{"id":1749,"date":"2025-10-23T09:27:43","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T09:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cnmcrc\/?page_id=1749"},"modified":"2025-10-23T10:47:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T10:47:48","slug":"ica-preconference-intelligent-communication-and-city-networks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cnmcrc\/ica-preconference-intelligent-communication-and-city-networks\/","title":{"rendered":"Intelligent Communication and City Networks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>\n\t\tIntelligent Communication and City Networks &#8211; A Hybrid Preconference of the International Communication Association\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>Intelligent communication re-wires various networks of cities, provide possible alternatives to intelligent mediation in urban settings, and renew an understanding of digital cities. Facilitated by increasingly intelligent technologies, such as ChatGPT, mobile VR, or TikTok, emerging networks of migration, trade and cultural exchanges re-connect cities into new clusters or communities. Examining the tension that intelligent communication brings to these networks carries important implications for the future of people, resources and technology. At this Preconference, interdisciplinary scholars shared research focusing on theorization, historiography, research methodology, and media practices.<\/p>\n<p>The programme booklet with abstracts can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cnmcrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/06\/CRC-ICA-Preconf_e-programme.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Video clips of individual paper presentations can be found below according to the panel.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-accordion--label-0\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"fl-accordion--panel-0\">Early Career Panel &#8211; Impact of Digital Integration on Urban Spaces and Practices<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-accordion--icon-0\" tabindex=\"-1\"><i title=\"Expand\">Expand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Digital Railways as Urban Interface: A Study Based on the German Railway System<\/strong>\nMr Cheng Taoran<br \/>\nPhD Candidate, School of Journalism, Fudan University<\/td>\n<td><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZH0gV-Tpgac\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>&#8220;Making the Block&#8221; &#8211; Contemporary Interactions between Urban Public Space and Mobile Media Practices<\/strong>\nMs Kang Zhengyu<br \/>\nPhD Candidate, School of Journalism, Fudan University<\/td>\n<td><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-aFTu5yHlKs\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Digitalized Monetary Media and the Intelligent Future of Exchange: A Case Study on &#8220;Ant Forest&#8221; and Its Implications for Monetary Media<\/strong>\nMr Zhang Qikai<br \/>\nPhD Candidate, School of Journalism, Fudan University<\/td>\n<td><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hmfVih3knoQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Smartphone Sensing and Urban Communication: Behavioural Insights on <\/strong><strong>Wellbeing in Intelligent Cities<\/strong>\nMs Soh Kai Xin<br \/>\nResearch Assistant, Centre for Trusted Internet and Community,<br \/>\nNational University of Singapore<\/td>\n<td><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U517b7MjWl4\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>The Late Teresa Teng&#8217;s Failed Digital Calling: Listening as the Way to Know Teng in Mainland China<\/strong>\nDr Hety Wong<br \/>\nPost-Doctoral Research Associate, Cultural Research Centre,<br \/>\nNational University of Singapore<\/td>\n<td><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E12YpcxB2Ys\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-accordion--label-1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"fl-accordion--panel-1\">Faculty Panel I &#8211; Reorganising Urban Dynamics<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-accordion--icon-1\" tabindex=\"-1\"><i title=\"Expand\">Expand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Complex Framing: Hybrid Space and the Reconfiguration of Frame Dynamics<\/strong>\nProf Pan Ji<br \/>\nProfessor and Associate Director, Center for Information and Communication<br \/>\nStudies, Fudan University<\/td>\n<td><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nI8ZQpkA6m0\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>How Digital Communication Makes Network Different? &#8211; A Perspective from <\/strong><strong>Complex Systems<\/strong>\nProf Zhang Zi-Ke<br \/>\nProfessor, Center for Digital Communication Studies and College of Media and International Culture, Zhejiang University<\/td>\n<td><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YZrlYUmKppE\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Local Familiar Strangers in Digitalizing Urban Neighborhoods in Seoul<\/strong>\nProf Kim Yong-Chan<br \/>\nProfessor, Department of Communication, Yonsei University<\/td>\n<td><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8I3Aqu5yZV4\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-accordion--label-2\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"fl-accordion--panel-2\">Faculty Panel II &#8211; Narratives and Representations in Digital City<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-accordion--icon-2\" tabindex=\"-1\"><i title=\"Expand\">Expand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Cities of Memory: From Cinematic Representation to Short Video Curation<\/strong>\nProf Li Hongtao<br \/>\nProfessor, School of Journalism;<br \/>\nAssociate Director, Center for Information and Communication Studies,<br \/>\nFudan University<\/td>\n<td><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1bZThO2CJmI\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Toward Multiverse: Temporal-spatial Stacking in Digital Storytelling<\/strong>\nProf Lu Ye (in Chinese)<br \/>\nProfessor, School of Journalism, Fudan University<\/td>\n<td><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0F3_zjINJnY\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>The Pervasive Game: A New Technological Culture in the Digital City<\/strong>\nA\/Prof Zhou Haiyan (in Chinese)<br \/>\nAssociate Professor, School of Journalism, Fudan University<\/td>\n<td><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xJoYPGmBjGY\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-accordion--label-3\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"fl-accordion--panel-3\"> Faculty Panel III &#8211; Innovation and Living in Digital Urban Landscape<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-accordion--icon-3\" tabindex=\"-1\"><i title=\"Expand\">Expand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Localizing Big Data Governance in China during COVID-19: Urban Digital <\/strong><strong>Infrastructure, Mobility Data, and Bureaucratic Dynamic<\/strong>\nA\/Prof Li Mengying<br \/>\nResearch Associate Professor, School of Journalism, Fudan University<\/td>\n<td><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9aJV-VxMpLo\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>What have We Learnt from 60 Years of Urban Computing?<\/strong>\nProf Scott McQuire<br \/>\nProfessor of Media and Communications, School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne<\/td>\n<td><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h8l5A3niiec\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Being Human in Digital Cities<\/strong>\nProf Myria Georgiou<br \/>\nProfessor, Department of Media and Communications,<br \/>\nThe London School of Economics and Political Science <\/td>\n<td><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gZMdVh5TvGo\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intelligent Communication and City Networks &#8211; A Hybrid Preconference of the International Communication Association Intelligent communication re-wires various networks of cities, provide possible alternatives to intelligent mediation in urban settings, and renew an understanding of digital cities. 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