The next China Media Centre seminar will take place on Wednesday 22rd February between 4-6pm at Westminster University’s New Cavendish Campus, in room C1.04.
Prof Michel Hockx from SOAS, University of London, Dr. Mei Hong, Assistant Professor from Southwest Jiaotong University and vardenafil 50mg Prof David Gauntlett from University of Westminster, will give a talk with the title ‘China: the New Media Explosion’, You can find more details about the speakers and an abstract of the talk below.
SOAS& CMC 2012 Spring Seminar
CHINA: THE NEW MEDIA EXPLOSION
Speaker: Prof Michel Hockx, Dr. Mei Hong
Interrogator:Â Prof David Gauntlett
Date: Wednesday 22nd February, 2012
Time: 4-6pm
Venue: C1.04 New Cavendish Campus, University of Westminster,
Chair: Prof Hugo de Burgh
OPEN TO ALL
ABSTRACT:
This lecture introduces the history, development, and widespread popularity of Internet Literature (wangluo wenxue 网络文å¦) in the People’s Republic of China. The speakers will deal in turn deal with two discrete aspects of the phenomenon, namely the rise of online popular fiction and its impact on other media, and the significance of online practices for the more marginal genre of poetry.
BIOGRAPHY:
Michel Hockx is Professor of Chinese at SOAS, University of London. Born and raised in The Netherlands, he obtained his PhD in 1994 from Leiden University for a thesis on modern Chinese poetry. His later work has dealt with various aspects of the sociology of modern Chinese literature, including the study of early modern literary societies and literary magazines and, more recently, the study of Internet literature. His monograph Internet Literature in China is forthcoming with Columbia University Press.
David Gauntlett is Professor of Media and Communications, and Co-Director of the Communications and Media Research Institute, at the University of Westminster. His teaching and 25mg vardenafil for sale research concerns people’s use of media in their everyday lives, with a particular focus on creative uses of digital media. He is the author of several books, including Creative Explorations (2007) and Making is Connecting: The social meaning of creativity, from DIY and knitting to YouTube and Web 2.0 (2011). He has made several popular YouTube videos, and produces the website about media and identities, Theory.org.uk. He has conducted collaborative research with a number of the world’s leading creative organisations, including the BBC, Lego, and Tate.
Mei Hong is a vice professor of Communication Department of Art and Communication College, Southwest Jiaotong University, China. She obtained her PHD in 2006 from Sichuan University for a thesis on Culture and Communication. She is interested in media and society and has published a book on Internet Literature.
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