Dear Colleagues,
I would be very grateful if you could distribute the information about these
lectures to your colleagues and students who have an interest in Chinese
media.
Yours sincerely
Colin Sparks
CHINA MEDIA CENTRE
UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER
LEVERHULME PUBLIC LECTURES
Professor Hu Zhengrong
(Communication University of China)
MEDIA IN CHINA
Wednesday 5th April The Past and background: Chinese media change and
its context
Room RS358
309 Regent Street
Wednesday 10th May The present and its problems: Chinese media
structure and the policy system
Room RS358
309 Regent Street
Saturday 3rd June Reform and the future: The cultural system and the
possible outcomes Room RS451
309 Regent Street
All lectures will run from 14.00 to 17.00. Entrance is free. The lectures
and discussion will be in English.
Dr. Hu Zhengrong is Professor of Communication and Director of the National
Center for Radio & TV Studies. He also serves as the Executive Dean of the
Graduate School Communication University of China. Professor Hu research
areas are media policy and institutional transition, media development
strategy, media management, and political economy of communication.
Hu holds a doctorate from the Renmin University of China (1999) and
a bachelor's degree from Beijing Broadcasting Institute (1986). He has
chaired and accomplished research projects in China from the National Social
Sciences Foundation, the National Commission of Reform and Development, the
Ministry of Education, the State Administration of Radio, Film and
Television (SARFT), and Beijing Municipal Government.
He has published papers on Chinese media in transition for numerous
leading Chinese journals including the Chinese Broadcasting Academic Journal
and Modern Communication. He is the author of several influential books as
Media Reality and Beyond (2004) and Media Management Renovation (2000), etc.
Hu is a consulting expert for Chinese media policy makers as the
National Development and Reform Commission, the State Administration of
Radio, Film and Television and so forth; member of the Expert Committee of
Courses Development and Disciplines Establishment, Ministry of Education;
member of the Evaluation Committee, China Studying Abroad Foundation
Council; member of the Expert Committee of Post-doctor Program Evaluation,
Ministry of Labor and Human Resources; member of the Standing Committee of
the Beijing Journalists Association; member of the editorial committee of
MEDIA ASIA magazine, Singapore; member of the Advisory Committee of the Asia
Media, Information and Communication Center (AMIC); vice-Chair of the
Communication Association of China.
Dr. Hu was a research fellow at Shorenstein Center on the Press,
Politics and Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government at Harvard
University (2005). Currently he is the Leverhulme Visiting Professor at the
China Media Centre of the University of Westminster.
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