Risk Society and News Release（XJTISS）

July 16th to July 23th, 2023

Xi'an, China

[Introduction]

In today's society with increasing globalization and informatization, the prevalence of risks is increasing, and various uncertain crisis factors are incorporated into the system construction process of "risk society". In the new era, allowing mediated governance to participate in the governance of a risk society, and starting to study from the aspects of public opinion emergency governance, government news release, and corporate crisis communication, should become one of the important strategic support points for China's governance.

The course closely focuses on the important deployment of "enhancing the influence of Chinese civilization communication" made in the report of the 20th National Congress, closely follows the strategic requirements of strengthening international communication capacity building, and builds an international and diversified teaching team based on the academic research topic of "risk society and news release" that integrates China and foreign countries, bringing together foreign experts from the United States, Europe, Central Asia and South Asia, promoting academic exchanges and dialogues through teaching, promoting Chinese academics "going out" while "bringing in", and forming a benign academic dialogue and academic community, enhance the international dissemination and influence of Chinese academic discourse.

【Teaching Masters】

WuFeng

Deputy Secretary, Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, School of Journalism and New Media, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Deputy Director of the Academic Committee and Deputy Director of the Degree Committee of the College. He has long been engaged in scientific research and teaching in the fields of public opinion management, news release and international communication. The scientific research team led by him relies on the platform of "New Media and Social Governance Research Center", a new think tank in Shaanxi universities, focuses on the main axis of "risk society and news release", uses multidisciplinary paths and methods, and conducts long-term systematic research on public opinion governance, government news release, enterprise crisis communication, etc., and has made important progress in project research, think tank services, international cooperation, etc., and has accumulated a solid research foundation.

ChengYang

Tenured Associate Professor at North Carolina State University, Visiting Professor of School of Management, Director of Overseas (China) Exchange Program, currently member of the editorial board of the Journal of Public Relations Research, Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management and Public Relations Review. Guest Editor of special issues of Internet Research and Public Relations Review. Research interests: He has long been engaged in the research of global public relations management, social media and artificial intelligence, and crisis communication. He has extensive experience in marketing and social science research in New Media & Society, American Behavioral Scientist, Mass Communication and Society, Social Science Computer Review, Computers in Human Behavior, Telematics and He has published more than 120 papers in top journals or international conferences such as Informatics, Journal of Public Relations Research, Journal of Product and Brand Management, and Public Relations Review. She has also received numerous awards and honors from global institutions such as the Public Relations Institute and received grants including Arthur Page Johnson Legacy Scholar Grant and National Science Foundation (NSF) ($1,058,249).

Djurovic Gordana

Full-time professor on the Faculty of Economics and the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro (subjects: Economic development, the EU enlargement policy, Cohesion policy, International economic relations); Head of European economic integration studies (undergraduate and postgraduate study), Jean Monnet professor since 2012. She has long been engaged in research, teaching and policy formulation of global economic integration, economic diplomacy and press releases, and was the Deputy Prime Minister of the Montenegrin Government and Minister of European Integration, and has extensive influence in politics and academia.

Sak Kayrat Omirbayuly

Dean of the Faculty of Journalism and Political Science of Kazakhstan State Eurasian University, he has long been engaged in the history of Kazakh journalism and international news communication, and has a strong academic influence in Central Asia.

Habib Mohammad Ali

Associate Professor in the Department of Media Studies and Journalism, Bangladesh University of Arts and Sciences, he has long been engaged in research and teaching on social media, risk society and public health, and is fluent in Bengali, English and Japanese.

WangWeili

Associate Professor of School of Journalism and New Media, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Ph.D. in Journalism and Communication from Loughborough University, UK, focusing on international communication and environmental communication issues, and is a member of the International Communication Association (ICA) and the International Society for Media and Communication Studies (IAMCR). He used to work in BlueFocus Digital Marketing Agency, engaged in crisis public relations handling of listed companies, and is an expert in foreign language teaching, scientific research and crisis news release practice.

ShenNan

Associate Professor of School of Journalism and New Media, Xi'an Jiaotong University, backbone teacher of "News Communication and Information Risk Control" team, focusing on journalism theory, media ethics and rule of law research and cross-cultural communication teaching.

ShenXiao

Associate Professor of School of Journalism and New Media, Xi'an Jiaotong University, he has been jointly trained for doctoral studies by Nanyang Technological University and Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and has long been engaged in teaching new media in government affairs, international communication research and cyberspace security (undergraduate).

【Curriculum system】

Focusing on the theme of "Risk Society and News Release", the course takes into account theoretical research, case teaching and practical reflection, designs and teaches relevant content related to crisis communication, public and news release, and helps course learners understand the important value, risk challenges and coping strategies of crisis public and news release in the context of global risk society through a series of special lectures, and comprehensively improve risk prevention awareness and news release and crisis response skills.

Course format: synchronous online and offline teaching (Tencent Meeting)

Course arrangement:

【Admission Information】

Enrollment target: undergraduate and social learners, global recruitment.

Enrollment: There is no limit to the number of online students. Our students attend offline classes, and students from other schools take online or offline classes.

Deadline: July 14

Student treatment: Xi'an Jiaotong University provides a certificate of study (certificate of completion) for this summer course.

【Application】

Students interested in applying for this Summer School can fill out the application form online by clicking on the link below:

https://www.wjx.cn/vm/Yi8nVBE.aspx#

After applying, please scan the code to enter the summer school QQ group:

【Contact Information】

Ms.Bu

1296151326@qq.com