Topic: Chinese Media Improvisations: Thriving on Deficits
Speaker: Prof. Xuenan Cao
Professor and Chair of General Education at San Francisco Bay University
Date: 10 December 2026 (Thurs)
Time: 10:00 - 11:30
Venue: DE301, PolyU Main Campus
Language: English
Abstract:
This is a book talk based on the author's recent publication on media theory and Chinese media improvisations. The full blurb of the book can be found: https://www.sup.org/books/media-studies/chinese-media-improvisations. Please feel free to include one sentence, one paragraph, or the whole two-paragraph blurb.
Speaker's Biography:
Prof. Xuenan Cao is Professor and Chair of General Education at San Francisco Bay University and Adjunct Faculty of Cultural Faculties at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, having previously taught at Duke University, New York University-Shanghai, and Yale University. She is author of Chinese Media Improvisations: Thriving on Deficits (Stanford University Press, 2026). She has published in top venues for both humanities and computer sciences, including Grey Room, boundary 2, Theory, Culture & Society, Information, Communication & Society, Media, Culture & Society, PMLA, AMCIS, NeurIPS, among others. Her current work focuses on assessment and curricular change in the age of artificial intelligence.
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