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
Aimed to provide students with understanding of big data operation in action, a group of eight graduate students, led by Prof Wu Mei, of the Department of Communication, University Macau visited the local big data research company--eRS Information Technology Ltd on March 22. Dr. Angus Cheong, CEO of eRS Information Technology, lectured
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
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.
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.
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