2021 ANPOR-APCA Annual Conference Successfully Held

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The 2021 ANPOR-APCA Annual Conference, jointly hosted by the Asia-Pacific Communication Alliance (APCA) and the Asian Network for Public Opinion Research (ANPOR), was successfully held on December 14, 2021 in Bangkok, Thailand (offline) and online. The theme of the conference was: “Understanding Wellbeing in Asian Societies: The Impact of Digital Media on Environmental and Social Resilience.” At the conference, scholars from more than 10 countries and regions, including mainland China, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Korea, Hong Kong, Macau, the United States, Japan, Pakistan, and Cambodia, gave 96 presentations over a wide range of journalism and communication research topics.

In the opening speech, Professor Changfeng Chen, President of the APCA, emphasized that in the era of uncertainty, communication scholars in Asia-Pacific regions have taken on the responsibilities to make unique contributions to people’s well-being and global development. She hoped that journalism and communication scholars could make collective efforts to promote academic collaborations, discuss cultural values and communication issues, and increase the global influence of Asia-Pacific journalism and communication scholarship. She expressed her sincere appreciation for President of the ANPOR and co-organizer of the annual conference, Jantima Kheokao, and encouraged scholars to actively participate in APCA activities.

 

The annual conference featured in-depth discussions of the impact of digital media on environmental and social resilience in Asia-Pacific regions. The conference was rich in content and diverse in format, including one keynote speech, 15 parallel sessions, workshops, and round table discussions. Professor Min Hang, Associate Dean of the School of Journalism and Communication at Tsinghua University, gave the keynote presentation titled “Covering China’s Economic Development: Issues and Strategies in a Digital Era.” In this presentation, Professor Hang used rich data to analyze the changes and recovery of the world economy since COVID-19, especially the resilience of the economic recovery in Asia. She focused her research on China’s macroeconomic policies and discussed the concept of the “New Development Paradigm” proposed and implemented by China. Based on international media coverage of this new economic development paradigm of China, Professor Hang analyzed the narrative of these reports, proposed methods and strategies for international economic communication in the new media era, and envisioned future collaboration in international and interdisciplinary research.

 

 

 

 

During the conference, the APCA held its Council Meeting. Professor Changfeng Chen, Executive Dean of School of Journalism and Communication at Tsinghua University, Honorary President of Chinese Association for History of Journalism and Communication, was nominated and unanimously re-elected by the council members as the new president. Thirty-five council members and representatives from more than 10 countries attended the meeting, including from Australia, mainland China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippine, Singapore, Thailand, and the United States.

 

The APCA was founded at Tsinghua University on October 25, 2018. Twenty Presidents and 40 Executive Board Members of different Journalism and Communication Associations from 16 countries attended the inaugural meeting and voted for the first Executive Board. Prof. Changfeng Chen from Tsinghua University, President of the Chinese Association for History of Journalism and Communication, was elected as the first President. The APCA aims to provide a broad and close platform for academic collaboration and educational exchange in journalism and communication research in Asia-Pacific regions. In the context of globalization, the alliance will continue to bridge the communication gap between regions to overcome language and cultural barriers, different political systems and levels of social development, and promote the development of research and teaching in higher education.


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