Sherry S. Yu

Biography

Sherry S. Yu is Associate Professor in the Department of Arts, Culture and Media, and the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto. She holds a Ph.D. in Communication from Simon Fraser University. 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. 

Research Interests

Ethnic/diasporic media; multiculturalism and media policies; critical journalism; comparative journalism; representation of diversity in media; new media and digital storytelling 

Publications

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

Ahadi, D., Yu, S. S., & Al-Rawi, A. (Eds.). (2023). The handbook of ethnic media in Canada. McGill-Queen’s University Press. https://www.mqup.ca/handbook-of-ethnic-media-in-canada--the-products-9780228019275.php 

Yu, S. S., & Matsaganis, M. D. (Eds.). (2019). Ethnic media in the digital age. New York; London: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Ethnic-Media-in-the-Digital-Age/Yu-Matsaganis/...

Yu, S. S. (2018). Diasporic media beyond the diaspora: Korean media in Vancouver and Los Angeles. Vancouver; Toronto: UBC Press. https://www.ubcpress.ca/diasporic-media-beyond-the-diaspora

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Yu, S. S. & Parke, J. J. (2023). Research inquiries for digital diaspora and digital diasporic media. Journal of Global Diaspora & Media, 4(1), 79–96, https://doi.org/10.1386/gdm_00035_1

Yu, S. S. (2021). Cultural diversity in Canadian television: The case of CBC's Kim's Convenience. Television & New Media. https://doi.org/10.1177/15274764211020085

Yu, S. S. (2018). Multi-ethnic public sphere and accessible ethnic media: Mapping English-language ethnic media. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 44(11), 1976-1993. 
https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2017.1346466

Yu, S. S. (2018). The commercialization of journalism: Ethnic media, news production, and business strategies in the digital era. Journalism Studies, 19(16), 2433-2450. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2017.1350116

Yu, S. S. (2017). Ethnic media as communities of practice: The cultural and institutional identities. Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism, 18(10), 1309-326. https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884916667133

Yu, S. S. (2017). Women in ethnic news media. Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism, 18(4), 425-445.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884915614242

Yu, S. S. (2016). Instrumentalization of ethnic media. Canadian Journal of Communication, 41(2), 343-351. https://doi.org/10.22230/cjc.2016v41n2a3019

Yu, S. S., & Ahadi, D. (2010). Promoting civic engagement through ethnic media. PLATFORM: Journal of Media and Communication, 2(2), 54-71. https://platformjmc.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/platformvol2issue2_yu_ahadi.pdf

Yu, S. S., & Murray, C. (2007). Ethnic media under a multicultural policy: The case of the Korean media in British Columbia. Canadian Ethnic Studies, 39(3), 99-124. https://doi.org/10.1353/ces.0.0054

BOOK CHAPTERS

Yu, S. S., & Ahadi, D. (2023). Researching Canadian ethnic media: Methodological challenges. In D. Ahadi, S. S. Yu, & A. Al-Rawi (Eds.), The handbook of ethnic media in Canada. McGill-Queen’s University Press. 

Yu, S. S., & Daniels, G. (2023). Journalism and ethnoracial minorities. In S. Allan (Ed.), The Routledge companion to news and journalism (pp. 412-420). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003174790

Kim, A. N., & Yu, S. S. (2022). The Other at home: A comparative analysis of coverage of an exiled Korean American K-pop star. In D. Oh (Ed.), Mediating the South Korean Other: Representations and discourses of difference in the post/neocolonial nation state (pp. 197-215). University of Michigan Press.  
https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.11938487

Yu, S. S. (2020). Beyond the Third Space: New communicative space in the making on YouTube. In K. Smets, K. Leurs, M. Georgiou, S. Witteborn, and R. Gajjala (Eds.), The SAGE handbook of media and migration (pp. 526-536). London: SAGE Publications Ltd. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781526476982

Yu, S. S. (2017). Ethnic media: Moving beyond boundaries. In C. Campbell (Ed.), The Routledge companion to media and race (pp. 160-172). New York; London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315778228

ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES
Yu, S. S. & Matsaganis, M. (2024). Ethnic Media. In Oxford Bibliographies in Communication. Oxford University Press. http://doi.org/10.1093/obo/9780199756841-0308

Yu, S. S. (2022, September 15). Ethnic media: a reflection and outlook on ethnic media research. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication. Last modified (blank). 
https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228613.013.1272

Yu, S. S. (2019). Ethnic journalism and the ethnic press. In T. P. Vos, F. Hanusch, D. Dimitrakopoulou, M. Geertsema-Sligh, and A. Sehl (Eds.), The international encyclopedia of journalism studies (pp. 561-568). Boston: Wiley Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118841570

Projects

For Building an Intercultural Journalism System in Urban Centres: Challenges and Opportunities for Ethnic-Mainstream Media Collaboration  
2023-2024 
School of Cities, University of Toronto 
https://schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/urban-challenge-grant-3-0-migration-belonging-and-thriving/ 

Digital Ethnic Media Hub
2021-2022 
Jackman Humanities Institute, University of Toronto
https://www.humanities.utoronto.ca/people/fellows/jhi-utsc-dh-fellow/she... 

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the Cultural Literacy and Social Integration of Canadians 
2020 – 2023  
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SHRCC)