Dr Blair Ying Jin

Research Assistant Professor

AG414
+852 2766 7557
blairying.jin@polyu.edu.hk

ORCID ID

Research Gate

Research Overview

My research covers three main areas: conversation analysis, health communication, and social media discourse analysis. I also have a secondary interest in data analytics. I am currently collaborating with my supervisor on social media discourse analysis.

Education and Academic Qualifications

PhD in Linguistics, Department of English, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
MA in English Language Studies, Department of English, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
MSc in International Business, Nottingham University China, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
BA in English, Wanli University, China

Academic and Professional Experience

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (under UM-Talents Program), Department of English, University of Macau, Macau
Lecturer (Part-time), HKUSPACE, Hong Kong
Research Associate (Part-time), Department of English, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Teaching Assistant (Part-time): Department of English, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Teaching Areas

Academic Writing
Conversation Analysis

Research Interests

Research Output

Jin, Y. (forthcoming June 2022). Doctor-patient communication in Chinese and Western Medicine. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003161929

Jin, Y. & Kim, Y. H. (2022). Dietary advice in chronic care: comparing traditional Chinese and western medicine practiced in mainland China. Social Science & Medicine, 292, 114621. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114621
Jin, Y., Kim, Y. H., & Carlin, A. (2021). Co-topical small talk: Troubles-telling in traditional Chinese medical encounters. Applied Linguistics. https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amab057
Jin, Y. & Tay, D. (2021). Discretion: The final particle ou and its functions in medical advice-giving. Chinese Language and Discourse. 12(2): 158-180. https://doi.org/10.1075/cld.20010.jin
Turnbull, M., Jin, Y., Yau, A., Lai, S., Cheung, Y. & Watson, B. (2020), mHealth in hyper-connected Hong Kong: Examining attitudes and access to mobile devices and health information among older Chinese residents. mHealth, 7, 43. https://dx.doi.org/10.21037%2Fmhealth-20-123
Turnbull, M., Watson, B., Jin, Y., Lok, B., & Sanderson, A. (2020). Vicarious trauma, social media and recovery in Hong Kong. Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 51, 102032. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102032
Jin, Y. & Watson, B. (2020). Playback and the negotiation of roles and identities: An investigation of traditional Chinese medical consultations. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 39 (5-6): 716-737. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0261927X20908614
Jin, Y. (2018). Small talk in medical conversations: Data from China. Journal of Pragmatics, 134, 31-44. (SSCI: 1.350) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2018.06.011
Jin, Y. & Tay, D. (2017). Comparing Doctor-Elderly Patient Communication between Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine Encounters: Data from China. Communication & Medicine, 14,121-134. https://doi.org/10.1558/cam.31872
Jin, Y. (2017). Review of Östman, Jan-Ola & Anna Solin, (eds) (2016) Discourse and responsibility in professional settings. Pragmatics & Society, 8, 318-322. (SSCI: 0.429) https://doi.org/10.1075/ps.8.2.08yin

Sheeran, N., Jin, Y., Pines, R., & Jones, L. (Accepted). Communication accommodation theory. In The international encyclopedia of health communication.
Jin, Y. (2020). Framing boundaries of medical interactions: Data from China. In Watson, B. M. & Krieger, J. (Eds.), Expanding horizons in health communication: An Asian perspective (pp. 107-131). Hong Kong: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4389-0_6

Jin, Y. & Tay, D. (2022). Online blame discourse. To be presented at The 17th International Conference on Language and Social Psychology (ICLASP17), Hong Kong.
Jin, Y., Jones, L., Occhipinti, S., Baquiano, M., Pamoso, A., Elwin, M., & Ang, A. (2021). Hedging and identity positioning: culture and interview discourse about health stigma. Presented at the IALSP-AASP (Association of Asian Social Psychology) 2021 virtual symposium.
Jin, Y. (2020). Exploring communication and chronic disease: Empirical evidence from doctor-patient encounters in Mainland China. Presented at ICA (International Communication Associateion) 2020 virtual conference.
Jin, Y. (2020). Are you satisfied or not: A comparative study of patient evaluations of doctors' communicative behaviors in TCM and WM practiced in China. Presented at ICA (International Communication Associateion) 2020 virtual conference.
Jin, Y. (2019). I am the authority but I am doing friendship: The use of utterance-final particles in persuasive medical activities. Paper presented at the 16th International Pragmatics Conference. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
Jin, Y. (2018). Lifestyle communication in medical interviews: Data from China. Paper presented at the International Conference on Language and Social Psychology. University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
Jin, Y. (2018). Greetings in medical consultations. Paper presented at the Expanding Horizons in Health Communication Symposium. IRCAHC (International Research Center for the Advancement of Health Communication). The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
Jin, Y. (2016). Doctor-patient communication in Chinese contexts: An exploratory study of the similarities and differences between traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine. Paper presented at COMET 2016 (14th International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Communication, Medicine and Ethics). Danish Institute of Humanities and Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg.