Hello All,
I would like to invite you to a talk on Chinese Media Censorship & Social Media with Ying Zhu and Jason Q. Ng, next Wednesday, April 30th.
Though often described with foreboding buzzwords such as “The Great Firewall” and the “censorship regime,” media regulation in China is rarely either obvious or straightforward. Join media scholars Ying Zhu, author of Two Billion Eyes, a newly published book on Chinese television, and Jason Q. Ng, author of Blocked on Weibo, a newly published book on the most important social media website in China, as they explore the intricacies of how and why Chinese authorities regulate media—as well as how they enlist journalists, companies, and citizens in the task.
April 30th, 2014, 6:30pm
Room C197
The Graduate Center, CUNY
Free and open to the public, RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/apr-30-chinese-media-censorship-with-ying-zhu-and-jason-q-ng-tickets-11391499281
Cosponsored by: CUNY Digital Humanities Initiative, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, Department of Media Culture, College of Staten Island, CUNY, and the Interactive Technology and Pedagogy Certificate Program, The Graduate Center, CUNY.
Dr. Ying Zhu is a professor in and the Chair of the Department of Media Culture at the City University of New York, College of Staten Island. She has published eight books, including Two Billion Eyes: The Story of China Central Television (New Press, 2012). A leading scholar on Chinese cinema and media studies, her writings have appeared in major academic journals and publications such as The Atlantic, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. Her work has been translated into Chinese, Dutch, French, Italian, and Spanish.
Jason Q. Ng is currently a Research Fellow at the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab and author of Blocked on Weibo, a book on Chinese social media. He is also a research consultant at China Digital Times. His research and translations have been featured in publications like Le Monde, TheAtlantic.com, Foreign Affairs, Shanghaiist, and the Huffington Post. He studied at the University of Pittsburgh and Brown University.
For more information visit: http://centerforthehumanities.org/events/Chinese-Media-Censorship
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