Colin Sparks
Chair Professor
Journalism
Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU)
China
Biography
Prof. Sparks studied at Sussex, Oxford and Birmingham universities, receiving a doctoral degree from the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies. For many years, he taught at the University of Westminster, where he directed the Communication and Media Research Institute. He joined HKBU in August 2011.
Research Interest
Media in transitional societies, Comparative media systems, Impact of new media on media systems
Publications
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SPARKS C (2015) Power asymmetries in North-South dialogues, African Journalism Studies 1: 51-56.
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SPARKS C (2015) Business as usual: the UK national daily press and the Occupy Central movement. Chinese Journal of Communication 8: 429-446.
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SPARKS C (2016) The impact of digital media on newspapers: comparing the US and China. Global Media and China 1: 186-207.
