Dr. Jie Qin, a PhD graduate of Department of Media & Communication in 2014, has received a job offer as Professor of Communication in School of Liberal Arts at Savannah College of Arts and Design, the United States, in the coming September. As the first awardee of the prestigious Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme
Three COM faculty members received funding from the Public Policy Research (PPR) Funding Scheme (Special Round) hosted by the Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office. The special round PPR is set up to “identifying the underlying causes and recommending solutions to address the deep-seated problems of Hong Kong society through conducting evidence-based policy research.” (https://www.pico.gov.hk/en/PRFS/specialRound.html) Dr.
The International Communication Association (ICA) has recently announced that the 70th Annual Conference of the ICA, scheduled for 21-25 May 2020, will not be taking place as a physical event in light of the global novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Instead, it will be convening in May, with its theme of Open Communication, as an entirely virtual
In January 2020, the Department of Communication and Media warmly welcomed Professor Yi-Hui Christine Huang as Chair Professor of Communication and Media. Professor Huang also began service that month as Associate Editor of the Journal of Public Relations Research. The most recent impact factor for the Journal is 2.125; its five-year impact factor is 3.442; and it now ranks 25th out
Dr. Tetsuro Kobayashi, an associate professor in the Department of Media and Communication at City University of Hong Kong, has recently published a paper in New Media & Society, one of the top journals in Communication. This study qualified the widely shared view that the high-choice nature of social media use leads to political polarization
