23 October 2014

New grants fund JMSC social media and censorship research

JMSC Assistant Professor Fu King-Wa has been awarded two new grants to continue his work investigating the behaviour of social media users in China and Hong Kong and assessing the extent of Chinese government censorship. […]
15 October 2014

JMSC to Host Workshop on Integrated Marketing Communication for Behavioural Impact

Organised by: Journalism and Media Studies Centre, The University of Hong Kong Course Instructor: Everold N. Hosein, Ph.D. WHO/UNICEF Senior Communication Advisor/Consultant; Adjunct Professor, New York University (NYU); Coordinator of the Joint WHO/NYU Annual Summer […]
1 October 2014

Student-run page that vets protest rumours swamped with ‘likes’

The bi-lingual site, called VerifiedHK, provides fact-checked protest information including reliable news reports, photos and logistics updates through Facebook and Twitter, and also responds to individual requests for verified information through Google.
29 September 2014

JMSC teaching goes global with launch of HKU MOOC

Education in health risk communication has been made accessible to a global audience with the launch of the University of Hong Kong’s first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), Epidemics, developed in conjunction with the Journalism […]
29 September 2014

“Assignment: China” documentary to be screened at HKU

China Watching is a documentary screening and discussion by Mike Chinoy, the producer of Assignment: China and former CNN Senior Asia Correspondent and Beijing Bureau Chief. The screening is 25 November 2014, from 6:30 to 8:30pm.
14 September 2014

Can Video Journalism Save Online Newspaper Readership?

Quality video journalism combined with text offers stories increased depth and can add months of published life to a text article that may otherwise be forgotten in days, according to Ian Lang, an award-winning television […]