The China Media Centre is a research centre located at the University of Westminster

University of Westminster

The University of Westminster is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom. Its origins go back to the foundation of the Royal Polytechnic Institution in 1838, and it was awarded university status in 1992.The university's headquarters and original campus are based on Regent...

 and Europe’s only organisation specializing in the world’s largest media system. Launched on 17 June 2005 by the BBC’s Jeremy Paxman

Jeremy Paxman

Jeremy Dickson Paxman is a British journalist, author and television presenter. He has worked for the BBC since 1977. He is noted for a forthright and abrasive interviewing style, particularly when interrogating politicians...

 and Sun Yusheng, Deputy President of China Central Television

China Central Television

China Central Television or Chinese Central Television, commonly abbreviated as CCTV, is the major state television broadcaster in mainland China. CCTV has a network of 19 channels broadcasting different programmes and is accessible to more than one billion viewers...

, it comprises a team of researchers, led by Professor Hugo de Burgh

Hugo de Burgh

Hugo de Burgh is a British media theorist and academic. Professor de Burgh is Director of the China Media Centre at the University of Westminster, which he set up in January 2005 and is unique in Europe for its focus on studying the world's largest media system...

, Director of the China Media Centre with expertise in:

• Chinese media policy
• Professionalism in media management
• New media
• Journalism in Chinese society and polity
• Television programming
• Magazine publishing
• Modern Chinese cultural change

Located within the School of Media, Arts and Design, CMC is a focal point for MA students who come from China to take media courses, as well as Visiting Lecturers and Researchers. There is an MA module The Chinese Media in the New World Order and a new BA module in Journalism with Chinese.

External links

• http://chinamediacentre.org/
• http://www.westminster.ac.uk/schools/media/camri/china-media-centre