讲座嘉宾简介

Alton Chua博士是新加坡南洋理工大学（NTU）Wee Kim Wee传播与信息学院信息与知识科学系主任，副教授。主持过多个国际科研项目，获得超200万新币的研究资助，并发表了200余篇国际期刊论文和会议论文。在学术界具有较高的影响力，为《Internet Research》《Journal of Knowledge Management》等多个高水平期刊编辑委员会成员。

讲座（一）

时间：5月28日9:00-10:30

地点：管楼506会议室

题目：Building Institutional Research Excellence

报告摘要

Research remains an important agenda item of any institute of higher learning. In this talk, I will briefly trace the journey of Nanyang Technological University (NTU) from being a largely teaching facility to one which is highly research-intensive. Besides sharing institutional efforts to promote, nurture and track research, I will also highlight salient issues, challenges and opportunities confronting us at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information (WKWSCI). Hopefully the experiences at WKWSCI can serve to inspire faculty members and students of the School of Management at Harbin Institute of Technology.

讲座（二）

时间：5月28日10:40-12:10

地点：管楼506会议室

题目：Reading Between the Lies: Navigating Information Ambiguity and Disorder

报告摘要

Information ambiguity refers to situations where information is vague or open to multiple interpretations while information disorder refers to the disruption of the information ecosystem through the creation and sharing of false content. Amid this chaos, users must constantly grapple with all sorts of online messages. This talk deals with three main questions. One, can users distinguish between truth and lies? Two, do users trust what they read? Three, will users share what they read? To address these questions, I will share the findings from a series of user experiments involving hotel reviews and health rumors.

讲座（三）

时间：5月29日9:00-10:30

地点：管楼506会议室

题目：Online Deception Research: Challenges and Opportunities for Scholars

报告摘要

This talk explores the evolving field of online deception research through a bibliometric lens. Drawing from the analysis of scholarly publications, I will address four main questions. One, what does the research landscape in online deception look like? Two, what are the major thematic areas under investigation?  Three, what are the theoretical and methodological challenges scholars are likely to face? Four, what opportunities exist for scholars interested to pursue this line of research? I will conclude by sharing the findings from one of my studies on online deception.