Luo Yunjuan

Luo Yunjuan, professor, Ph.D. in Mass Communication, Indiana University, USA. Her research areas include new media effects, international communication, public opinion research, and communication theory, particularly agenda-setting theory. She has published or presented more than 30 articles in international academic journals or conferences. Her work has appeared in refereed SSCI journals such as International Journal of Communication, Chinese Journal of Communication, and International Communication Gazette.

       She is a member of several international associations, including International Communication Association (ICA), Association for Education in Journalismand Mass Communication (AEJMC), and Association for American Public Opinion Research (AAPOR). She has been invited to review articles for top-ranking journals such asJournal of Communication, International Journal of Communication, and Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly.

Study and work experience

    2000 Bachelor of English from Hunan University

    2004 Master of Mass Communication, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

    2011 Ph.D. in Mass Communication, University of Indiana, USA

She successively served as Assistant Professor and Lecturer at the School of Journalism and Communication, Hunan University, and Assistant Professor at the School of Communication, Texas Tech University. She is currently a professor at School of Journalism and Communication, South China University of Technology.

Representative journal articles:

1. Shafer, A., Kaufhold, K., Luo, Y. (2017). Applying the health belief model and an integrated behavioral model to promote breast tissue donation among Asian Americans. Health Communication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10410236. 2017.1315678.

2. Zhou, S., Kim, Y., Luo, Y., & Qiao, F. (2016). Is the agenda set? State of agenda setting research in China and Korea. Asian Journal of Communication, 26(6), 566-582.

3. Luo, Y. (2014) The Internet and agenda setting in China: The influence of online public opinion on media coverage and government policy. International Journal of Communication, 8, 1289-1312.

Awards and honors

    1. Obtained Singapore Government Scholarship in 2003

     2. Obtained full scholarships and grants for doctoral students from Indiana University, USA from 2007 to 2010

     3. China National Excellent Self-financed Scholarship Scholarship in 2009

     4. 2010 Frances G. Wilhoit Research Achievement Award, School of Journalism, Indiana University

     5. Awarded a doctoral research grant from the Graduate School of Indiana University in 2011

     6. Best Paper of the International Communication Department of the Winter Conference of the American Society of Journalism and Mass Communication Education, 2013

     7. Best theoretic paper and best teacher paper in the Division of Communication Theory and Methods of the American Society of Journalism and Mass Communication Education Annual Meeting 2016

     8. In the year of 2017, China won the third China Data News Contest Excellence Award and other awards.

Contact: jcyjluo@scut.edu.cn