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。
20/10/2025 (Monday) 13:00-14:00 E21-G002 Hong Kong Canto-pop Songs: Artistes, Themes and Changes in the Past 75 Years Abstract: Most studies on Cantonese popular (Canto-pop) songs are qualitative in nature and focus mostly on the lyrics. This study adopts a quantitative approach and uses the song names as data. The objectives are to
17/10/2025 (Friday) 13:00-14:00 E21-G016 News Consumption in the Age of Platformization Abstract: The rise of platform power is a defining feature of today’s society, which profoundly shapes how news is consumed and transforming the broader information landscape. How does this trend affect both news consumers and producers? This talk will discuss two
25/09/2025 (Thursday) 13:00-14:00 E21-G002 Streaming platforms as cultural intermediaries: Netflix and its representation of Chinese culture Abstract: With a particular focus on Netflix, this talk investigates streaming platforms as cultural intermediaries. Specifically, it centers on the platform’s curation of Chinese television dramas, exploring how they represent Chinese culture. I first elaborate on
11/09/2025 (Thursday) 13:00-14:00 E21-G002 “Uncleaned” Data: How to analyse digital media data without using Python or other AI tools Abstract: With the development of AI and data analytic programs such as Python, many scholars have found that these tools are useful for their research. However, I will explain how and why it
13/05/2025 (Tuesday) 13:00 ~ 16:30 E21B-G002 Global Vision, Local Action: Enhancing International Collaboration in Research and Outreach Abstract: In today’s knowledge economy, meaningful international collaboration is not just beneficial — it is essential. Drawing on my experience as a Canadian scholar and former president of the International Communication Association, this talk explores
08/05/2025 (Thursday) 15:00 ~ 16:00 E21B-G002 Thinking the World Communicatively: Passers, Media, and Agency Abstract: Key ideas are presented from the forthcoming book, Thinking the World Communicatively. Rather than seeing ourselves merely as actors, we are also passers—in-betweens through which others manifest and express themselves in actions and interactions. This perspective calls