CUHK School of Journalism and Communication

𝐃𝐫. 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐚 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐚 𝐆𝐀𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐇 Maya Indira Ganesh is Associate Director (Research Partnerships), co-director of the Narratives and Justice Program, and a Senior Research Fellow at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (LCFI) at the University of Cambridge, UK. In the panel of Narratives of Repair: Imagining Sustainable Digital Futures, she will present a topic on 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐈 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬? 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐀 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦.  This presentation reports on three years of teaching and administering a master’s program on AI Ethics & Society for working professionals troubled by the development of AI. Dr. Ganesh proposes to make a change by adopting frameworks and toolkits for better, more responsible, and ethical AI. For their presentation details, please visit the conference website: https://lnkd.in/ezjuk28M. #60thAnniversary #JLM #InternationalConference #AcademicEvent #SustainabilityandSustainableMedia

𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐊𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢 𝐕𝐎𝐑𝐀 Kalindi Vora is a Professor and Chair of Ethnicity Race and Migration, and Professor of Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies and of American Studies with an affiliate appointment in History of Science and Medicine at Yale University. In the panel of Narratives of Repair: Imagining Sustainable Digital Futures, she will deliver a talk on 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐚𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤: 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐢-𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐀𝐈 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝, to bring together insights from subaltern studies, postcolonial and decolonial thinking about archives together with Bowker and Star’s concept of “residual categories” to consider interdependent ways of being and knowing that are residues of current projects of datafication. For their presentation details, please visit the conference website: https://lnkd.in/ezjuk28M. #60thAnniversary #JLM #InternationalConference #AcademicEvent #SustainabilityandSustainableMedia

🔍Panel 7 of the 60th Anniversary International Conference on Sustainability and Sustainable Media 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲   In the seventh panel of the 60th Anniversary International Conference, we group scholars from the US, Germany, and the United Kingdom. This panel asks how we can integrate social equity, environmental and human health, ethics, and technologies to create diverse and thriving communities on the urban, regional, and global scale. The presentations address the questions from the perspective of “cultures of technology” which refers here to the values, norms, expectations, and controls that shape how technologies are imagined, designed, used, and replaced. This panel will address some of these cultures and practices in contexts of migration, digital labour, the politics of innovation, and sustainable urban spaces. In their presentations, scholars will highlight how cultures of technology engage with, defy, and reproduce sustainable practices and what we can learn from historically underrepresented groups and regions. For their presentation details, please visit the conference website: https://lnkd.in/ezjuk28M   #60thAnniversary #JLM #InternationalConference #AcademicEvent #SustainabilityandSustainableMedia

📊Panel 6 of the 60th Anniversary International Conference on Sustainability and Sustainable Media 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲   To explore the intersection of data, technology, and sustainability, the sixth panel of the 60th Anniversary International Conference features three distinguished computational social scientists from Stanford University, Northwestern University, and the City University of Hong Kong. This panel will discuss the challenges and innovations in digital methods within the post-API era, where obtaining digital data has become increasingly complex due to heightened restrictions on APIs, scraping methods, and anti-AI measures. Speakers will explore how these limitations impact the sustainability of digital research, offering unique perspectives on navigating data acquisition in an age where digital barriers are prevalent. They will discuss cutting-edge approaches to overcoming these obstacles and highlight the importance of sustainable data practices in ensuring robust and ethical research. For their presentation details, please visit the conference website: https://lnkd.in/ezjuk28M   #60thAnniversary #JLM #InternationalConference #AcademicEvent #SustainabilityandSustainableMedia

Prof. Yingdan Lu, an Assistant Professor at Northwestern University, visited C-Centre and shared her research on computational visual analysis in political communication. She started with a study that examined how different types of visuals, including modalities and contents, affect message engagement on social media across various stages of protests. Based on unsupervised image clustering on social media posts for three protests, her study revealed the superior effects of static images and videos on attracting audience engagement, as well as the heterogeneous effects across content categories and protests. In her second study, Professor Lu elucidated the decentralized nature of current propaganda on Chinese digital platforms. By conducting visual similarity analyses on videos produced by local and central government-controlled accounts, her study delineated several key characteristics of decentralized propaganda: both local and central generate original content distinct from trending entertainment-focused videos, there exists a bidirectional information flow between local and central accounts, and content from local government sources garners more visibility. At the end of her presentation, Professor Lu outlined future directions for visual analysis leveraging LLM. #JLM #CCentre #AcademicEvent #CSeminar

📲Panel 5 of the 60th Anniversary International Conference on Sustainability and Sustainable Media 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬   The fifth panel of the 60th Anniversary International Conference addresses the issue of sustainability in today’s global platform economy and questions its implications for the future of work. We invite digital anthropologists from Curtin University and the University of Amsterdam. Building on their recent research on social media and on-demand platforms, speakers will share their critical diagnosis of the labour process shaped by the prevailing discourse of influencers and the gig economy. This panel proposes to frame sustainability as a parameter of governance and culture to examine various forms of inequalities and challenges facing the global communities of creators and platform workers. It refers not only to a sustainable business and platform ecology that ensures the well-being of its third-party participants but also to a digital culture that pushes its creators for good and for change. For their presentation details, please visit the conference website: https://lnkd.in/ezjuk28M   #60thAnniversary #JLM #InternationalConference #AcademicEvent #SustainabilityandSustainableMedia

♻️Panel 4 of the 60th Anniversary International Conference on Sustainability and Sustainable Media 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧   As consumers increasingly prioritize and demand corporate sustainability, advertisers are constantly reinventing how they should communicate eco-friendly values and practices through advertising of more sustainable products in order to achieve profitable growth and social responsibilities. In the fourth panel of the 60th Anniversary International Conference, we include one local scholar, the world’s top 1% in Business and Management Science, and a South Korean scholar from the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. The first presentation categorizes green advertising messages into their respective communication effectiveness according to multiple consumer segments, country-of-origin effects, and diverse conditions. The second study investigates the contention of achieving market share and saving the earth by revealing the struggles of smaller brands using sustainability as a strategic differentiator while dominant brands show more limited incentives to invest in sustainable practices within the unregulated consumer packaged goods market. For their presentation details, please visit the conference website: https://lnkd.in/ezjuk28M   #60thAnniversary #JLM #InternationalConference #AcademicEvent #SustainabilityandSustainableMedia

🔈Panel 3 of the 60th Anniversary International Conference on Sustainability and Sustainable Media 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐂𝐒𝐑, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐒𝐆 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧   Join a distinguished group of global scholars from the University of Oslo, the University of Maryland, and The Chinese University of Hong Kong —who are renowned for their influential work in CSR, sustainability, and ESG communication within the field of public relations. With diverse cultural backgrounds and extensive academic and professional experience across Europe, the US, the Middle East, and Asia, these experts will share their insights into how public relations can drive societal change. In the third panel of the 60th Anniversary International Conference, we will explore how public relations can facilitate meaningful social impact, helping organizations navigate the complexities of CSR, ESG, and sustainability in a rapidly evolving world. For their presentation details, please visit the conference website: https://lnkd.in/ezjuk28M. #60thAnniversary #JLM #InternationalConference #AcademicEvent #SustainabilityandSustainableMedia

🎥Panel 2 of the 60th Anniversary International Conference on Sustainability and Sustainable Media 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 In the past two decades, the sustainability of journalism has been challenged by technological transformation, the changing political economy of the media industries, and worsening social and political conditions for news reporting in many countries. Nonetheless, the world has also witnessed the continual relevance of diversified forms of journalistic works and the resilience of journalists under varying contexts. The second panel of the 60th Anniversary International Conference brings together leading scholars from the US, the UK, and Hong Kong to discuss the key issues involved in the journalism-sustainability nexus.   Two overseas scholars from Michigan State University and Cardiff University, with one local thought leader from Hong Kong Baptist University, will discuss how journalism plays an indispensable role in helping societies achieve sustainable development. Professor Vos proposes a model by outlining four broad essential factors—Value, Reach, Capital, and Humanity—for thinking about journalistic sustainability. Professor Allan focuses on visual war reporting and the communicative politics of dis/information. Professor Luqiu examines the transition of professional journalists to understand the evolving landscape of journalism in the digital age. For their presentation details, please visit the conference website: https://lnkd.in/ezjuk28M.   #60thAnniversary #JLM #InternationalConference #AcademicEvent #SustainabilityandSustainableMedia

💻Panel 1 of the 60th Anniversary International Conference on Sustainability and Sustainable Media 𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫: 𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 Narratives frame how we make meanings of the world. They are the conditions through which stories emerge, bodies get written, and media objects proliferate. Contemporary digital technologies dramatically change the stories being told, bodies telling them, and the media that shape them both. This panel argues that we need to understand narratives as infrastructures that offer tactical elements of imagining, building, and repairing the world. In the first panel of the 60th Anniversary International Conference, we invite 3 prominent scholars from Yale University, the University of Cambridge, and the University of Cape Town, to identify specific conditions of digital crises and show from their practice, interventions, approaches, and frameworks, ways by which we can create a practice of narrative change, to move from crises to action, from apathy to hope, and from individual despair to collective care. For their presentation details, please visit the conference website: https://lnkd.in/ezjuk28M. #60thAnniversary #JLM #InternationalConference #AcademicEvent #SustainabilityandSustainableMedia