Alice Y. L. Lee

Biography

Professor Lee graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong with a bachelor’s degree (B.S.Sc., first class honours) in journalism and communication and a master’s degree (M.Phil.) in communication. She holds a Ph.D. in educational studies from the University of British Columbia, Canada. She has various sorts of media experience in Hong Kong. She once worked as reporter and editor for Ming Pao Evening News and Hong Kong Economic Times respectively. She was an editor for two magazines, one published by a government cultural agency and the other by a commercial operation. She also worked for Asia Television Limited. At the Chinese University, she was the press officer specializing in media relations. Since 2000 she has been involved in promoting media education in Hong Kong and mainland China. She is a co-founder and vice-chairperson of the Hong Kong Association of Media Education (HKAME). She has been appointed as the Associate Director of the Academic Advisory Committee of the Media Literacy Research Base, China Radio and Television Association, China. She has also started promoting media and information literacy (MIL) after she joined the Editorial and Advisory Committee of UNESCO which developed the global MIL assessment framework. In Hong Kong, Professor Lee is a member of the Sub-committee on Teachers’ Professional Development, Educational Bureau, HKSAR Government.

Research Interest

Online News Media, Media Education, Media and Information Literacy (MIL), Net Generation, Digital Media and Knowledge Society