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21 November 2013

Published by admin at 21 November 2013

JMSC Research Seminar: Challenging official propaganda? Public opinion leaders on Sina Weibo

This is a public lecture on the work of Dr. Joyce Nip, who focused on the exposure of a series of corrupt officials on Sina Weibo after the 18th Party Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in 2012, and examines the social positions of opinion leaders in these cases. The relative roles of official agencies, mainstream news media and citizens are discussed in public opinion formation in these cases.

7 October 2013

Published by Martin Murphy at 7 October 2013

JMSC Professor Completes Project on Censorship in China

New research at JMSC on the intersection of censorship and big data reveals that Chinese social media is an important source of real-time data on breaking events and social trends in China as well as what key words the government is using to censor the Internet.

20 June 2011

Published by admin at 20 June 2011

June 27-29 and July 4-6: MAP Course: Online Media Skills

Do you know your online media skills? Beef up your knowledge with Advanced Online Media Skills June 27-29 and a repeat Basic Online Media Skills July 4-6. These public courses are open to working journalists and like-minded professionals.