Section 1 AI and Digital Media

1000 – 1120

Dr Zhang Yin Nick

Assistant Professor

Using time-series patterns in word segmentation and keywords extraction for online discussion data processing: A machine learning approach

Dr Wang Xiaohui Vincent

Research Assistant Professor

Discovering the interdisciplinary scientific landscape of computational social science: A bibliometric analysis

Dr Ng Yu Leung

Research Assistant Professor

Examining the perceived credibility of Deepfake: A preliminary study

Dr Celine Song

Associate Professor

Swearing Online: An Analysis of Women’s Profanity Use on Weibo

Section 2 Data and Journalism Practice

1120 -1200

Dr Stephanie Jean Tsang

Research Assistant Professor

Perceived Journalistic Motives Explain Divergent Audience Perceptions of Fake News

Dr Zhang Xinzhi

Assistant Professor

Health journalists’ branding and sourcing on social media

Lunch break 1200 – 1400

Section 3 Ethics and Media Literacy

1400 – 1440

Professor Steve Guo

Who’s afraid of the big bad fake news?

Professor Alice Lee

The Development of Media Literacy in Chinese Societies: From Grassroots Efforts to Institutional Support

Section 4 Politics and Mass Communication

1440 – 1520

Dr Luqiu Luwei Rose

Assistant Professor

How Propaganda Techniques Leverage Their Advantages: A Cross-national Study of the Effects of Chinese International Propaganda on the U.S. and South Korean Audiences

Dr Janet Lo

Assistant Professor

Hong Kong’s media in the midst of turmoil

Section 5 Globalization and Comparative Media Systems

1520 – 1600

Professor Daya Thussu

De-Americanizing the Internet?

Professor Cherian George

Cartoons and journalism: a marriage on the brink of breakdown