Faculty Research Fellow
Sherry Yu (Ph.D. 2012, Simon Fraser University) is Program Director of Journalism Joint Program in the Department of Arts, Culture and Media and holds a graduate appointment with the Faculty of Information. Her research explores multiculturalism, media, and social integration. She is the author of Diasporic Media beyond the Diaspora: Korean Media in Vancouver and Los Angeles (2018, UBC Press) and the co-editor of Ethnic Media in the Digital Age (2019, Routledge) and The Handbook of Ethnic Media in Canada (2023, McGill-Queen’s University Press). Her research also has been published in scholarly journals such as Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism, Journalism Studies, Television & New Media, Canadian Journal of Communication, Journal of Global Diaspora & Media, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, and Canadian Ethnic Studies. In 2021-2022 she held the JHI-UTSC Early Career Digital Humanities Faculty Fellowship.
Fellowship Research Project: Digital Diasporic Youth Media and Intercultural Dialogue
The proliferation of digital media platforms has created opportunities for diverse interest groups to form communicative spaces of their own. Diasporic communities in Canada are no exception, especially diasporic youth living ‘in-between’ two or more cultures of ‘where they are’ and ‘where they (or their parents) are from.’ While there is growing research attention to conventional diasporic media, less attention has been paid to diasporic youth media, when racial conflicts involving diasporic youth are rising. This study aims to map ‘digital diasporic youth media’ originating in Canada (tentatively defined as digital communicative spaces created by diasporic youth) and explore their potential to serve as critical agents in facilitating intercultural dialogue.