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We are one of Asia's leading departments in Communication and Media Studies.

The official page of the Department of Communications & New Media (CNM), Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FASS), National Univesity of Singapore. The Department integrates the social sciences, humanities, arts, computing, design and engineering to create a space for teaching, researching and practicing communication in new and emergent media contexts. Ranked among the best Communication and Medi

a Studies Departments globally, the Department of Communications & New Media (CNM) at the National University of Singapore is the only degree programme in Southeast Asia that offers media studies, cultural studies, interactive media design and communication management with a focus on new media.

05/06/2026

🌐 In a world where organisations must navigate both digital and traditional media, how do you ensure your message cuts through the noise?

✍️ Join Dr Shangyuan Wu, Senior Lecturer at the NUS Department of Communications and New Media ( ), for Getting Your Message Across in Today's Media Landscape — an e-learning course designed to equip professionals with the tools to communicate with clarity, purpose, and impact.

📰 Participants will gain a deeper understanding of Singapore's evolving media landscape and new media consumption habits, learn how to write effectively for print, broadcast, web, public relations, and social media, and develop skillsets used to inform, educate, and persuade.

👤 Executives looking to deepen or broaden their skills in media engagement and communication are welcome to join us!

📌 Course details
🗓 16 & 17 Jul 2026
💻 Zoom
🔗 Register now: https://tinyurl.com/cnm-cet-message

National University of Singapore
NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
NUS School of Continuing and Lifelong Education - SCALE

02/06/2026

🛍️📱 Livestreaming and social commerce have fundamentally changed how people in Southeast Asia shop. Speaking to The Edge Singapore, Associate Professor and Head of Department at Natalie Pang explained that TikTok's rise as a live-selling platform during Covid-19 was driven by its unique ability to combine entertainment with consumption — and that the habits formed during the pandemic have proven remarkably sticky.

🌏 Dr Pang points to Southeast Asia as the global bellwether for social commerce, noting that the region's "relational and conversational nature" makes it a natural fit for the format. This is reflected in TikTok's own product strategy — TikTok Shop was rolled out to Southeast Asia ahead of other markets following the success of its initial launch in Indonesia.

📊 On the future of the space, Dr Pang notes that while a few prominent creators will inevitably dominate attention, platforms like TikTok maintain low barriers to entry. "There will always be new content creators and live sellers that emerge," she says — good news for the growing number of people looking to build a living through livestreaming.

🔗 Read the full feature in The Edge Singapore: https://tinyurl.com/cnm-livestream-theedge

29/05/2026

🤝🏻 Some partnerships feel like a natural fit from the start.

On 21 April 2026, the NUS Department of Communications and New Media (CNM) signed another Memorandum of Understanding, this one with the School of Journalism and Communication at Peking University, one of China's most respected institutions for journalism and media education.

The MOU opens a direct pathway for Peking University students to be nominated for graduate study at . Beyond that, both institutions will work towards faculty exchanges, joint research, and co-organised conferences — with the co-development of courses and teaching materials also on the table.

🧡💙 Two institutions, two cities, one shared commitment to shaping how the world communicates.

📸 In the photos (left to right):

1️⃣ / 2️⃣: Associate Professor Natalie Pang, Head of Department, CNM, and Professor Chen Gang, Dean of the School of Journalism and Communication, Peking University

3️⃣: Asst Prof Mengxue O., Asst Prof Lu Liang, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee; Prof Wang Weijia, Vice Dean — all from the School of Journalism and Communication, Peking University — alongside Assoc Prof Natalie Pang, Prof Chen Gang, Assoc Prof Shaohai Jiang, and Prof Xu Jing, School of Journalism and Communication, Peking University.

4️⃣: Mr Michael Basaldella, Assoc Prof Jiang Shaohai, and Assoc Prof Natalie Pang – all from CNM – alongside Prof Chen Gang, Prof Wang Weijia, and Asst Prof Ou Mengxue.

🔗 Learn more about CNM: https://fass.nus.edu.sg/cnm/

22/05/2026

🇿🇦 takes on ICA 2026 @ Cape Town, South Africa!

The International Communication Association (ICA) Conference is one of the world’s biggest gatherings for communication scholars, practitioners, and students. Now in its 76th year, explores the theme: Communication and Inequalities in Context.

🎉 We’re excited to share that our faculty members and graduate students have a total of 50 accepted presentations, two of which received Top Paper Awards:

🏅 “Depression Is a Rich Word”: Framing Mental Illness and Stigma in Women's Stand-Up Comedy — 𝗚𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝘂

🏅 Anonymity and Cyberbullying Perpetration: A Meta-Analytic SEM of the Cognitive Restructuring Pathway — Xiaohuan Zhang; 𝗛𝗮𝗼𝘆𝘂 𝗪𝗮𝗻𝗴; Jia Yee Tan; He Gong

🧡💙 Congratulations to Gina and Haoyu on this wonderful accomplishment!

➡️ Swipe for a day-by-day breakdown of where to catch CNM at ICA26

🔗 To find out more about CNM’s research impact, visit:
https://fass.nus.edu.sg/cnm/research

🗓️ For the full conference schedule, visit:
https://icahdq.org/mpage/ICA26-program

19/05/2026

🌏 What does it mean to be a fan across cultures and borders in Asia today?

🎉 We are proud to share that 's Senior Lecturer Dr Bertha Chin, Assistant Professor Michelle Ho, and Provost's Chair Professor Weiyu Zhang, are organising the Trans-Asian Transcultural Fandom Symposium — an international pre-conference to the Mechademia Conference, hosted at National University of Singapore.

The symposium will bring together scholars and researchers from across the region for a full day of conversations on transcultural fandom, fan cultures, and the intersections of gender, identity, and media in contemporary Asia.

🎤 The plenary, "Trans-Asian Transcultural Fandoms: Reflections, Directions, and Futures", features three leading voices in the field:

➡️ Anthony Fung, PhD, JP: Wei Lun Professor of Journalism and Communication and Dean of Social Science at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, whose research spans popular culture, youth identities, fandom, and online communities.

➡️ Wikanda (Tan) Promkhuntong: Assistant Professor in Film and Cultural Studies at Mahidol University, whose work covers fan tourism, transnational cinephilia, and film and media labour in Thailand and Asia.

➡️ Lori Morimoto: Assistant Professor of Asian Studies at Temple University Japan, Kyoto Campus, specialising in transnational and transcultural fandoms and media co-production.

🗓️ 28 May 2026, Thursday
🕙 9.00am to 6.00pm
📍 AS7 Shaw Foundation Building, Room 01-01 & 01-02, 5 Arts Link, S(117570)

🔗 Register here: tinyurl.com/tatf2026

15/05/2026

🎉 We are thrilled to announce that the NUS Department of Communications and New Media (CNM) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the School of Information Resource Management at Renmin University of China — formalised on 20 April 2026 in Beijing!

Through this partnership, students from Renmin University can be nominated for graduate programmes at NUS CNM, opening a direct pathway into one of Asia's leading communication and media departments. Both institutions will also pursue faculty exchanges, joint research, co-organised conferences, and the development of shared courses and teaching materials.

Information and communication sit at the heart of both institutions. This MOU is a recognition that the questions worth asking are bigger than any one campus.

📸 In the photos
1️⃣, 2️⃣: Professor Liu Yuenan, Dean of the School of Information Resource Management, Renmin University of China, and Associate Professor Natalie Pang, Head of Department, NUS CNM
3️⃣: Prof Huiyan, Secretary of the Party Committee; Assoc Prof Wang Di, Director of the International Exchange Center; Prof Ren Ming, Vice Dean; Prof Liu Yuenan, Dean — all from the School of Information Resource Management, Renmin University of China — alongside Assoc Prof Natalie Pang, Assoc Prof Jiang Shaohai, and Mr Michael Jonathan Basaldella from NUS CNM.

🔗 Learn more about CNM: https://fass.nus.edu.sg/cnm/

07/05/2026

We are proud to share that the Department of Communications and New Media (CNM), NUS, has signed a two-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with SPH Media to deepen student engagement and strengthen industry relevance in our pedagogy.

This partnership, formalised on 23 April 2026, builds on years of meaningful collaboration. CNM and SPH Media will work closely to bring contemporary media issues, including the fast-evolving impact of AI on newsrooms, into the classroom and beyond. "The MOU demonstrates CNM's continuous pursuit of growth and excellence in education, and in engendering change in the real world," says Associate Professor Natalie Pang, CNM's Head of Department.

🤝🏻 Our collaboration will focus on three pillars:

🌐 Experiential Learning
Supporting student co-curricular and hands-on learning opportunities, such as Pitch It! (CNM Society’s annual tertiary-level competition), learning journeys, guest lectures, and radio studio experiential sessions.

📚Research & Thought Leadership
Creating pathways for student research projects that apply CNM’s research rigour to real-world issues facing society and newsrooms.

👥 Community Building
Co-partnering and supporting events to strengthen alumni and industry ties, such as SPH Media’s involvement in CNM’s recent annual Alumni + Industry Networking Event and upcoming Hackathons.

🧡💙 We’re excited about this collaboration as it will enrich our students’ academic journey and develop outputs which will have real-world impact. We are grateful to SPH Media for partnering with us to shape the next generation of communicators and media practitioners.

04/05/2026

📱💬 Online reviews are an unavoidable feature of modern life for an increasing range of services such as food and accommodation. Speaking on CNA’s Deep Dive Podcast, 's Associate Professor Elmie Nekmat, explained that reviews exist because people instinctively seek information to reduce uncertainty, particularly when making reasoned decisions.

⚖️ He highlights a structural flaw embedded in platform algorithms which leads to negative and overly positive reviews consistently gaining more traction and visibility than neutral ones. What is often overlooked, Dr Nekmat cautions, is the middle band of balanced reviews. “Online reviews tend to lie in the extremes,” he notes, raising the question of whether reliance on reviews diminishes a person's agency to make decisions based on personal preferences.

💰 On the ethics of incentivised reviews, Dr Nekmat says that offering freebies or perks as a motivating factor for reviews is not entirely unethical. However, influencers and content creators have a responsibility to disclose when they are paid to do so. From a media literacy standpoint, a healthy baseline assumption is that any review could be paid, and growing consumer scepticism regarding the authenticity of reviews is a positive development.

Despite their imperfections — including the risk of malicious bots and rating bombings on certain platforms — Dr Nekmat says that online reviews remain a vital and democratic form of information. "We should never take everything online as the truth," he reflects, "but they are important signals and data points", ones that, when read critically, help us all make more informed decisions.

🔗 Listen to the full podcast: https://tinyurl.com/cnm-elmie-cna

27/04/2026

🧡💙 Beating the Monday blues with a little Alumni + Industry Networking Event (AINE) 2026 nostalgia

✨ Last week (23rd Apr), hosted the 4th iteration of AINE, which was generously supported by our venue sponsor and partner SPH Media.

👏🏻 It was heartwarming to see alumni across Communications, Public Relations, Marketing, UX, Tech, Non-profits, Healthcare, and more come together to share candid insights and practical tips to students and peers through our fireside and beanbag sessions.

📽️ Relive some of the best moments of AINE below 👇🏻

24/04/2026

🧡💙 We hope everyone had the time of their lives LinkedIn-maxxing at the 4th CNM Alumni + Industry Networking Event (AINE)! A big thank you to SPH Media (Carmen Wong, Yina Chua, Wan Yieng Chong) for sponsoring the amazing venue and being such a generous host.

👏🏻 Huge thanks to our distinguished alumni, students, and industry partners for making the evening a success.

✨✨ Special shout-out to our speakers from the fireside chat and various beanbag sessions for sharing their valuable insights!

🔶 Fireside Chat
Steven Chia | CNA
Danson Cheong | SPH Media
Daryl Choo | SPH Media

🔷 Communications (Strategic, Corporate, PR) & Marketing and Advertising [Beanbag Session]
Mabel Lee | Marriott International
Ivan Tan | Changi Airport Group
Jeanne Tai | Singapore Cancer Society
Angeline Yap | MediaCorp

🔷 Journalism & Features [Beanbag Session]
Suhaana Khanna | SPH Media
Nur Adilah Ahmad Mahbob | SPH Media
Loraine Lee | CNA
Dan Summe, PAHR | CNBC
Darrelle Ng | CNA
Danson Cheong
Daryl Choo
Steven Chia

🔷 Content Production / Creation [Beanbag Session]
Gin Kai Chan | Silver Media
Emelda Ong | SPH Media
Ervina M. | SPH Media
Siti Aisyah Nordin | SPH Media
Denise Tan | Bloomr
Khai Azmas | Bloomr
KahnJi Siriprapa Weerachaising | TikTok

🔷 User Experience (Design/AI) [Beanbag Session]
Koh Seow Min | DSTA
Liting Kway | GovTech
Pattany Kruathorn | Secret Lab

🔷 Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums (GLAM) [Beanbag Session]
Iman Ismail | Block A Collective
JunMin Ye | Arts House Group
Magdeline Ng | National University of Singapore
Qazim Karim | HeritageSG

🔷 Alumni [Beanbag Session]
Venga Subramaniam | SPH Media
Ken Ng | Parkway East

See you all next year!

Missed this event? Watch this space for any upcoming events we have planned: https://fass.nus.edu.sg/cnm/events

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