Department of Communication (DCom) of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS) successfully held the DCom Week Opening Ceremony at Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University (BNBU) on OCT. 22, including the three programmes in DCom: Chinese Culture and Global Communication (CCGC), Media and Communication Studies (MCOM), and Public Relations and Advertising (PRA). There was the unveiling ...
A delegation from Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University comprising faculty and students, recently participated in a pivotal international research training session at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. From September 20th to October 1st, the team engaged in intensive workshops for the third wave of the Journalistic Role Performance (JRP) Project, a landmark global study poised to shape ...
Sally Zhou, the editor of GBA News Department, China Daily Hong Kong, gave a speech about “Navigating Journalism in the GBA (Greater Bay Area): From Practice to Career Success” on Sept. 17, as the first DCom Career Talk this semester. Dr. Jesse Owen Hearns-Branaman, the Head of the Department of Communication, was the host for the talk.Dr. Jesse Owen Hearns-Branaman (right) hosted the lecture and ...
On 19–20 August 2025, the Department of Communication at Beijing Normal–Hong Kong Baptist University (BNBU) hosted the Interactive Narratives Conference in Zhuhai, co-sponsored by IAMCR and the Center for Creative Media and Communication Research. Across two keynotes, four themed panels, and an industry visit to Seasun (西山居/Xishanju), presenters examined a central question: how do technology and ...
"I realized that 'multiculturalism' is not just a concept in textbooks."When Chen Xuanru, a MCOM junior, stepped onto the stage at the Zalet Art Festival in Serbia to screen her documentary she was a bundle of nerves. It was the first time for Chen to show her film outside the classroom, and she was anxious her work wasn't good enough to share. MCOM director Chen Xuanru presenting ...
Interactive Narratives Conference 2025 – Narrative Convergence: Technology and CultureDate: 19 - 20 August 2025 Location: Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University, Zhuhai, ChinaOrganized by Department of Communication, Faculty of Humanity and Social Sciences, BNBUCo-Sponsored by IAMCRBeijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University (BNBU), in collaboration with the International Association for Media ...
In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, the rise of generative AI tools such as ChatGPT has fundamentally changed how students research, write, and even think. For educators, this presents both challenges and opportunities: How can we encourage original thought and critical engagement when AI can assist or even automate much of the creative process?At the Department of Communication’s Introduction ...
April 29, 2025— The developer of an AI tutor based on China’s homegrown technology is making BNBU her first testing ground as she aims to help teachers and students harness generative AI technologies to boost learning while discouraging plagiarism. In a lecture to about 100 BNBU teachers, Odet Abadia, founder of the company “AI for Teachers” and head of the Shanghai Vancouver Film School’s AI ...