Professor Yu-li Liu, Dr. Joe He, and the TO staff of COM visited the Phoenix Satellite Television Station to consolidate the mutual strategic collaboration on 27 April. Prof. Liu and Dr. He met with Mr. Lu Ningsi, Executive Chief Editor of the Infonews Channel of the Phoenix Satellite Television Station, and discussed further collaborative projects,
This online panel discussion brought together three panelists to discuss the state of media communication research in the context of a global pandemic. First, Professor Jonathan Zhu presented an overarching argument and discussed how media communication research can use credible evidence to advise political and healthcare authorities to mobilize the public to get ready for
Dr. Fei “Chris” Shen presented his project on gauging public opinion in Hong Kong by using text data collected from online discussion platforms and comment sections of news media. Despite the many technical obstacles, including word segmentation of Cantonese language and quantification of public sentiments, the project successfully attained its objects, indicating the possibility to
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.
