Prof. Xiaoge Xu
Learning Platform
Graduate Seminar · 3 Credits · 16 Weeks

CICI Studies
in Communication

An immersive graduate seminar exploring the transformative intersection of artificial intelligence and human communication. Students work with AI as an active partner, co-creating 16 original communication innovations across the most pressing domains of our time.

16
Weekly Topics
16
Innovation Outputs
4
IBC Pillars
8
Communication Domains
Pedagogical Framework

Innovation-Based Coaching

Four interconnected pillars that guide every aspect of CICI Studies — from research activities to real-world application and impact evaluation.

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Click a pillar to explore

CICI · Co-Intelligence & Co-Innovation

Thinking and creating with AI as a genuine partner

Co-Intelligence

Students and practitioners learn to think collaboratively with AI, positioning it as an active intellectual partner rather than a passive tool.

Co-Creation

Creating alongside AI as a genuine partner — every output is a product of human wisdom amplified by artificial intelligence.

Critical Oversight

Critically overseeing AI in communication settings, ensuring human values, ethics, and judgment remain central.

Co-Innovation

Every topic and project results in a tangible communicative innovation that neither human nor AI could produce alone.

Application Landscape

Eight Communication Domains

CICI Studies operates across eight interconnected domains, each applying Human-AI Co-Intelligence to distinct communicative challenges.

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Global Communication

Transcending borders and cultural divides through human-AI co-intelligent global communication strategies.

Brand Communication

Redefining brand storytelling by merging human creativity with AI-powered insight and personalisation.

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Mobile Communication

Advancing mobile experience, health, storytelling, and journalism through co-intelligent frameworks.

Health Communication

Applying HACI to high-stakes health domains — improving public health through co-intelligent messaging.

Leisure Communication

Redefining leisure engagement by blending human experience with AI-driven personalisation and creativity.

Persuasive Communication

Introducing Co-Intelligent Persuasion — where Human Insight and AI precision amplify ethical influence.

Elderly Communication

Redefining intergenerational communication and digital inclusion for older populations in the AI age.

Human-AI Communication

The foundational skill of the 21st century — moving beyond tool use to genuine co-intelligent partnership.

16-Week Curriculum

Course Syllabus

This graduate seminar explores the transformative intersection of AI and human communication across 16 critical domains — from AI-mediated interpersonal messaging and deepfakes to crisis communication, algorithmic governance, and speculative futures.

Required Texts

Co-intelligence: Living and working with AI
Mollick, E. (2024)
Portfolio/Penguin
Artificial unintelligence: How computers misunderstand the world
Broussard, M. (2018)
MIT Press
The age of surveillance capitalism
Zuboff, S. (2019)
PublicAffairs
Automating the news: How algorithms are rewriting the media
Diakopoulos, N. (2019)
Harvard University Press
Assessment Structure

How You'll Be Evaluated

Every assessment component is designed to measure growth as a human-AI co-intelligence practitioner. The IBC Innovation Rubric evaluates each output across five dimensions: CICI Integration, 3C Application, 3D Execution, 3M Design, and Communication Impact.

32%
Weekly Innovation Outputs (16)

One innovation artifact per topic (2% each)

16%
IBC Reflection Journals (16)

Weekly 3C-3D-3M reflective entries (1% each)

15%
Midterm Innovation Audit

Critical audit of innovations from Weeks 1–8

12%
Peer Innovation Review (×2)

Structured peer critique using IBC rubric

20%
Final Capstone Innovation Project

Comprehensive human-AI co-innovation showcase

5%
Seminar Participation

Quality of CICI-informed discussion contributions

Ready to Co-Create
the Future of Communication?

Join a seminar where you don't just study AI — you collaborate with it to produce 16 original innovations that could shape the future of human communication.