Department of Communication, University of Macau has joined the Ph.D. Student Symposia of Chinese Research Alliance on Journalism and Communication (short term: five-school alliance), which includes the City University of Hong Kong (CityU), Communication University of China (CUC), Fudan University (Fudan), and Taiwan National University (TNU), all are distinguished in their programmes of
Students from the University of Macau (UM) Department of Communication recently won six prizes for their publication, the 2014 spring issue of Umac Bridges, at the Campus Newspaper Awards 2014, including two first prizes in the overall design category and the news page design category, three second prizes in the campus news reporting
Communication and New Media Society (CNMS), which is under the umbrella of the University of Macau Postgraduate Association, was established on May 5, 2014. CNMS is mainly composed of MA and PhD students from the Department of Communication and open to all graduate students who are interested in new media studies at UM.
The 3-day conference has attracted some 120 scholars, researchers, professors and graduate students working in film, media and popular culture studies from the interdisciplinary field of the arts, humanities and social sciences. In addition to a wide array of paper presentations, it also features three keynote lectures by distinguished scholars of international reputation,
The Spring 2014 CommFest features student work from the Department of Communication, with film screenings of the Gateway Video Workshop, 3motion, and the release of the new edition of Umac Bridges. It will be held in the X-hall 19:00-22:00 May 14th, 15th, and 16th. More details on facebook.
Zhu Wenbo, a master’s student from the Department of Communication, Faculty of Social Sciences, received the Best Student Paper Prize at the annual conference of the China New Media Communication Association (CNMCA) held at Fudan University, Shanghai, for his paper entitled “Interpreting the Symbolic Landscape: Fantasy Theme Analysis and Internet Opinion Research”. For
Communication student film "Erica," produced in the Gateway video workshop, screened as part of the 12th International Student Film & Video Festival. The festival, run by the Beijing Film Academy, features student work from around the world. Director Scarlet Un, Director of Photography Allen Sun, Title designer Moon Lei and Producer Crystal Mak all
Prof. Wu Mei from the Department of Communication, University of Macau (UM), has published a new book entitled “Internet Mercenaries and Viral Marketing: The Case of Chinese Social Media” through IGI Global, a leading publisher of new media studies. Co-authored with two other scholars from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Tsinghua
The famous South Korean director Mr. Kang Je-Gyu last Friday (4 October) visited the University of Macau (UM) to participate in a Q&A session with the students following the screening of his latest blockbuster, My Way (2011). Mr. Kang Je-Gyu encouraged the students not to fear difficulties in the pursuit of their dreams.
Students from the Department of Communication, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Macau (UM), received two prizes—the Best in Overall Design Prize and the Best in Feature Writing Prize—at the Campus Newspaper Award 2013, which was organised by the China Daily Hong Kong. UM was the only higher education institution from Macao to