From December 8th to 9th , HNFNU held a forumthemingthe news spreadinbig dateera. The activity had three stages, including two lectures and a consultation ofdisciplinebuilding.
Onthe afternoon ofDecember 8,lectureNews andNewMediaDataAnalysiswas held in the conference room of our school's science and technology building.The speaker was Dr.Song Yunya, fromHong Kong Baptist University.Zhou Lihong, deputy director of Hunan administration of foreign experts affairs bureau; Xie Baojun,the central television station in Hunan bureau director; Sun Jian,Changsha television news channel director;Chen Lusha,the director of the new mediasection ofChangsha television news channel;Xiao Xiangyu,HNFNU president;Liu Mingdong,director offoreign exchangeoffice; teachers fromCentral South University, Hunan University of Commerce, Hunan Mass Media College were invited to attend.All the leaders and teachers from ourCollegeof Literature & Journalism, together with the studentsmajoring inTelevision Broadcasting Science and New Mediaattended thelecture.
At the beginning, the vicepresident Tong Xiaojiao made a welcome speech. In the following lecture, Dr. Song talked about the influences that data news brought to the new media: the application of social media and the key concept of data news. In her explanation, Dr.Song used many typical examples. This allowed the students to feel the charm of data news more intuitively.The seminar group was consisted of Doctor Song, Webmaster Xie,MajordomoSun and Director Chen, they discussed deeply about the question whether the role of journalists will disappear in the Internet era. The four experts were different intheiropinions, but they all agreedthat theperson who can keep pace with times will not be outmoded. Mr. Xie said, the best news is made in original way and made by excellent journalists.
On December 9thmorning, the Technical Advisory Panel was held at meeting room of Literature and Journalism Departmentfocusing on how to developed talents in journalism. This wasthe second activity. Pro.Guo zhongshishared with ussome ideas .He thought thatmanycolleges and universities have journalismmajors, so it was necessary toset one’s own goals, createcharacteristicsandestablish a brand in the academiccommunity.Heclaimed thatjournalismmajorsmustdevelopthe human spiritandthe key points should be highlighted in professional courses. Dr. SongYunya agreed with the statementsofProfessor.Guo, and put forward another idea that more attention should be paid on the independence of courses, avoidingrepetition in courses.Moreover,the vice director of the Human Resources Department of Changsha Broadcasting and Television Organization, Chen Yu, talked about the significance of news professional practice courses. “Traditional media and new media are gradually fused together. Therefore, students should learn tointegratenews and knowledge, and master the way to process data appropriately”. She said.
On the afternoon of Dec.9th, the third activity, a lecture about reflections on new media was held in the video conference room, which was given by Guo Zhongshi, a professor of the department of journalism in Hong Kong Baptist University.Professor Guo explained some thoughts on new media: the relative concepts of big data, the elemental analysis on the appearance of the new media, thechangesandlegaciesof new media.Pro.Guo laid emphasis on enlightening students on thinking by witty remark, which won overwhelming approval fromtheaudience. Here’s what Professor finally concluded:new media has not changedanything because the social structure has not led to fundamental change.
At last, LiuShuxin,deanof the School of Literature and Journalism, said:”Developing critical thinking is more important than learning knowledge. I believe all of uscan benefit from this lecture.
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