We are proud to share that nine research postgraduate students from the School of Communication have recently earned various prestigious awards at leading international conferences with the support of their supervisors and the HKBU research student expenses scheme.

 

These achievements highlight HKBU’s commitment to nurturing globally competitive talent and driving impactful, interdisciplinary research. Each award reflects our students’ passion, creativity and pursuit of knowledge, setting new standards for research impact and inspiring meaningful change worldwide. Join us in celebrating these outstanding accomplishments!

 

Award Highlights

(Listed in reverse chronological order)

 

1. The 108th Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) conference, 7-10 August 2025, San Francisco

Student	Awards Received	Awarded Paper Title
Dongni Li, Jingyi Zhang, & Hanjing Wang	Top Student Paper award in the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)	Mapping gender-based incivility in MOBA gaming community
Wanhui Zhou	Top Paper Award - Third place in the Faculty	The Mediating Role of Spiritual Frameworks in Technology Communication Practices Among Elderly Residents
Yuexin Lyu	Top 2 Student Paper in the Media Management, Economics and Entrepreneurship (MMEE) Division	Returning migrant workers as cultural brokers: Bridging rural and urban through e-commerce entrepreneurship in China
Yitong Gu, Bohan Zhang	Second place in the Broadcast and Mobile Journalism Division	Evaluating the Impact of Authorship and AI System Provenance on News Credibility

2. The 2025 International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) conference, 15 July 2025, Singapore

Student	Awards Received	Awarded Paper Title
Hua Li & Yuexin Lyu	Outstanding Early Career Paper in the Political Communication Research Section	Skewed Likes and Dislikes: Examining Affective Polarization in Chinese Attitudes toward Russia and the US

3. The 20th International Conference on Research in Advertising (ICORIA), 26-28 June 2025, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Student	Awards Received	Awarded Paper Title
Yan Wang	European Advertising Academy (EAA) Research Grant (€1000)	Encountering Age in the Digital Age: Understanding the Impact of granfluencers on older adults

4. The 75th International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference, 12-16 June 2025, Denver, Colorado, USA

Student	Awards Received	Awarded Paper Title
Shunhao Zhang	ICA Organizational Communication Division Top Student Paper	Gossip Hurts More in the Tower of Babel: Linguistic Ostracism Facilitates the Influence of Self-Perceived Negative Workplace Gossip on Gossip Targets’ Organisation-Based Self-Esteem

5. American Academy of Advertising (AAA) Annual Conference, 6-9 March 2025, Pittsburgh, USA.

Student	Awards Received	Awarded Paper Title
Yan Wang	American Advertising Academy (AAA) Non-Dissertation Research Grant Award (US$500)	Likes vs. Lies: Development and Validation of a Survey Instrument to Measure Social Media Influencer’s Inauthenticity

6. The 13th International Conference on Computational Data and Social Networks, (CSoNet), 16-18 December 2024, Bangkok, Thailand

Student	Awards Received	Awarded Paper Title
Xinrui Shi	Best Student Paper Award	TVGN: Mastering Predictions of Information Transmissibility in Time-Varying Networks

 

• Left: Ms. Yan Wang presented on the 20th International Conference on Research in Advertising (ICORIA) 
• Right: Mr. Shunhao Zhang received the ICA Organizational Communication Division Top Student Paper Award at the 75th International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference
   

 

• Right: Ms. Xinrui Shi received the Best Student Paper Award at The 13th International Conference on Computational Data and Social Networks (CSoNet)
• Left: Ms. Yuexin Lyu received the Top Faculty Paper in Language and Social Interaction at the 74th International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference
   

Their success inspires our entire academic community and points the way to even greater breakthroughs ahead. Ready to be part of a vibrant, impactful research community? Connect with us at hkbu_rpg@hkbu.edu.hk to learn how HKBU can support your academic journey.

 

+Special thanks to the School of Communication for generously sharing these exciting student achievements with us.