The Departmental Advisory Committee (DAC) meeting was held online on 31 August 2020. DAC, comprised of renowned professionals and scholars in the communication field, acts as the interface between the Department and the public and private sectors of the community. It advises the Department on the development of academic programmes, research and other activities to
The Department of Media and Communication conducted an orientation session for its two MA programs (MANCM & MAIMC) via Zoom on August 28th, 2020. COM Department head Prof. Liu Yuli welcomed the students to join the COM family and associate head Dr. Stella Chia hosted the orientation session. MA Program leaders, Dr Fei Shen and
While in-person classes are suspended due to the spread of COVID-19, the Department of Media and Communication oriented the students in three BA programmes (BDCOM, BAMDCM and BATVB) via Zoom On August 25th. Faculty members attended the orientation and introduced themselves to the students. Two programme leaders, Dr Crystal Jiang and Dr Limin Liang, walked
Yixin Zhou, a 3rd-year PhD student of the Department, recently obtained a Hong Kong Postdoctoral Fellowship from Research Grants Council (RGC). The Fellowship is a new funding scheme to support young research talents for three years to build up research and development careers in Hong Kong. Each year, 50 awardees are selected, through a keen competition,
Facebook recently announced the research award winners for its request for proposals on misinformation and polarization research (https://research.fb.com/blog/2020/08/announcing-the-winners-of-facebooks-request-for-proposals-on-misinformation-and-polarization/). Dr. Shen Fei (PI) and Dr. Tetsuro Kobayashi (Co-I)’s proposal is one of the 25 selected projects out of over 1,000 proposals from 600 institutions and 77 countries around the world. Proposals were evaluated by members of
