Jun Pei

Jun Pei is a Ph.D. candidate at the William Allen School of Journalism & Mass Communications at the University of Kansas. My research lies at the intersection of health communication and psychology, focusing on health persuasion and emotional anticipation. At its core, my works aim to illuminate how health information shapes our communication and information environment, where psychological reactions play a pivotal role in amplifying health beliefs and consequences. This inquiry spans a diverse array of themes, encompassing the rising importance of e-health interventions and visual-oriented platforms, the crucial role of health narratives and information exposure, the emergence of new media, and their collective impact on individuals’ norms, compliance, trust in the health system, discrete emotions, and health behaviors.