About the Center

The Centre for Communication Research was founded in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Science at the City University of Hong Kong in 2005 . The center was initially funded by the University, supplemented with external grants from such sources as the Research Grants Committee of Hong Kong, Google, and the Taipei City Government. The core members are at the forefront of research and publication in International Communication, Media Effects, New Media, Communication for Social Change, and Political Economy of the Media. Closely affiliated with the Department of Media and Communication, the Centre has collaborated with a wide network of interdisciplinary scholars from around the world.

Informal Workshops on Quantitative Methods Continued

As a continuation of the long-standing tradition (http://www.cityu.edu.hk/com/Page_Frame.aspx?type=news&id=182, http://www.cityu.edu.hk/com/Page_Frame.aspx?type=news&id=194 ), Dr Stella Chia and Prof Jonathan Zhu are offering this semester informal workshops on elementary statistical analysis and SPSS programming this semester. Doctoral students are all welcome with those in year 1 beining particularly encouraged to attend. Workshop notes can be obtained from http://weblab.com.cityu.edu.hk/blog/workshops/com-spss-syntax/. (Jonathan