Featured Faculty Profiles
Combating Infodemic Frenzy: Chair Professor unravels the Dynamics of Misinformation Flow in Four Chinese Societies
For the past three decades, Ran Wei’s scholarly pursuit has been grounded in the psychology of mass media effects, social change, and cognitive bias, as…
From meritocracy and multiracialism to the movies: A ‘most-cited’ professor explains his critical approach to studying society
Kenneth Paul Tan is a scholar who defies easy categorization. His nine books, numerous journal articles, book chapters, and other works reflect a transdisciplinary agenda…
Daya Thussu elected as IAMCR President 2024-28
Daya Thussu was elected as the 13th President of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) in April 2024. He is the first…
Cherian George is HKBU’s first ICA Fellow
Cherian George was inducted as a Fellow of the International Communication Association at ICA’s annual conference in Paris in May 2022. He is HKBU’s first…
Social Media at the Workplace: Boon or Bane?
Communication science scholar Jos Bartels joined Hong Kong Baptist University in 2020 under its Talent100 initiative. A Dutch native, Bartels started his career at the…
Journalism Scholar Wins Prestigious Fellowship Award
Journalism scholar Celine Song has received the Humanities and Social Sciences Prestigious Fellowship (HSSPFS) for her project studying news coverage about climate change in China,…
Journey from a Newsroom to a Classroom
Born and brought up in China, Rose Luwei Luqiu nurtured a desire to become a journalist from the age of 10. After studying philosophy and…
Hong Kong media outlets in the eye of COVID-19 storm
Even as the on-going pandemic heightens the need for reliable news and information, Hong Kong media’s capacity to serve that demand has been severely hit, according to a new study by Dr. Janet Lo.
Dr Janet Lo - Department of Journalism
Cultural identities and political idealism in Chinese cinema
From studying comparative literature at the University of Washington and earning a doctorate in East Asian languages and civilisation at Harvard, to venturing into cinema and literary studies early in his academic career, Dr Kenny Ng Kwok Kwan’s journey in the academe has led ...
Dr Kenny Ng - Academy of Film
Studying the emerging giants in global communication
Analysing the impact of emerging giants China and India on the geopolitics of global communication is the ambitious task that Professor Daya Thussu has decided to set himself. He is working on a monograph, The Changing Geopolitics of Global Communication, which will draw on two ...
Professor Daya Thussu - Department of Journalism