People & Projects
Starting out as the oldest communication programme in Hong Kong, we are now one of the region’s largest and most comprehensive communication schools. Faculty are actively engaged in collaborations with peers in other countries and continents. They are committed to making an impact beyond the academe, and work closely with industry, the professional community, civic groups, government, and international organisations. While deeply rooted in Hong Kong’s media and cultural scene, we have strong and growing connections with universities in Mainland China, as well as with peers around the world.
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
Research Projects
New research network to help boost Chinese journalism research
Founders of the Chinese Journalism Research Network: Luwei Rose Luqiu (HKBU), Haiyan Wang (U of Macao), and Kecheng Fang (CUHK) Department of Journalism associate professor…
The changing scope of Corporate Social Responsibility
Beyond the legal and economic responsibilities of doing business and generating revenue, major multinational corporations are obligated take active social roles to show their concern…
Human-AI interactions in healthcare: How algorithmic systems affect behaviour and decision-making
As Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital media technologies permeate different sectors of human activity, pertinent questions are being raised about how these can address problems…
School to launch Interactive Media Department on 1 July
Hong Kong Baptist University will soon be home to the city’s first Interactive Media Department (IMD). The cluster of academics forming IMD aims to cross…
HKBU to host Chinese Internet Research Conference
Although the world’s largest internet market by several measures, China’s online universe remains under-studied. The Chinese Internet Research Conference (CIRC) is a key annual event…
School behind two ICA 2022 pre-conferences
Themed pre-conferences are a major highlight of the International Communication Association’s annual conferences. The list of pre-conferences for ICA2022 feature two events (co-)organised by our…
Asia-Pacific Journalism Review connects media scholars and professionals at time of industry upheaval
The new Asia-Pacific Journalism Review (APJR) has released its inaugural issue amidst a climate of uncertainty over whether the news industry can meet the pressing need…
Global Storytelling journal publishes its first issue
The inaugural issue of Global Storytelling: Journal of Digital and Moving Images has been released, covering themes ranging from social movements in Hong Kong, and…
Researchers join the effort to overcome vaccine hesitancy in Hong Kong
The COVID-19 vaccination drive in Hong Kong began in February 2021. However, despite the government providing vaccination for its residents for free, till 13 July…
Gender, sexuality and the media: researchers expanding the boundaries of knowledge and critique
In line with the growing global interest in questions of gender and sexual justice, several faculty members and doctoral students in the School of Communication…
Research Impact and Knowledge Transfer
Interactive Media Scholar joins WHO Social Media Research Project
Jingyuan Jolie Shi of the School of Communication has been appointed to a World Health Organization (WHO) panel investigating how to convey health-related risks through…
Tackling Vaccine Hesitancy
Several of the School’s researchers are contributing to the university-wide “Overcoming Vaccine Hesitancy in Hong Kong”, which aims to provide authorities with timely incremental research…
International symposium held in the midst of a global pandemic grapples with ‘infodemics’
The importance of credible health information has been underlined by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Against this backdrop, the Centre for Media and Communication Research convened…
Forum: Ways to combat coronavirus misinformation
The coronavirus has taken the world by storm and generated a tremendous impact on people’s lives. In crises like this, people seek information to assess the situation and to protect themselves and their loved ones. However, concerns exist about the credibility and neutrality of ...
Webinar: Breaking news, how journalists report on the global pandemic
As COVID-19 reaches every corner of the globe, it is still hard to grasp the scale and scope of its worldwide impact. Virtually no aspect of our lives has been left unaffected. Journalists around the world are reporting on the pandemic from many different angles, ...
Webinar: How Chinese language journalists dig and tell COVID-19 stories
As COVID-19 reaches every corner of the globe, it is still hard to grasp the scale and scope of its worldwide impact. Virtually no aspect of our lives has been left unaffected. Journalists around the world are reporting on the pandemic from many different angles, ...
Materialism among children and youth
What factors may make children and adolescents adopt materialistic values? In the past 15 years, Professor Kara Chan (Department of Communication Studies) and her team conducted 14 studies on the ...
Persuasive health communication research increased Hong Kong’s organ donation registrants
Dr. Timothy Fung’s research changed health promotional practice and increased Hong Kong’s organ donation registrants. His research on persuasive health communication guided the message design of an animated video, entitled Say Your Wish, Save a Life, for organ donation promotion. In 2016, the government ...
Faculty-led Journals
Communication and Society 《傳播與社會學刊》
Co-published with the Chinese University of Hong Kong
