A very successful conference was held on 12 June 2008 at the central London campus of the University of Westminster.
2008年6月12号， 题为“转变和挑战：当今中国传媒”的大型学术会议在威斯敏斯特大学摄政校区成功举办。
Keynote speaker was Wang Lei, famous investigative journalist from Southern City Daily who is now also deputy Editor at Yunnan Daily. Among the papers were Comparative Research between Chinese and International Media Reporting on Lhasa Riot by Guo Xiaoke, Tsinghua University, ‘Let a Hundred Celebrities Bloom’: Does China Face a New Cultural Revolution? by Wang Ting, University of Leeds, Creating Law-Abiding Citizens: A study of Legal Programmes on Chinese Television by Marina Svensson, University of Lund.
For the full programme please click here.
Changes and Challenges: China’s Media Today
Registration Fee: Student £10; Others £25
Contact: Dr Jingrong Tong j.tong@westminster.ac.uk , China Media Centre, University of Westminster
Conference Schedule
9:00 Registration
9:30Opening Session:
Wang Lei 王雷, Southern Metropolis Daily
Yu Guoming 喻国明, Professor, Renmin University of China
Venue: Old Cinema
10:30 Coffee/Tea Break
11:30 Parallel Sessions
Session Media Representation
Chair: Dr Marina Svensson, University of Lund
Zhang Li, University of Leeds
Representing China: The changing images of China in European public sphere, 1989-2005
Andrew Miller, Harvard University
Odd Man In: Contemporary Chinese Newspaper Coverage of Homosexuality
Marc Stanton, Edge Hill University
The Inculcated, Ontological Presentation of Asia by British Terrestrial Television News
Guo Xiaoke, Tsinghua University
Comparative Research between Chinese and International Media Reporting on Lhasa Riot
Venue: Room 156
Session Identity Studies
Chair: tbc
Tang Ho Man, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Media Representation of Transborder Athlete: Identities and Nationalism
Lu Junting, Hong Kong Baptist University
Rethinking Korean Wave: Korean TV drama viewing and cultural identity of Chinese youth: A case study in Shanghai
Su, Xin, Hong Kong Baptist University
The Nostalgic Exile: Chinese Identity in Jia Zhang-Ke’s still life
Venue: Room 215
Session Culture Studies
Chair: Maria Way, University of Westminster
Wang Ting, University of Leeds
‘Let a Hundred Celebrities Bloom’: Does China Face a New Cultural Revolution?
Lee Xiaowen, University of Westminster
Rethinking class and popular press audiences in China
Venue: Room 201
12:30 Lunch
13:30Parallel Sessions
Session Political Economy
Chair: Professor Daya Thussu, University of Westminster
Chen Chwen Chwen, University of Lugano
The listing of Chinese press groups: what implications for the ownership?
Lee Chin- Chuan, City University of Hong Kong
He Zhou, City University of Hong Kong
Huang Yu, Hong Kong Baptist University
Fan Meng, Hong Kong Baptist University
Party-Market Corporatism in China: A Case study of Beijing Media
Li Ying, Renmin University of China
A Study of News Producing Transformation of Chinese Listed Media Companies: Cases Study of B-ray Media Co., Ltd and Liaoning Publishing Group
Venue: Room 156
Session Chinese Media and Journalism Studies
Chair: Professor Hugo de Burgh, University of Westminster
Marina Svensson, University of Lund
Creating Law-Abiding Citizens: A study of Legal Programmes on Chinese Television
Chen Zhihuan, Fudan University
Research on Trend of Morning Papers in Shanghai—Taking Shanghai Morning Post as an example
Li Shuang, University of Westminster
New Style of Chinese Consumer Journalism Chinese Journalists in Foreign- Licensed Lifestyle
Guo Dawei, University of Westminster
Re-locating the value of historical melodramas on contemporary Chinese TV: a sociological study of mediated emotions in a changing society
Venue: Room 215
Session Emerging Issue
Chair: Professor Colin Sparks, University of Westminster
Ana Adi, University of the West of Scotland
Andy Miah, University of the West of Scotland
Framing Beijing’s Olympic Bid: Human Rights Advocacy Groups and Online Mainstream International Media
Chen Yunbo, Chinese University of Hong Kong
How the voiceless public changed policy-making via ICT—An empirical Study of the Xiamen PX Event in Mainland China
Venue: Room 201
15:00 Coffee/Tea Break
15:30Parallel Sessions
Session The Influences of China
Chair: tbc
Xin Xin, University of Westminster
Jinna Tay, The University of Queensland
An ongoing examination of the impact of the rise of China and CCTV on the Chinese language broadcasting systems of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore
Zhang Xiaoqun, Tsinghua University
The significance of culture communication strategy in the process of China’s rising-up
Session New Media 1
Chair:tbc
Zhang Weiyu, University of Pennsylvania
Constructing and disseminating subaltern public discourses in China
Matthew Clifton, SOAS, University of London
China’s Networked Media: New media and old messages
Deng Jianguo, Fudan University
Push or Pull: China’s Web2.0 Internet Users and Their Social Capital
Session New Media 2
Chair:tbc
Jin Shang, University of Leceister
End of Web2.0? Internet Governance to Fight Online Video abuse in China
Ou Ya, Renmin University of China
Online Group Interaction and Social Resources Mobilization: A Case Study on Jiang Yan Suicide Issue
17:00 Closing Remarks
Hugo de Burgh, Professor and Director, University of Westminster
Marina Svensson, Associate Professor, University of Lund
17:30 Conference End