Department of Media and Communication Center for Communication Research

Research Seminars

Year:

COM Research Seminar: Informational Asymmetries in Digital Media: How AI Affordances and Institutional Strategies Continue to Shape our Information Ecosystems
Speaker(s):Dr. Subhayan-Mukerjee
Time:4 May 2026 (Mon)  16:00 - 17:30 (HKT)
Venue:Multimedia Laboratory (M5055),5/F, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre
COM Research Seminar: A Close Intimacy: Artificial Intelligence,and Indonesian Migrant Workers' Life in,Hong Kong
Speaker(s):Dr. Irfan WAHYUDI
Time:13 April 2026 (Mon)  16:00 - 17:30 (HKT)
Venue:Multimedia Laboratory (M5055),5/F, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre
COM Research Seminar: Agency in AI-powered Algorithmic Social Media: A Multi-Method Study of User Privacy Management
Speaker(s):Dr. Hyunjin KANG
Time:30 March 2026 (Mon)  14:00 - 15:30 (HKT)
Venue:Multimedia Laboratory (M5055),5/F, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre
COM Research Seminar: Can Media Literacy Save Us?
Speaker(s):Prof. Cuihua (Cindy) SHEN
Time:23 March 2026 (Mon)  16:00 - 17:30 (HKT)
Venue:Multimedia Laboratory (M5055),5/F, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre
COM Research Seminar: 機器行為範式:大模型驅動下的傳播學研究新路徑
Speaker(s):張洪忠教授
Time:20 March 2026 (Fri)  16:00 - 17:30 (HKT)
Venue:Multimedia Laboratory (M5055),5/F, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre
COM Research Seminar: AI and Platform Governance: Balancing Free Expression, Safety, and User Rights
Speaker(s):Professor Yi-Ning Katherine CHEN
Time:19 March 2026 (Thu)  11:00 - 12:30 (HKT)
Venue:Multimedia Laboratory (M5064),5/F, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre
COM Research Seminar: AI, Agency, and Power Geometries
Speaker(s):Professor John Downey
Time:18 March 2026 (Wed)  16:00 -17:30 (HKT)
Venue:Multimedia Laboratory (M5055),5/F, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre
COM Research Seminar: Why Free Speech Alone Cannot Save Democracy in the Age of AI:,When Information Markets Fail
Speaker(s):Prof. KIM Jeong Nam
Time:16 March 2026 (Mon)  16:00 - 17:30 (HKT)
Venue:Multimedia Laboratory (M5055),5/F, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre
COM Research Seminar: 構建中國敘事體系的傳播學向度
Speaker(s):張紅軍教授
Time:16 March 2026 (Mon)  14:30 - 16:00 (HKT)
Venue:Multimedia Laboratory (M5055),5/F, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre
COM Research Seminar: Beyond Algorithms: Will AI challenge what it means to be Human?
Speaker(s):Prof. Matthieu J. GUITTON
Time:13 March 2026 (Fri)  11:00 - 12:30 (HKT)
Venue:Multimedia Laboratory (M5055),5/F, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre
COM Research Seminar by Young Scholars
Speaker(s):Young Scholars
Time:9 March 2026 (Mon)  16:00 - 17:30 (HKT)
Venue:Multimedia Laboratory (M5055),5/F, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre
COM Research Seminar: Bridging the Knowledge-Action Gap: Opportunities, Challenges, and Recommendations for Climate Change Communication Research
Speaker(s):Professor Shirley Ho
Time:5 March 2026 - 5 February 2026  11:00 - 12:30 (HKT)
Venue:Multimedia Laboratory (M5064),5/F, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre
COM Research Seminar: AI and Polarization in Online and Offline Media Environments
Speaker(s):Professor KIM Yong-Chan
Time:23 February 2026 (Mon)  16:00 - 17:30 (HKT)
Venue:Multimedia Laboratory (M5055),5/F, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre
COM Research Seminar: Connecting Health Communication Research to Community Implementation in Digital Health
Speaker(s):Dr. BAO Huanyu
Time:9 February 2026 (Mon)  16:00 - 17:30 (HKT)
Venue:Multimedia Laboratory (M5055),5/F, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre
Generative AI and Digital Humans: ,Exploring the New Frontiers of Empathetic Media 生成式AI與數智人——探索共情媒體新邊界
Speaker(s):Professor Xin LYU
Time:2 February 2026 (Mon)  16:00 - 17:30 (HKT)
Venue:Multimedia Laboratory (M5055),5/F, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre
COM CityUHK Distinguished Visiting Professor Lecture: Rigorous and Repeatedly Replicated Communication Science to Challenge Conventional Wisdom
Speaker(s):Professor Jeff Niederdeppe
Time:26 January 2026 (Mon)  16:00 - 17:30 (HKT)
Venue:Lecture Theatre M3017, 3/F, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre