pandemic Archive
How Motivation to Reduce Uncertainty Predicts COVID-19 Behavioral Responses: Strategic Health Communication Insights for Managing an Ongoing Pandemic
Sungsu Kim (PhD alum), Sung In Choi (PhD candidate), Chiara Valentini, Mark Badham, and Yan Jin. (forthcoming). “How Motivation to Reduce Uncertainty Predicts COVID-19 Behavioral Responses: Strategic Health Communication Insights […]
ublic’s Health Information Consumption During a Prolonged Pandemic: The Competing Roles of Journalists and Digital Influencers and Their Effects in Combating Message Fatigue
Chiara Valentini, Elanor Colleoni, Yan Jin and Sung In Choi (PhD candidate) (2023, May). “Public’s Health Information Consumption During a Prolonged Pandemic: The Competing Roles of Journalists and Digital Influencers and Their Effects in […]
Strategic Communication in a Global Crisis: National and International Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Tench, R., Meng, J., & Moreno, A. (Eds.). (2023). Strategic Communication in a Global Crisis: National and International Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic. London: Routledge. ISBN: 9781032026954. Website: https://www.routledge.com/Strategic-Communication-in-a-Global-Crisis-National-and-International-Responses/Tench-Meng-Moreno/p/book/9781032026954 Abstract: This edited volume […]
Picture it, U.S. 2020…’: The Golden Girls and sitcom nostalgia during the pandemic
Kate Fortmueller. “‘Picture it, U.S. 2020…’: The Golden Girls and sitcom nostalgia during the pandemic,” in The Golden Age of Television: The Golden Girls Reader. Edited by Taylor Cole Miller and […]
Strategic Communication and the Global Pandemic
Juan Meng and Ralph Tench were the co-editors of a special issue of International Journal of Strategic Communication titled “Strategic Communication and the Global Pandemic,” published in June [International Journal […]
National Science Foundation Development Grant
Glen Nowak is a co-Principal Investigator on a $1 million National Science Foundation Development Grant supported under NSF’s Phase 1 funding for projects involving Predictive Intelligence for Pandemic Prevention. This […]
Does Environmental Risk Affect Potential Tourists’ Information Seeking and Visit Intention to a Host Country? The Case of 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games in the Pandemic
Abstract: This study investigates to understand the impact of potential tourists’ risk perception on natural disaster in Japan and risk information seeking on visit intention to Japan, the Olympic Games […]
Three Rs: Resilience, Resourcefulness, and Reform Mindedness in Public Relations Education amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
Dr. Meng serves as an invited panelist to discuss how the double pandemic—the virus and racial reckoning—is continuing to shape resilience, resourcefulness and reform in our industry and how educators […]
Tracing the Caring Relationships Found Within Three Virus Outbreaks: A Public Health Communications Perspective
Abstract: The world is subject to many an affliction and pandemic, as seen most recently with COVID-19. This study, in an attempt to better understand the trends and workings of […]
Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Response (CIERR)
Glen Nowak, Michael Cacciatore, Bart Wojdynski, Glenna Read, and Itai Himelboim are part of a University of Georgia proposal submitted in response to a National Institutes of Health call for […]