Sherry Yu
Associate Professor, Faculty of Information
Associate Professor, Department of Arts, Culture and Media (UTSC)
Areas of interest
- Ethnic/Diasporic Media
- Multiculturalism and Media Policies
- Comparative Journalism
- Representation of Diversity in Media
- New Media and Digital Storytelling
Biography
Main Bio
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.
Select 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., & Bannerman, S. (2025). The Online News Act and ethnic media. Canadian Journal of Communication. 50(2), 195–206. https://doi.org/10.3138/cjc-2024-0026
- Yu, S. S., & Atrchian, B. (2025). Digital journalism, ethnic media, and transcultural potential. Communication, Culture and Critique. https://doi.org/10.1093/ccc/tcae048
- 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. (2024). Approaching intersectionality through scaffolded courses. In N. S. Rodriguez (Ed.), Instructing intersectionality: Critical and practical application in the journalism and mass communication classroom (pp. 139-151). Rowman & Littlefield.
- 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/9780199756841-0308Opens a new window
- 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