PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Journalism and communication, as a humanities and social science, is a discipline that studies the process of social interaction, news and information communication, media industry and media culture. Based in Shenzhen, a Special Economic Zone as the pilot demonstration area of socialism with Chinese characteristics, as well as key city in the national strategy of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, this program aims to train students with global perspectives, academic capabilities, critical thinking, and innovative spirits.

To Assist Doctoral Students in:

1. establishing theoretical basis for humanities and social sciences.

2. understanding the knowledge map of journalism and mass communications.

3. broadening their visions with international knowledge, thus enhancing their creative and innovative capabilities in conducting academic research.

4. training them to be world-class researchers and analysts in communication studies; or outstanding professionals in the journalism and  communication industry.

CORE COURSES

Journalism and Communication theories and literature study, Research methods of Journalism and Communication, Academic Research and Thesis Writing, Media and Cultural Studies, Digital Media and Society.

CAREER PROSPECTS

The majority of graduates work in positions aligned with this program. Most are employed as teachers or researchers at universities or scientific research institutions.

Consultation

 Beibei Li   Email：beibeili@szu.edu.cn

Email

              liuhui@szu.edu.cn

Introduction

LIU Hui is Professor at the School of Mass Communication, Shenzhen University. He was also visiting scholar at UCLA .His research interests include: the commercial aesthetics of early Chinese film, the Shaw’s film studies, Chinese current film industry, the Japanese-occupied Chinese film industry in 1941--45. Now he is working on a book of Chinese film history of how western film industry influences early Chinese film production in different levels. 

Email

1579366967@qq.com

Daiyh7999@126.com

Introduction

Professor DAI,Yonghong,is Distinguished Professor and Dean of College of International Studies, Director of Institute of Area and International Communication,Director of Center for China’s Overseas Interests, Director of Institute of Bay of Bengal Studies, Shenzhen University, China. Prof. Dai is a state-level leading talent of Shenzhen Municipality and chief expert of several major projects of National Social Science Fund and of Ministry of Education. He is council member of Chinese Association for South Asian Studies. He also works as adjunct professor of Institute of South Asia Studies at Sichuan University, member of academic committee for National High-end Think Tank of China Center for South Asia Studies at Sichuan University, visiting professor of the National Institute of Governance at HuazhongUniversity of Science and Technology, and senior visiting fellow at ISDP (Institute for Security & Development Policy, Stockholm, Sweden). Prof. Dai’s research has long been focused on International Relations (International Politics and International Strategy) and International Communication (Strategic Communication and Political Communication) and World Economy (International Trade and Energy Cooperation) etc. From 1986 to 2019, he was dedicated to research and teaching at the Institute of South Asia Studies at Sichuan University.  Prof. Dai has published ten monographs, participated in the edit of 10 academic works, and published over 100 research articles. He is in charge of a high-profile research project supported by the National Social Sciences Foundation. Additionally, he is the leader of two general research projects supported by the National Social Sciences Foundation. He also leads a high-profile project supported by the Ministry of Education (Political Parties and Legal Environment in South Asian Countries and " B&R"Initiative) along with more than ten provincial research projects. Professor Dai is awarded the second prize by the Ministry of Education twice in International Studies and the third prize once in Social Sciences in Sichuan Province. He has visited about 50 countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Germany, Sweden, Poland, Croatia, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. During these visits, he attended international academic conferences more than 50 times, among which over 30 academic conferences are related to the BRI.Expertise.

Email

                                          xuying@szu.edu.cn

Introduction

   Dr. XU is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Shenzhen University in China. She received her PhD in Social Welfare from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).

She has over a decade of research and teaching experience in the fields of social trust, volunteerism, public sphere and the new media research, and China studies. She has worked as a visiting research fellow at the East Asian Institute of the National University of Singapore, and an Assistant Professor at the Social Work Department in CUHK. She was honored as “Young Scholars in Asia” at the 80th Annual Conference of the Japanese Sociological Society, and was appointed as a consultant by United Nations Volunteers and a Chapter contributor to State of the World’s Volunteerism Report 2011.

She is conducting several related projects such as Public Trust on Fundraising of the E-Philanthropy in China’s New Era funded by the National Social Science Fund of China. Her work appears in SSCI journals such as the Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, British Journal of Social Work, Environmental Politics, China: An International Journal, and so forth. She has also signed a book contract with Springer, which is included in the Springer Book series “Diversity and Inclusion Research”.

Email

chenkelin@szu.edu.cn

Introduction

Chen Kelin, a member of the Communist Party of China, received his doctorate from Zhejiang University. He is currently the deputy director of the Department of Political Science of the School of Government of Shenzhen University and the deputy director of the Contemporary Chinese Politics Institute. In the field of political communication, he is mainly engaged in risk communication and health communication in the COVID-19 era. At present, he is in charge of many national and provincial projects such as the National Social Science Foundation. Relevant research papers have been published in Chinese academic journals such as CASS Journal of Political Science (in Chinese) and Chinese Public Administration (in Chinese), and in English academic journals such as International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) (SCI/SSCI), The American Review of Public Administration (ARPA) (SSCI), Healthcare (SCI/SSCI), Risk Management and Healthcare Policy (SCI/SSCI).

Email

                                            pian.wang@szu.edu.cn

Introduction

   I’m an associate professor in School of Media and Communication and a member of Computational Communication Lab in Shenzhen University. My research focuses on the dynamic process of the formation and evolution of online opinions, especially in the context of social media. Taking computational communication approaches such as time series analysis, network analysis and text mining, I have examined a variety of factors from individual level to societal level that would influence the dynamic process of online discussion, covering topics from political-related discussion to health-related communication. My research is supported by National Social Science Foundation of China and Shenzhen University. I have received awards from ICA, Chinese Computational Communication Association, etc., and have been recognized as Overseas High-Caliber Personnel in Shenzhen and High-level Talent in Nanshan District of Shenzhen.