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Dr. Jing Ding obtained her PhD from the School of Design at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Journalism and Communication at Hong Kong Shue Yan University. Her research focuses on the deep coupling between digital media and human perception, aiming to expand the possibilities of human cognition and emotional expression through technological innovation. The core research direction revolves around the logical chain of "perception reconstruction - behavior empowerment - psychological intervention." These three areas form an organic cycle: virtual environments establish the basis of perception, embodied interaction shapes behavioral patterns, and digital art facilitates psychological adjustment. Through these interdisciplinary approaches, Dr. Ding aims to make significant contributions to the fields of cultural heritage preservation and elderly care, ultimately enhancing user experiences and promoting overall well-being. With nearly a decade of design expertise in the field, she has contributed to the project planning and interactive multimedia design of numerous nationally significant science and technology museums.

Dr. Jing Guo obtained her PhD degree from the School of Journalism and Communication, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Journalism and Communication, Hong Kong Shue Yan University. Her research focuses on political communication and new media with quantitative approach. Her scholarly contributions have been published in reputable SSCI journals including Communication Research, Computers in Human Behavior, Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, Social Media + Society, Environmental Communication, Asian Journal of Communication, among others. Before pursuing her PhD, Jing gained extensive professional experience in the field. She worked as a reporter and editor in South China Morning Post and Bloomberg BusinessWeek in Hong Kong, followed by positions in government institutions in Beijing and Shenzhen where she played a pivotal role in managing diplomacy, global communication, branding, and public relations-related responsibilities. This diverse background provided her with valuable insights from both journalistic and institutional perspectives. In recognition of her scholarly potential, she was honored as an Emerging Scholar at the 2023 Milton Wolf Seminar held in Vienna, Austria.

Pop culture and financial journalism are part of my life. First of all, as I grew up, pop culture had always accompanied me. I would listen to music in time of happy, unhappy and frustration. It is a memory I would never forget. Therefore, pop culture has long been a part of my life, and it is indeed good experience to be able to share my views with classmates in a class learning environment. As for the class of financial news, my first job since graduating was about financial news. After one year, I moved to TV and other publishing work. But after five years, I rejoined the financial news desk until returning to Shue Yan University as teacher. Therefore, my career and learning are all related heavily to financial journalism.

In the historic year of 1997 when Hong Kong was the centre of the world, Kaman graduated from Hong Kong Shue Yan University (Then College) and joined one of the largest local TV broadcasters as journalist. In her 10-plus years of exposure, she had assumed roles like Bureau Chief of Beijing News Center and news anchor in the main casts. Her footprint of news reporting extends beyond Asia including the United States, Canada, South America, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, India, Pakistan and all the way to Nigeria. In 2010, Kaman had reorganised her doctoral thesis and worked with Oxford University Press to publish her first book of Journalism research- Portal to History-Hong Kong TV News. In the meantime, she also assumed a full time teaching role in her alma mater while continued to be a part time TV program host and columnist. In 2014, Kaman directed and filmed IMPACT, which was a self-financed documentary about how Hong Kong journalists covered the “Umbrella Revolution” and the inner struggle of the “post-80s” journalists brought by their personal values and code of ethics in reporting. Kaman had brought the documentary to more than 20 free viewing sessions in Hong Kong, US, Germany and Taiwan where discussion forum with scholars and studiers were held. In 2017, her second documentary, REAL TIME, showed the struggle of Hong Kong online news providers and covered the challenges of media. The documentary showed how media had evolved to reflect business considerations, with lots of news packages and features being measured against online hit rates and cost calculations. Being a firm believer that storytelling via visuals could generate great impact, Kaman spent a dozen years to research The Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) Ip Man Ving Tsun and interviewed his family and apprentices, resulting the development of THE LEGACY OF VING TSUN, a documentary about how this martial arts was being passed on for generations. Back in 2019, Kaman worked with The Lord Wilson Heritage Trust and invited Ip Chun and Ip Ching, sons of Ip Man, along with senior masters of Ving Tsun to join force for the project. In 2022, Kaman has organised the “Chinese Martial Arts and Sports Culture Communication” Academic Conference at Shue Yan University. The topics discussed during the conference included Chinese Martial Arts and Big Data, Chinese Martial Arts and Virtual World, E-sports and the Inheritance of Chinese Martial Arts, Chinese Martial Arts and Media Communications etc. The conference had managed to increase the awareness of the impact that Chinese martial arts brings to different communication channels. An episode (詠春拳在香港 Ving Tsun in HK) was created by RTHK for Kaman’s project and during the 1Hour 30 mins of program ( Free as the wind on March , 2024 ), Kaman was able to showcase how martial arts masters used AI to support and encourage young students to deepen their understanding and knowledge towards Chinese marital arts and traditional heritage. A digital archive database was also developed to preserve the traits of Intangible cultural heritage in Chinese martial arts. To complement the release of her findings, an exhibition was also held in Braemar Hill campus, which showcased authentic training tools of Chinese Martial Arts together with the precious historical documents from HK Ving Tsun and Tai Chi grandmasters. These exhibits helped education, IT, media & PR industry to change their stereotype about Chinese Martial Arts Masters being traditional and routine in their ways of teaching, and help the visitors to have a better understanding to the role of sports communication across levels including interpersonal, organizational, mass and international communication.

Dr. Dennis LEUNG is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Journalism and Communication, Hong Kong Shue Yan University. He received his PhD in Communication at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His research interests include journalism studies, political communication, public opinion research, and media and communication laws, with a focus on Hong Kong. Prior to joining HKSYU, Dennis was a Postdoctoral Fellow (with the functional title of Assistant Principal Research Executive) at the Centre for Communication and Public Opinion Survey, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has extensive experiences in managing a wide range of quantitative and qualitative public opinion research projects (including telephone survey, online survey, on-site survey, and focus group, etc.) conducted for government departments, public institutions, NGOs, professional organizations, media, and academics.

Dr. Jessica Wenshu LI is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Journalism and Communication at Hong Kong Shue Yan University. She holds a Ph.D. in Communication from Hong Kong Baptist University. Her research interests focus on health communication, and her work has been published in communication and information science journals, such as Health Communication, Journalism Practice, Online Information Review, and Journalism and Communication. Before joining HKSYU, Jessica was a lecturer at the College of International Education at Hong Kong Baptist University and served as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong. Prior to her academic career, she worked as a journalist for Shenzhen Press Group and as a journalist based in Taipei, as well as a planner in the public relations sector.

Specializing in broadcast news, current affairs and in-depth documentary production, Edgar has a wealth of experience in practicing and teaching journalism as well as media management for over 28 years. He has won a number of local and international awards such as the Human Rights Press Awards, the US George Foster Peabody Award, the Chicago International TV Award and the New York Festival TV Award for his news and documentary reports. After the US 911 terrorist attack in 2001, Edgar was among the first batch of Hong Kong journalists travelling to the Middle East to cover the war zones including US’s invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq. In recognition of his achievement, he was granted the Journalism Grand Award by the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2003. Edgar graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor of Social Science degree in Journalism and Communication and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology with a Master of Arts degree in China Studies. He was also a Reuters Research Fellow at the University of Oxford in 2000, courtesy of the British Chevening Scholarship. He was the Head of Programming at the Hong Kong i-Cable News Limited overseeing the production of current affairs, news features and information programmes before joining the Shue Yan University as the Associate Professor of Practice.

Suk Chong TONG (Ph.D., Hong Kong Baptist University) is Associate Professor in the Department of Journalism and Communication, Hong Kong Shue Yan University. She had worked in the sectors of public relations and marketing, and has been teaching public relations, advertising, and communication studies in universities. Her work, which is mainly sole- or lead-authored, has been published in Public Relations Review (SSCI; 2022 Impact Factor: 4.2), Journal of Research in Interactive Marketing (SSCI; 2022 Impact Factor: 8.2), Asian Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics (SSCI; 2022 Impact Factor: 3.7), Journal of Communication Management (ESCI; 2022 impact factor: 3.1), and others.

Keith worked more than 20 years as research and development project leader of HK, US, and European listed technology companies for ERP, internet, and mobile application development, and secured million projects’ funding from HK and China governments and industry associations. He has extensive experience in ICT business process re-engineering and owns several China invention patents in the fields of catering and supply chain management. Dr. Keith Tsui joined Hong Kong Shue Yan University as Assistant Professor of Journalism and Communication Department in 2016. He holds a Doctoral degree from The University of Newcastle, Australia, and two Master degrees in Information Technology Management and Business Administration from Australia, and graduated from the City University of Hong Kong in Computer Engineering.

Dr. Grace Xiao, ZHANG obtained her PhD degree from the School of Journalism and Communication, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Journalism and Communication, Hong Kong Shue Yan University. Before joining HKSYU, she served as an Assistant Professor at the Macau University of Science and Technology (2018-2022). Her research interests including marketing communication, cross-regional media consumption, media effects and health communication. Her research has been published in New Media & Society, Social Media+Society, Asian Journal of Communication, International Journal of Communication, TRE: Logistics and Transportation Review, among others. Award: 2023 Best Article Award, Communication & Society (ICA affiliate journal)