Hoiling Chan is a PhD student in criminology and sociology. Her research interests are languages, media representation, inequality, sexual violence, intersectionality and multi-disadvantaged groups, with a particular focus on intersections of gender and age.
She holds a BA in Linguistics from the University of Hamburg and an MA in Gender and Queer Studies from the University of Cologne in Germany. Her master’s thesis was on the representation of gender and middle-age in the UK press. After her MA, she desired to expand her research on the topic and was awarded the SSH PhD studentship by Loughborough University for her PhD research.
Media Representations of Sexual Violence Against Older Adults. An intersectional analysis of digital news in the UK and Germany
PGR Supervisors: Dr Iris Wigger and Dr Olivia Smith
Hoiling is currently working on her PhD research project titled 'Media Representations of Sexual Violence Against Older Adults. An intersectional analysis of digital news in the UK and Germany'.
In her PhD study, she aims to combine her research interests and fill the gap in academia on media representations of sexual violence against older adults. Her qualitative research looks at how sexual violence against older adults is portrayed in the UK and German online newspapers and aims to examine critically how rape myths and ageist stereotypes intersect in media representations. She aims to analyse the stereotypes portrayed systematically and suggest more inclusive and differentiated reportage.
Chan, H. L. & Fuchs, R. (2023). Revisiting the vowels of Hong Kong English - the post-handover generation. Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS 2023), Prague.