Our students produce award-winning research in the field’s most prestigious international conferences every year.
2021 – 2025
| Year of Award | Student Name | Conference | Paper Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23/24 | HU Yunyi & JIAO Fang | Top Poster Award, Intercultural Communication Division, International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference 2024 | Social Media as Cultural Intermediaries: Shaping Chinese Audiences’ Collective Memories of Korean TV Dramas in the Context of China-South Korea Relationships |
| 23/24 | QU Jiayu Gina | Top Student Paper Award, Public Relations Division, International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference 2024 | What Drives Stakeholders’ Participation in Different Type of Online Firestorms? The Role of Expectation and Self-relevancy |
| 23/24 | WU Biying (with JIANG Xuejin, Dongguk University, LIU Liming, Arizona State University and LIN Han, Soochow University) | Top Student Paper Runner Up Award, Global Communication and Social Change Division, International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference 2024 | Storytelling and Audience Engagement in China’s Global Communication: A Big Data Analysis Based on CGTN |
| 23/24 | ZHANG Chen | Third Place Student Paper Award, Public Relations Division, International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference 2024 | Prosocial or Pro-platform? Examining the Effect of Platform Affordance on Public Engagement in the Disasters |
| 23/24 | MU Haixin (with ZHANG Zizhong, Tsinghua University and CHUI Lok Tung Don, CUHK) | First Place Student Paper Award, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Interest Group, The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) 2024 Conference | Group Swinging as Strategic Approach to Curating Multiple Minority Identities Online: Study of Lesbian Gamers |
| 23/24 | YANG Ziqi and LAM Sum Yi | Second Place Student Paper Award, Newspaper & Online News Division, The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) 2024 Conference | Examining Sourcing Pattern of Labor News: Shifting Journalistic Paradigm under Democratic Backsliding in Hong Kong |
| 23/24 | WU Biying | Second Place Student Paper Award, Communication Theory and Methodology Division, The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) 2024 Conference | Conceptualizing and Validating Personal Curation within Curated Flows in Social Media |
| 23/24 | YANG Ziqi (with TSE Tze Fung Hans and LEE Lap Fung Francis) | Second-Place Top Faculty Paper Award, Scholastic Journalism Division, The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) 2024 Conference | Entering Journalism in Times of Democratic Backsliding: Hong Kong Young Journalists’ Career Decision and Persistence |
| 22/23 | HU Yang & GUO Jing (with WANGLIU Yiqi, CUHK) | Best Student Paper Award, Chinese Communication Association, International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference 2023 | Social Positioning and the Construction of Polymedia Practices in Everyday Life: A Study of Older Migrants Following Children in China |
| 22/23 | FENG Mengzhe Mercy (with TSANG Nathan Long-tin, The University of Southern California) | Outstanding Paper for the 2021-2022 Hong Kong Studies Annual Conference (HKSAC) | Fact-Checking as Mobilization and Counter-Mobilization: The Case of the Anti-Extradition Bill Movement in Hong Kong |
| 22/23 | LI Yihan & FU Han | Outstanding Paper Award, The 15th National Conference of Communication in China cum the 40th Anniversary Conference of China Communication Studies | Sharing News about COVID-19: Media Exposure, Self-perceived Knowledge, and the Gap of Perceived Susceptibility of Self/ Strangers |
| 22/23 | TSE Chun Hong (with Marko SKORIC, City University of Hong Kong) | Second Place Top Poster Award, International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference 2023 | The Impact of Trust in the Government on Willingness to Disclose Personal Data in Hong Kong: The Moderating Role of COVID-19 Infection Concern in the Data Disclosure Mediation Model |
| 22/23 | WU Biying (with LU Shuning, North Dakota State University and CHEN Hsuan-Ting) | Third-Place Top Paper Award, Newspaper & Online News Division, The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) 2023 Conference | Stay Informed and Protected When Overloaded: Examining the News Curation and Avoidance Strategies on Social Media |
| 22/23 | WU Biying | First Place Moeller Student Paper Award, Mass Communication & Society Division, The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) 2023 Conference | Boosting or Limiting? Examining How FOMO Influences Personal News Curation Through Social Media News Fatigue |
| 22/23 | LIU Jindong & WU Biying | Best Student Paper Award, The 20th Chinese Internet Research Conference (CIRC) | Negotiating Chineseness in a Social VR Platform: Acculturation of Chinese Nationals and Overseas in a Sinophone Community on VRChat |
| 21/22 | GUO Jing | Second Place Student Paper Award, Political Communication Division, The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) 2022 Conference | Examining Social Media Exposure’s Effects on Public Support Towards Three-child Policy in China: Role of Cognitive Elaboration, Perceived Negative Effects, and Institutional Trust |
| 21/22 | QU Jiayu Gina, YI Jingjing, ZHANG Wanjiang Jacob & YANG Yu Charles | Top Student Paper Award, Public Relations Division, International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference 2022 | Mitigating Different Types of Corporate Online Firestorms on Twitter: An Empirical Study Based on Fortune 100 Corporations |
| Year of Award | Student Name | Conference | Paper Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20/21 | CHENG Yixiang, ZHANG Qiyue & ZHANG Wanjiang Jacob | First Place in the Markham Student Competition, International Communication Division, The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) 2021 Conference | Conspiracy about COVID-19 Pandemic in Contemporary China: What is the Authority’s Role on Weibo |
| 20/21 | GUO Jing | Fourth Place Student Paper Award, Political Communication Division, The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) 2021 Conference | Examining How Digital Platform Diversity Contributes to Social Media News Engagement in China |
| 20/21 | HU Yunyi & YANG Yi | Third Place Student Paper Award, Mass Communication and Society Division, The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) 2021 Conference | Women on-screen: Exploring the Relationship between Consumption of Female Talent Shows and Sexism, Internalization of Beauty Ideals, and Self-objectification in China |
| 20/21 | LEUNG Lok Yi Wendy | Top Student Paper Award, Electronic News Division, The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) 2021 Conference | Distant Suffering of Coronavirus Outbreak: Comparing BBC World and Al Jazeera English Epidemic Reporting in China |
| 20/21 | YI Jingjing & ZHANG Wanjiang Jacob) | Top Student Paper Award, Environmental Communication Division, International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference 2021 | Mediated Fire and Distant Suffering: the Global Spectacle of Australian Bushfires in Nature 2.0 |
| 19/20 | GIBRILU Abdul Wahab | 1st Place in the James W. Markham Student Paper Competition, The International Communication Division, The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) 2020 Conference | Partisanship, News Uses, and Political Attitudes in Ghana: An Application of the Communication Mediation Model |
| 19/20 | HU Panfeng & MAK Ka Fai Macau (Co-authored with CHAN Che Ming Michael) | First-Place Open Competition Paper Award & Top Method Paper Award, The Communication Theory & Methodology Division, The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) 2020 Conference | Mediation Analysis and Warranted Inferences in Media and Communication Research: Examining Research Design in the Field’s Prominent Journals |
| 18/19 | CHOY Hiu Ying Christine | Top Poster Award, The Communication and Technology Division, International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference 2019 | Networked Public Emotion and Social Affiliation in Times of Administrative Crises: How Social Media Users Related and Discuss Trump’s ‘Zero Tolerance’ Policy |
| 18/19 | HU Panfeng & MAK Ka Fai Macau (Co-authored with CHAN Che Ming Michael) | Top Method Paper Award, The Communication Theory and Methodology Division, The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) 2019 Conference | Mediation Analysis in Communication Science: Examining the Study of Indirect Effects in Communication Journals between 1996-2017 |
| 18/19 | HU Panfeng & MAK Ka Fai Macau (Co-authored with CHAN Che Ming Michael) | Third-Place Open Competition Paper Award, The Communication Theory and Methodology Division, The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) 2019 Conference | Mediation Analysis in Communication Science: Examining the Study of Indirect Effects in Communication Journals between 1996-2017 |
| 18/19 | LU Miao | Top Student Paper Award, The 17th Annual Chinese Internet Research Conference (CIRC) | Designed for the Bottom of the Pyramid: Examining a Chinese Phone Company in Africa |
| 18/19 | MAK Ka Fai Macau & ZHANG Jingyi Lynette | Top Student Paper Award (2nd Place) in the James W. Markham Student Paper Competition, The International Communication Division, The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) 2019 Conference | Social Media Network Heterogeneity and the Moderating Roles of Social Media Political Discussions and Social Trust: Analyzing Attitude and Tolerance towards Chinese Immigrant Women in Hong Kong |
| 18/19 | ZHANG Mengqing | Top 2 Student Paper Award, The Mass Communication Division, International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference 2019 | Understanding Rumor Retransmission Mechanism on Social Media in Crises Events: An Empirical Study of the China Child Abuse Scandal on Weibo |
| 17/18 | CHOY Hiu Ying (with WU Fang, Shanghai Jiaotong University and CUI Di, Shanghai Fudan University) | Best Paper Award, Post-conference of International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference 2018 and the 8th Global Communication Forum | Frames and framing effects in Chinese online and offline crisis communication: A case study of a celebrity scandal. |
| 17/18 | JI Yingru (with DONG Chuqing, University of Minnesota Twin Cities) | Third Place Student Paper Award, Public Relations Division, International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference 2018 | Connecting Young Adults to Democracy via Government Social Network Sites. |
| 17/18 | JI Yingru | Top Student Paper Award, Public Relations Division, The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) 2018 Conference | Moderating Effects of Perceived Government Controllability over Crisis Outcomes and Consumer Collective Efficacy on Responsibility Attribution and Demands for Regulatory Interventions |
| 17/18 | JI Yingru | Third Place Student Paper Award, Public Relations Division, The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) 2018 Conference | Exploring Publics’ Expectations for Crisis Outcomes: A Communication Mediated Psychological Mechanism in Social Media Era |
| 16/17 | SU Chao | Top Student Paper Award, Communication Technology Division, The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) 2017 Conference | How Great Can Greater China Be? A Comparative Study of the Consumption of Mobile Apps in the Greater China Area |
| 16/17 | WANG Xiao | Top Student Paper Award (1st place), Taiwan Academy for Information Society (TAIS) 2016 Conference | You Process Content and I Process Context: Cross-platform Divergence of Retweetability between Twitter and Weibo |
| Year of Award | Student Name | Conference | Paper Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/16 | HUANG Guangsheng | Top Student Paper Award, Language and Social Interaction Division, International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference 2016 | “Transborder Conversation” and Diffusion of Social Movement Discourse between Hong Kong and China: Oppositional Codes and the Mediatisation of a Transborder Speech Community |
| 15/16 | SUN Ping | Best Student Paper Runner-Up, 2016 International Communication Association (ICA) Post-Conference and the 14th Chinese Internet Research Conference (CIRC) | Technology & Digital Transformation: Identity, Discourse & Communication Practice of Knowledge Worker in China |
| 14/15 | HUANG Guangsheng | Second Place Student Paper, Cultural and Critical Studies Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Annual Conference | Speaking Out: Networked Authoritarianism and the Virtual Testimonies of Chinese Cyberpetitioners |
| 14/15 | SUN Ping (with Michelangelo Magasic, Curtin University, Australia) | Third Place Student Paper, Cultural and Critical Studies Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Annual Conference | Knowledge Workers, Identities, and Communication Practices: Understanding Code Farmers in China |
| 13/14 | TANG Kin Yat Gary (co-authored with LEE Lap Fung Francis) | Gene Burd Award, Communication Technology Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Annual Conference | Facebook Use and Political Participation |
| 13/14 | ZHAO Mengmeng Sarah | Best Student Paper Award, Taiwan Academy for Information Society Conference (TAIS) | The Effect of Electronic Word-of-Mouth Platforms on Perceived Credibility, Brand Attitude and Purchase Intentions |
| 13/14 | CHENG Yang Alice (with CHAN Ching Man & XU Lai, HKBU) | Top Student Paper Award, Division of Mass Communication, International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference | The Third-level Agenda Setting in the Contemporary China: Tracking Descriptions to Moral and National Education (MNE) in Government Policy, Media Coverage and People’s Minds |
| 13/14 | CHENG Yang Alice | Best Student Paper Award, Division of Public Relations, International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference | The Status of Online Crisis Communication Research in 1999-2013: A Review and Critique |
| 13/14 | LI Miao | Top Student Paper Award, Minorities and Communication Division, Association for the Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Annual Conference | Pluralistic Ignorance in Sino-Hong Kong Conflicts: The Perception of Chinese Mainland People Living in Hong Kong |
| 12/13 | ZHANG Yin Nick | Top Student Paper at the Jung-Sook Lee Paper Competition of the Communication Technology Division of Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) annual conference | What has Social Networking Service (SNS) research done for the half decade? Review, critiques, and discussion of the studies from 2006 to 2011 |
| 12/13 | LING Qi & ZHANG Xin Sid | Second Place Student Paper in the Commission on the Status of Women of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) annual conference | A correlation study on Chinese young female audiences’ exposure to American TV drama, perceived realism, and sex-related effects |
| 12/13 | MAO Zhifei | Top Student Paper in the Association for Chinese Communication Studies of the 98th Annual Convention of National Communication Association (NCA) 2012 | Cosmopolitan communities of global risks: A comparison of the framing of the Asian financial crisis and the European debt crisis in the Chinese newspaper |
| 12/13 | CHENG Yang Alice (with HUANG Yi Hui Christine & CHAN Ching Man) | Best Student Paper Award in the Public Relations Division of the 63th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) | Credibility in Crisis: Agenda Building and Crisis Communicative Strategy at a Chinese NGO |
| 12/13 | HUANG Peiyi Echo | Best Student Paper Award in the Public Relations Division of the 63th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) | An Investigation of Infant Milk Powder Product Safety Crisis Management in Mainland China: Crisis Communicative Strategies, Organization Ownership Type, Confidence in Organization and Media Image |
| 12/13 | JIANG Qiaolei Chloris | CUHK Young Scholars Dissertation Awards | Internet Addiction among Cyberkids in China: Risk Factors and Intervention Strategies |
| 11/12 | CHAN Che Ming Michael | Top Student Paper, International Communication Division of Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication’s (AEJMC) 95th Conference | The discursive reproduction of Chinese and Japanese national identities: Editorials and opinions of the East China Sea dispute in the China Daily and Daily Yomiuri. |
| 11/12 | CHAN Che Ming Michael (with GUO Jing, University of Maryland) | Best Research Paper Award, Political Communication Interest Group of Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication’s (AEJMC) 95th Conference | The impact of political identity, efficacy, and selective media exposure on political participation. A comparative study of young adults in the United States and Hong Kong. |
| 11/12 | CHOW Pui Ha Carol | Best Paper Award, the Philosophy of Communication Division of International Communication Association (ICA) 2012. This paper was automatically accepted for publication in the journal The Communication Review of the Taylor and Francis publishers. | Image Capital, Field and the Economies of Signs and Space |
| 11/12 | LEUNG Wan Chi Janice | NCA/ICA Amanda Kundrat Health Communication Thesis Award 2012 | Third-Person Effect and Rectifying Behaviors: Studying Antisocial and Prosocial Messages of Youth Drug Abuse |
| 11/12 | LYU Chen Joanne | Top Student Paper in the Public Relations Division of the International Communication Association (ICA). This paper also has been accepted for publication (with revision) in Public Relations Review, a SSCI journal. | A Comparative Study of Crisis Communication strategies between Mainland China and Taiwan: The Melamine-tainted Milk Powder Crisis in the Chinese Context |
| 11/12 | DONG Zhuowen Samantha & TAM Lai Shan Lisa | Top student paper in the Communication and Social Cognition Division of 97th Annual Convention of National Communication Association (NCA) | Financial Risk Information Processing in Hong Kong: An Application of the Risk Information Seeking and Processing (RISP) Model |
| 11/12 | LI Miao (with LEE Lap Fung Francis) | 2012 Top Six Papers in the Language and Social Interaction Division of the International Communication Association (ICA). | Host Power and Triadic Conversation Management in Radio Phone-in Talk Shows in Hong Kong |
| Year of Award | Student Name | Conference | Paper Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/11 | JIANG Qiaolei Chloris | The Herbert Schiller Award, International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) Conference | Techno-nationalism and Creative Industries: The Development of Chinese Online Game Industry in a Globalized Economy |
| 09/10 | ZHANG Yin Nick & TANG Shing Tung Leo | 1st Place, Moellor student paper competition; Top 2 student paper award, Mass Communication & Society Division of Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) annual conference | Why and How Facebook Satisfies You: Collective Self-esteem, Emotional Openness, Communication Apprehension as Predictors of Facebook Uses and Gratifications |
| 09/10 | HO Wing Ki Vicky | Top Paper, Language and Social Interaction Division of International Communication Association (ICA) 2010. | The Discursive Construction of a Credible Astrology in a Call-In Radio Show |
| 07/08 | JIANG Qiaolei Chloris | Second Prize, Bell Canada 2008 Best Paper Award of 17th Biennial International Telecommunications Society Conference | Whet Chinese Appetite: Viewing Preference of American and Korean TV Dramas among Chinese Young-adult Audiences |
