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

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

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

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

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

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,