The 19th Chinese Internet Research Conference
23 - 24 May 2022
Virtual Conference (HKT; UTC +8)
School of Communication and Film, Hong Kong Baptist University
Day 1 23 May (Monday) 2022
Hong Kong, HKT (UTC +8) | 09:00 – 09:20 London, BST (UTC +1) | 02:00 – 02:20 New York, EDT (UTC -4) | (22 May) 21:00 – 21:20 Los Angles, PDT (UTC -7) | (22 May) 18:00 – 18:20 |
Opening: Welcoming to CIRC 2022 |
Hong Kong, HKT (UTC +8) | 09:30 – 10:50 London, BST (UTC +1) | 02:30 – 03:50 New York, EDT (UTC -4) | (22 May) 21:30 – 22:50 Los Angles, PDT (UTC -7) | (22 May) 18:30 – 19:50 |
Keynote Speech: Adding Evidence-based Evaluation (EbE) to Research on Chinese Internet Research
Jonathan Jian-Hua Zhu, City University of Hong Kong
Abstract
Bio |
Hong Kong, HKT (UTC +8) | 11:00 – 12:20 London, BST (UTC +1) | 04:00 – 05:20 New York, EDT (UTC -4) | (22 May) 23:00 – (23 May) 00:20 Los Angles, PDT (UTC -7) | (22 May) 20:00 – 21:20 |
Panel 1: Chinese-language Fact-checking in the Digital Age
Chair: Stephanie Tsang, Hong Kong Baptist University
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Hong Kong, HKT (UTC +8) | 12:20 – 13:20 London, BST (UTC +1) | 05:20 – 06:20 New York, EDT (UTC -4) | (23 May) 00:20 – 01:20 Los Angles, PDT (UTC -7) | (22 May) 21:20 – 22:20 |
Lunch Break |
Hong Kong, HKT (UTC +8) | 13:30 – 14:50 London, BST (UTC +1) | 06:30 – 07:50 New York, EDT (UTC -4) | (23 May) 01:30 – 02:50 Los Angles, PDT (UTC -7) | (22 May) 22:30 –23:50 |
Panel 2: Internet Technology, Environment, and Health
Chair: Jingyuang Wang, Hong Kong Baptist University
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Hong Kong, HKT (UTC +8) | 15:00 – 16:20 London, BST (UTC +1) | 08:00 – 09:20 New York, EDT (UTC -4) | (23 May) 03:00 – 04:20 Los Angles, PDT (UTC -7) | (23 May) 00:00 – 01:20 |
Panel 3: Global Perspectives on Chinese Internet
Chair: Daya Thussu, Hong Kong Baptist University
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Hong Kong, HKT (UTC +8) | 16:30 – 17:50 London, BST (UTC +1) | 09:30 – 10:50 New York, EDT (UTC -4) | (23 May) 04:30 – 05:50 Los Angles, PDT (UTC -7) | (23 May) 01:30 – 02:50 |
Panel 4: The Digital Silk Road Between Internet Sovereignty and Globalization Imperatives
Chair: Elisa Oreglia, King’s College London, UK
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Hong Kong, HKT (UTC +8) | 18:00 – 19:20 London, BST (UTC +1) | 11:00 – 12:20 New York, EDT (UTC -4) | (23 May) 06:00 – 07:20 Los Angles, PDT (UTC -7) | (23 May) 03:00 – 04:20 |
Panel 5: Provincializing Platform Economies: The (Re)making of Power Dynamics and Social Order in China
Chair: Xiaofei Han, Carleton University, Canada
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Day 2 24 May (Tuesday) 2022
Hong Kong, HKT (UTC +8) | 09:30 – 10:50 London, BST (UTC +1) | 02:30 – 03:50 New York, EDT (UTC -4) | (23 May) 21:30 – 22:50 Los Angles, PDT (UTC -7) | (23 May) 18:30 – 19:50 |
Panel 6: Internet and Digital Economy
Chair: Vincent Huang, Hong Kong Baptist University
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Hong Kong, HKT (UTC +8) | 11:00 – 12:20 London, BST (UTC +1) | 04:00 – 05:20 New York, EDT (UTC -4) | (23 May) 23:00 – (24 May) 00:20 Los Angles, PDT (UTC -7) | (23 May) 20:00 – 21:20 |
Panel 7: State, Regulation, and Society
Chair: Xinzhi Zhang, Hong Kong Baptist University
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Hong Kong, HKT (UTC +8) | 12:20 – 13:20 London, BST (UTC +1) | 05:20 – 06:20 New York, EDT (UTC -4) |(24 May) 00:20 – 01:20 Los Angles, PDT (UTC -7) | (23 May) 21:20 – 22:20 |
Lunch Break |
Hong Kong, HKT (UTC +8) | 13:30 – 14:50 London, BST (UTC +1) | 06:30 – 07:50 New York, EDT (UTC -4) | (24 May) 01:30 – 02:50 Los Angles, PDT (UTC -7) | (23 May) 22:30 –23:50 |
Panel 8: Digital Platform, Content, and Culture
Chair: Dandan Liu, Hong Kong Baptist University
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Hong Kong, HKT (UTC +8) | 15:00 – 16:20 London, BST (UTC +1) | 08:00 – 09:20 New York, EDT (UTC -4) | (24 May) 03:00 – 04:20 Los Angles, PDT (UTC -7) | (24 May) 00:00 – 01:20 |
Panel 9: Cross-Platform Analyses of Chinese Internet
Chair: Weiyu Zhang, National University of Singapore
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Hong Kong, HKT (UTC +8) | 16:30 – 17:30 London, BST (UTC +1) | 09:30 – 10:30 New York, EDT (UTC -4) | (24 May) 04:30 – 05:30 Los Angles, PDT (UTC -7) | (24 May) 01:30 – 02:30 |
Closing: Student Paper Award Ceremony |
Located in Kowloon, Hong Kong, the School of Communication and Film at HKBU provides a comprehensive range of programs in communication at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels under three academic units: Department of Journalism, Department of Communication Studies, and Academy of Film. Home to some 35 research faculty and 40 PhD Students, the School has been recently rated Hong Kong’s leading institution for communication/media research outputs based on the 2020 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) conducted by the University Grants Committee of Hong Kong.
School of Communication and Film, 5 Hereford Road, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Kong Hong