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.

New Google Policy Fellow Appointed

The call for this year's Google Policy Fellowship's Asia Chapter attracted over fifty applicants from all over the world. We are very grateful for their keen interest in the program. After carefully evaluating all the applications and interviewing four finalists, the selection panel picked Sonya Song of Michigan State University to be the Google Policy

Faculty Wins Top Paper Award

Professor Lee Chin-Chuan is a coauthor of a paper that wins the 3rd biennual Journal of Language and Social Psychology Best Paper Award. The award will be presented by the International Association of Language and Social Psychology (IALSP) in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands on 20-23 June 2012. The paper is titled, “Media Discourse on Globalization in

Google Policy Fellowship now Open

The Department of Media and Communication (COM) and the Centre for Communication Research (CCR) at City University of Hong Kong will be hosting the second Asia Pacific Chapter of the Google Policy Fellowship in 2012.   The Google Policy Fellowship is a part of Google’s global research initiative in the area of Internet law and