Prof. Jonathan Zhu has been appointed by China Computer Federation (CCF) an overseas member of the newly formed Task Force on Big Data ( TFBD, http://www.ccf.org.cn/sites/ccf/xhdtnry.jsp?contentId=2695711538901 ). Among the 70 members, 44 are from universities in mainland China, 16 from industry, and 10 from overseas including 4 from Hong Kong. The body aims to explore ways
The highly acclaimed visiting program for Young Media and Communication Scholars from the Mainland is now open for application. The application form can be obtained from the following location: https://ccr.cityu.edu.hk/duowenyaji/duowenyaji_application/ The selected scholars will be invited to take residence for one month, either in next March or next April. They will have plenty of opportunities
Professor Jan Servaes will become new Head of the Department of Media and Communictaion, starting on 2 January 2013. He is currently the UNESCO chair in communication for sustainable social change at the University of Massachusetts in the United States. A long-term friend of the Department, Professor Servaes has participated in six conferences held under the joint
Next week a group of 40 mainland scholars will gather in Taipei to participate in this year’s Communication Forum sponsored by the Department of Media and Communication. Since 2004-05, COM has hosted 113 young communication scholars from the mainland. Forming a strong “invisible college,” they also hold a communication forum every summer and this
Ten PhD students presented a total of nine papers at the 2012 annual conference of the World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR 2012), held at University of Hong Kong on June 14-16. The papers covered a variety of topics on public opinion in either real life or cyberspace (see the list below). Four of
