Dr. Chengju Huang
Senior Lecturer
Details
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College: School of Media & Communication
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Department: School - Media & Communication
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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chengju.huang@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID: 0000-0001-6310-0453
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
About
Dr Chengju Huang is a journalism and media studies expert, focusing on social-journalistic transition in Asia.
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.
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.
Guest Editorship:
- The International Communication Gazette, Vol. 69, No. 5, 2007. Theme: From Control to negotiation: Chinese media in the 2000s.
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.
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.
Guest Editorship:
- The International Communication Gazette, Vol. 69, No. 5, 2007. Theme: From Control to negotiation: Chinese media in the 2000s.
Supervisor projects
- The digital bridge: Wechat ecology and Chinese students in Melbourne
- 1 Mar 2024
- Chinas Digital Public Diplomacy: Evaluation of Strategies and Effects
- 1 Mar 2024
- Troubling the Digital: Affect, Populism and Queer Subjectivity in Post-Socialist China
- 27 Mar 2023
- A study of Chinese young females' digital political action and online everyday political talk
- 1 Mar 2022
- Mapping the Politics of Indonesian Hip Hop
- 30 Sep 2019
- The Rise of Indonesia’s Religious Influencers: Between Strategic Content, Visual Authority, and Active Audience.
- 10 Sep 2019
- "the moment of shooting": Embracing Improvisation Towards Efficiency in the Creation of Micro-Budget Interactive Short Films
- 30 Aug 2019
- The Image of Women in the Revolutionary Opera Films of the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)
- 22 Jul 2013
Teaching interests
Asian media studies, particularly Chinese media studies; international communication/comparative media systems; terrorism and media; and global media transition.
Research interests
Communication and Media Studies, Journalism and Professional Writing, Other studies in Human Society, Cultural Studies, Political Science
