05/02/2026 (Thursday) 13:00-14:00 E21-G002 Policy, Production and Platforms: Media Workers’ Conceptions and Adoption of Generative AI in Japan’s Content Industries Abstract: The rapid emergence of generative AI has profoundly reshaped creative industries and intensified global debates about the future of cultural production. In this context, media industry workers and media artists encounter
22/01/2026 (Thursday) 13:00-14:00 E21-G002 Computational and Multimodal communication in AI-infused information ecosystems Abstract: This talk introduces the newly published book Chinese Platforms: A Critical Introduction (Polity, 2025). The book explains how Chinese digital platforms evolved within a unique political and economic system and are now reshaping the global platform landscape. We argue
16/01/2026 (Friday) 13:00-14:00 E21-G002 The Body Never Lies? Psychophysiological Response, Self-Report, and Behavior as Indices of Media Effects and User Experience Abstract: Are self-reported surveys, behavioral logs, and psychophysiological measures truly reliable indicators of media effects and user experience? In this talk, Mingxuan will share her studies on the divergence and convergence
09/01/2026 (Friday) 13:00-14:00 E21-G002 Computational and Multimodal communication in AI-infused information ecosystems Abstract: This talk explores the opportunities and challenges brought by AI-infused information ecosystems. As online spaces become increasingly saturated with text, images, audio, and synthetic media, understanding how multimodal signals reshape communication is more urgent than ever. In this talk,
05/12/2025 (Friday) 13:00-14:00 E21-G002 Human–AI Interaction in Science Communication: Theoretical Foundations, System Design, and Applied Practice Abstract: Generative artificial intelligence is reshaping how scientific knowledge is produced and shared. This lecture explores how human–AI interaction empowers science communication through theory, system design, and practical application. It first outlines the conceptual foundations of
28/11/2025 (Friday) 13:00-14:00 E21-G002 From Scrolls to Clicks: Understanding Attention and Persuasion in the Short Video Era Abstract: Short-video platforms such as TikTok and Instagram Reels have become major sources of news and information, yet we know little about how their audiovisual features shape how people pay attention to, process, and engage
27/11/2025 (Thursday) 13:00-14:00 E21-G002 “Local multimodal argumentative ambience” in social media: a case of flood, coal, and hometown Abstract: Although information can flow across geographical boundaries in the digital age, local arguments still hold in social media to connect communities especially in a time of disruption. This article explores a distinctive argumentative
20/11/2025 (Thursday) 13:00-14:00 E21-G002 Rethinking Communication in Global Geopolitics: Competing Narratives and Infrastructures Abstract: While global geopolitics and its mediatization continues to be dominated by the US-led Western nations and corporations based there, in the past two decades there have been visible changes in the way it is conducted and communicated in
11/11/2025 (Thesday) 13:00-14:00 E21-G002 Politicians at Night Abstract: Comedy and politics are intertwined in the United States, and perhaps the importance of Donald Trump in American politics has further cemented this trend. For this talk, I examine how entertainment and politics come together in a particular genre of communication in the United
05/11/2025 (Wednesday) 14:30-16:30 E4-G062 《阿姐的假期》：跨境生命的片段與共鳴 提要: 澳門是一座多元文化的城市，也是一座外籍傭工打拼的城市。這次電影分享會，導演陳庭婷（Kiwi CHAN）透過澳門本土創作的紀錄片《阿姐的假期》（Before the Flight; 38 mins），帶觀眾進入一群菲律賓「阿姐」的世界，撿拾她們每個週六與週日的假期碎片，探視她們在疫情下不得歸家卻樂知天命的人生態度，從而捕捉這群跨境遷移者的生存狀態與情感共鳴。 拍攝過程中，導演陳庭婷紀錄他者故事的同時，也同時反思個人生活模式，為生命與生命的相遇，劃上了糾纏與釋放的尺度。電影放映後，活動特別邀請導演陳庭婷分享創作始源、理念，以及與現場觀眾交流。 《阿姐的假期》除了曾於2023年參映廈門短片周，更於2022年入圍MUST華語青年短片大賽紀錄短片單元和德國柏林獨立華語電影節放映。 講者簡介: 導演陳庭婷，澳門人，任大學講師、專欄記者及獨立影像工作者。2012年畢業於澳門大學新聞及公共傳播學系，後赴北京中國人民大學攻讀傳媒經濟學系研究生， 於2013年開始錄像創作。 2014年畢業回澳於澳門日報工作，直至2016年參與公司新成立的新媒體部門——動新聞，為始創成員之一 ，由此接觸廣泛題材。