We are deeply saddened to announce the loss of Prof. Tony Schirato, the former Head of Department of Communication of the University of Macau, who passed away on July 18, 2019. After spending most of his academic life in Australia and New Zealand developing an excellent reputation as a leading scholar in
The University of Macau (UM) Department of Communication recently held a launch ceremony for the latest issue of the English student magazine Umac Bridges 2018. Themed ‘Next Station: Future’, this new issue envisions the endless possibilities of Macao in social, economic, cultural, and technological arenas through the students’ eyes. The fruit of
Post-truth Politics? Populism, Authenticity and the Discourse of Donald Trump 19/01/2017 (Thursday) 13:00-14:00 This paper focuses on aspects of the discourse of Donald Trump during his successful campaign to become the 45th President of the United States of America. It argues that, although we can undoubtedly identify aspects of authoritarian populism in
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
With fluent English, swift responsiveness and composed diplomatic etiquette, Dang Hao, a postgraduate student from the Department of Communication, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Macau (UM), won the first prize at a competition on the first Model Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Taiwan.For more information, please visit the page here.
In April 2013 the Department of Communication hosted a workshop on the topic of “Tourist Utopias.” The workshop was organized by Tim Simpson and participants included Keller Easterling (Yale School of Architecture), Pal Nyiri (Anthropology, VU Univ., Amsterdam), Panivong Norindr (Comparative Literature, USC), Angela Ndalianis (Media Studies, Univ. of Melbourne), Veronica Della Dora
A research team led by Prof Chen Huailin and Prof Wu Mei which includes Dr Li Xiaoqin and a dozen master’s and PhD students from the Department of Communication, has successfully completed the consultancy project “Guangzhou Daily 2012 Survey and Research Project” and earned unanimous praise from the middle and top management of
The 2012 Fall Communication Festival (COMMFEST) will be held from November 23rd to the 28th. COMMFEST integrates work from both year 3 and year 4 students majoring in English Communication. Every semester, it is held to celebrate students’ hard work by providing a venue for public exhibition. It contains four components, 3-Motion, Macau
The Department of Communication invites applications for the positions of Distinguished or Full Professor of Communication Studies and Full or Associate Professor in Public Communication from candidates with expertise in communication studies. We are especially interested in candidates with leading international reputations for their research and whose academic expertise is relevant to the
The Asian Cinema Studies Society (ACSS), started in 1984, held its most recent conference in Hong Kong. A total of six professors and students from the Department of Communication presented their work to an international audience. A short video Sanity, made by 3rd year English Communication students, was also selected for screening and