AMIC announces 2023 and 2024 AMIC Asia Communication Awardees
Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) announces the selection of two Asian communication icons as recipients of the 2023 and 2024 AMIC Asia Communication Award.
The Award honors outstanding Asians who have made significant contributions to the Asian and global communication setting, said Dr. Crispin C. Maslog, chairperson of the AMIC Board of Directors.
The awardees are Dr. Arvind Singhal, professor at the University of Texas at El Paso, and Dr. Cherian George of the Hong Kong Baptist University.
The conferment will be held at the opening of the 30th AMIC Annual Conference to be hosted by the Communication University of China in Beijing, September 24 – 26 .
Dr. Arvind Singhal, AMIC Communication Awardee for 2023, is recognized for his important contribution to communication education, research, publications, and extension work. “The communication paradigms and strategies now etched in our toolbox have been enriched by Dr. Singhal’s four decades’ worth of contributions,” says the AMIC Award citation.
Dr. Singhal is known internationally for his research on the diffusion of innovations, entertainment-education strategy, positive deviance approach to social change, development communication, and liberating interactional structures.
He has led 34 funded research projects on these areas in many countries in Asia and other continents. He is currently the Samuel and Edna Marston Endowed Professor of Communication at The University of Texas at El Paso.
Dr. Cherian George, AMIC Asia Communication Awardee for 2024, is recognized for his work in journalism, academia, communication and media research, and socio-political advocacy, which he has accomplished “with excellence, integrity, and a deep understanding of the Asian contexts.”
Before transitioning to academia, Dr. George had a distinguished career in journalism in Singapore where he set high standards for investigative reporting and insightful commentary. This has accorded him a solid foundation in pursuing journalism education, communication, and media studies. He is currently a journalism professor at Hong Kong Baptist University.
AMIC established the AMIC Asia Communication Award in 2006 and has since conferred the award to 23 communication scholars, educators, and practitioners.