
Avenida da Universidade, Taipa, Macao
Humanities & Social Sciences Building (E21B), 2067
E-mail: yatingyu@um.edu.mo
Tel: (853) 8822 8839