On the evening of April 10th, the first session of the second season of the "Huayuan Bowen" book club series at the School of Journalism and Communication, South China University of Technology, themed "Intelligence and Media", was successfully held in the library of the School of Journalism and Communication. Dean Chen Gang, Vice Deans Cao Xiaojie and Zhang Qingyuan, Professor Rui Jian (convener of the first season of the "Huayuan Bowen" book club), and representatives of doctoral and master's students attended. The book club was moderated by Vice Dean Zhang Qingyuan, and the atmosphere was lively with frequent interaction.

Zeng Chen, a doctoral student from the class of 2024 and the main speaker at this book club, shared David Morley's transformative work, Communication and Mobility: Migrants, Cell Phones, and Containers. He meticulously outlined Morley's academic trajectory and explained the book's core viewpoints through key phrases such as "redefining communication", "contextualist research approach", "power structures of cultural practices", and "beyond the settled-nomadic dualism". Building on this foundation, he reflected on the lessons and inspirations Communication and Mobility can offer researchers. He argued that when "mobility" becomes a socio-cultural symptom, adjustments are urgently needed at the level of research methods and methodologies. He also briefly introduced research methods such as "multi-site ethnography" and "ethno-human methodology".

In the introductory lecture, Professor Chen Gang, the doctoral supervisor, introduced Morley's academic career and his unique analytical perspective on mobility issues from both vertical and horizontal perspectives. He believes that Morley's academic attempt to combine containers with the issue of mobility can serve as an important reference for cultivating academic imagination and broadening research perspectives. Furthermore, Professor Chen Gang, drawing on his own recent research findings, suggested that researchers should transcend existing preconceived research assumptions and return to daily life and socio-cultural contexts to discover and understand the rational genes underlying various communication practices.

Zheng Yang (a doctoral student from the class of 2023), one of the panelists, believes that Morley's research ideas can be extended to the field of human-machine communication, examining the interaction between artificial intelligence and humans in naturally occurring everyday contexts. Furthermore, the two also discussed the transformation between "flow" and "place" in the digital age. Other participating faculty and students also supplemented and exchanged ideas on "communication", "flow", and "media", drawing on their own knowledge and research practices.