Nhung Nguyen
- Ph.D. Student
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Biography —
Nhung Nguyen is a doctoral candidate from the William Allen White School of Journalism & Mass Communications, at the University of Kansas. Nguyen had worked as a broadcast journalist and a public relations professional for many years. Nguyen’s research focuses on the intersection of digital technologies and science communication including health and environmental communication.
Nguyen has utilized various methods in her research. For example, she is competent in using computational (e.g., corpus linguistic analysis, machine learning, and text-mining) as well as traditional methods (e.g., in-depth interviews, surveys, and textual analysis). Her research has been published in several journals including Digital Health, International Journal of Strategic Communication, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, and Online Media & Global Communication.
Nguyen’s professional experience includes five years of working for Vietnam’s National Television as a reporter, producer, and editor for news shows and documentaries. Nguyen is proficient in video editing, digital storytelling, as well as multimedia production. Nguyen also worked as a communication professional for over ten years where she coordinated various campaigns advocating for environmental conservation and public health.
At the University of Kansas, Nguyen has taught several required courses for journalism and strategic communications and for business students.
Research —
Emerging media and campaigns, crisis communication and legitimacy, mis/ disinformation, climate change, public health, multilevel modeling (MLM and GLMM).
Teaching —
Multimedia production, environmental and science reporting, data literacy for journalism and public relation, emerging media/multimedia/interactive and immersive media for campaigns
Selected Publications —
Nguyen, N. (2023). Strangers helping strangers in a strange land: Vietnamese Immigrant (expectant) mothers in the US. use social media to navigate health issues in acculturation. Digital Health.
Vu, H. T., Conlin, J., Nguyen, N., & Baines, A. (2023). What influences public support for plastic waste control policies and green consumption? Evidence from a multi-level analysis of survey data from 28 European countries. Online Media and Global Communication.
Vu, H. T., Baines, A., & Nguyen, N. (2022). Fact-checking climate change: An analysis of claims and verification practices by fact-checkers in four countries. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly.
Duong, T.H., Vu, H.T. & Nguyen, N. (2019). Activists’ Strategic Communication in an Authoritarian Setting: Integrating Social Movement Framing into Issues Management, International Journal of Strategic Communication, 13:2, 133-151.
Selected Presentations —
Nguyen, N., Ding, H., Vu, H.T., Peters, P. (2023). When the media goes to war: How Russian news media defend the country’s image during the conflict with Ukraine. The Annual International Communication Association Conference 73rd, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Tong, C; Nguyen, N.; Ha, H.; Do, H.; Vu, H.T. (2023). Examining Practices of Transparency and Accessibility by International Fact-Checking Networks on COVID-19. The Annual International Communication Association Conference 73rd, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Nguyen, N. (2022). Using corpus linguistics to analyze big oil companies’ Twitter discourse on the “Future”. Association for Education in Journalism in Mass Communication Conference. Detroit, USA.
Nguyen, N., Baines, A., Ding, H.C., Alhammad, A., & Vu, H.T. (2022). Country image restoration during the COVID-19 pandemic: Social media communication strategies used by Chinese embassies in 11 countries. Association for Education in Journalism in Mass Communication Conference. Detroit.
Vu, H. T., Baines, A., & Nguyen, N. (2022). Fact-checking climate change: An analysis of claims and verification practices by fact-checkers in four countries. International Communication Association Conference, Paris, France.
Vu, H. T., Conlin, J., Nguyen, N., & Baines, A. (2022) What influences public support for plastic waste control policies and green consumption? Evidence from a multilevel analysis of survey data from 28 European countries. The International Communication Association Conference, Paris, France.
Tong, C., Nguyen, N., Ha. H., Vu, H. & Do, V.H (2022). Misinformation on COVID-19 across 74 countries and Case study fact-checking on Transparency and Accessibility on AFP sites in 59 countries. Global Fact 9. Olso, Norway.
Tong, C., Nguyen, N., Ha. H., Vu, H. & Do, V.H (2022). Dealing with Misinformation on COVID-19: Comparing the Use of Transparency and Accessibility in Fact-checking Practices across 74 Countries. Misinformation and Global Communication Symposium. Shanghai, China.
Nguyen, N. (2021). Strangers helping strangers in a strange land: Vietnamese immigrant mothers and (expecting) mothers in the USA use social media to navigate health acculturation. Association for Education in Journalism in Mass Communication Conference, Online.
Duong, H.T.; Vu, H.T.; Nguyen, N. (2018). Grassroots Social Movements in Authoritarian Settings: Examining Activists’ Strategic Communication and Issues Management. Association for Education in Journalism in Mass Communication Conference. Washington DC, USA.