In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, the rise of generative AI tools such as ChatGPT has fundamentally changed how students research, write, and even think. For educators, this presents both challenges and opportunities: How can we encourage original thought and critical engagement when AI can assist or even automate much of the creative process?At the Department of Communication’s Introduction ...

April 29, 2025— The developer of an AI tutor based on China’s homegrown technology is making BNBU her first testing ground as she aims to help teachers and students harness generative AI technologies to boost learning while discouraging plagiarism. In a lecture to about 100 BNBU teachers, Odet Abadia, founder of the company “AI for Teachers” and head of the Shanghai Vancouver Film School’s AI ...

Adapting Media Education to Emerging AI TechnologiesThe Department of Communication (DCom) at BNBU held its 2nd Annual Roundtable on Integrating Generative AI into Practical Media Coursework this April. Led by Dr. Jesse Hearns-Branaman, the event reaffirmed the department’s ongoing commitment to exploring the role of generative artificial intelligence in teaching and learning. Building on last year’...

A total of 26 students and staff from the Department of Communication and the Department of Film Television and New Media traveled to South Korea for a study tour, immersing themselves in the overseas culture while enhancing professional skills in journalism and the cultural industry. They visited two universities and four key media and artistic venues, including film archives, broadcasting sta...

Two media experts from South Korea led a documentary pitch contest and a workshop on AI tools for media production at UIC on October 11th and 12th.Dr. Kenny Kihyung Bae, senior producer at KBS, and Dr. Yougshin Cho, business strategist at SK Broadband encouraged student to explore more on media production. Dr. Bae focused on refining students’ proposal through documentary pitch consent, while ...

Eleven outstanding works from UIC have been nominated for the China Daily Campus News Awards across six main categories: Best in News Writing, Best in Feature Writing, Best in Headline Writing, Best in Business News Reporting, Best in Tech News Reporting, and Best in News Page Design.Below is the nomination list.The Campus News Award organized by the Hong Kong branch of China Daily, is an annua...

On September 25th 2:00 PM, the T2-202 lecture hall held an in-depth lecture on the history of the Chinese Cuban community. The event, hosted by the Department of Communication, featured a special guest speaker, Dr. Louie Kin-Sheun, an honorary researcher at the Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Dr. Louie, with his extensive background in political science...

An enlightening lecture opened on time at T2-102 on September 11, 2024. This lecture hosted by the Department of Communication, invited Dr. Xia Bingqing, Associate Professor from the School of Communication at East China Normal University. Dr. Xia has a deep research background in digital labor, the lecture covered her unique insights on digital labor and platform re-intermediation, which deliv...