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.

Mainland Young Scholars’ Program Accepts Applications

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

Jan Servaes to be New Head

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

COM’s Mainland Scholars Go to Taipei

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

Strong Show by PhD students at WAPOR 2012

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

Professor Lee to Hold ICA's Master Class

Professor Lee Chin-Chuan has been invited to hold a Master Class at the annual convention of the International Communication Association (ICA) on 27 May 2012 in Phoenix, Arizona.  His topic will be “On being an international scholar.”   This will be the second year in which ICA hosts master classes at the conference.  Besides Professor Lee,