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
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
Probing ‘Fake News’ in Greater China
The project will explicate the emic and etic definitions of fake news within the current media landscape and explore news credibility in relation to the various aspects of news production, consumption and perception.
New journal explores the affect and social impact of the moving images
Global Storytelling: Journal of Digital and Moving Image, housed at the Academy of Film and published by the University of Michigan Press, will serve as an international and interdisciplinary forum for intellectual debates concerning the politics, economics, culture, media and technology of the moving image.
Promoting health through evidence-based persuasive message strategies
Making decisions related to health – physical, mental and emotional wellbeing – can be a matter of life and death. This is why governments invest billions of dollars annually into health education. But health promotional campaigns do not always achieve their desired objectives. Associate Professor Timothy Fung ...
Research Impact and Knowledge Transfer
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