Dr Chengju Huang

Dr Chengju Huang is a senior lecturer in the School of Media and Communication at RMIT University. He is an Asian journalism and media studies expert with extensive industrial, teaching, and research experience in this area. 

Dr Huang has taught into a wide range of media and communication courses. He currently teaches COMM2878 Contemporary Asian Modernities and COMM2871 Asian Mass and Communication. 

In research, he investigates the political economy of journalism and media, media representation, media propaganda, tabloid journalism, and digital transition of traditional (print) media. More specifically, his research focuses on Asian journalism and media, particularly Chinese journalism and media; international communication; and comparative media systems. His work has appeared in leading international journals such as Journal of Communication, Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism, Journalism Studies, The International Communication Gazette, and Global Media Journal.

Dr Huang supervises honours and postgraduate projects in his main research areas as mentioned above.

Current Research Projects:

• Huang, C.J. (forthcoming). Popular journalism in post-Mao China: Informing, entertaining and empowering. Palgrave and McMillian.
• Huang, C.J. (forthcoming). Media industry. In Chinese Film, Media and Communication, Routledge Encyclopedia of Chinese Studies (online). 
• Huang, C.J. (forthcoming). The ideological decay and theoretical stagnation of Chinese journalism: A critique of the “Marxist view of journalism” discourse. Global Media Journal.
• Huang, C.J. (forthcoming). “Giving up” vs “holding on”: A comparative case study of Chinese and Australian newspaper publishers’ approaches to their print editions in their digital transition. In Digital Journalism in China. UK: Routledge.
• Huang, C.J. (forthcoming). Media sociology research methods. In Mass Communication Research Methods. Beijing: Peking University Press.

Research Grants: 

• 2009: China’s Chicago: Global ideology, urban infrastructure & the transformation of public space in Chongqing (Seed funding from RMIT Global Cities Institute’s Urban Infrastructure Group). With two RMIT co-researchers Associate Professor Chris Hudson and Professor SueAnne Ware. 
• 2009: China’s Chicago: Global ideology, urban infrastructure & the transformation of public space in Chongqing (Seed funding from RMIT Design Research Institute). With two RMIT co-researchers Associate Professor Chris Hudson and Professor SueAnne Ware.
• 2006: Gan Vs. Wang: The Debate between China’s Two Leading Journalism Professors on “Marxist Journalism” (RMIT Emerging Researcher Grant).
• 2001: Media Transition in Asia: Patterns and Dynamics (a postdoctoral research project sponsored by Faculty of Informatics and Communication, Central Queensland University).
• 1994: The Main Trends of China’s Newspaper Industry in the 1990s (large grant, sponsored by the Higher Education Committee of the People’s Republic of China).
• 1993: The Rise of Popular Culture in Post-Mao China (sponsored by Sichuan University, China).

Guest Editorship:

• The International Communication Gazette, Vol. 69, No. 5, 2007. Theme: From Control to negotiation: Chinese media in the 2000s.

• Bachelor of Arts - Journalism (Fudan University, China)
• Postgraduate Diploma - Journalism (Fudan University, China)
• PhD - Journalism and Media Studies (University of Queensland, Australia)

Dr Huang has worked as an academic and media practitioner for more than 30 years. Before joining RMIT University, he worked with Sichuan University, China and a couple of Chinese media companies; University of Queensland; and Central Queensland University. 

He maintains close professional relationships with many researchers and media organisations and professional bodies in the Asian region.

He is an editorial board member of Asian Journal of Communication and a reviewer for a number of international academic journals.