Xin Zhao

Dr Xin Zhao

  • u_xzhao at bournemouth dot ac dot uk
  • Principal Academic in Media and Communication
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Biography

I am the Programme Leader of MA Media and Communication. My research broadly explores media representations, media audience, and journalism practice surrounding the topic of social justice, such as environmental justice and racial equality. I have published in journals including Journalism, Journalism Studies, International Journal of Communication, Asian Journal of Communication, and Global Media and Communication.

I welcome PhD applications in the above areas.

Research

I am currently a co-investigator of the following research projects:

1. Racism, Digital Discrimination and Mental Health During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic: A case study of East and Southeast Asians (ESEA) communities in the UK (with Yan Wu, Matthew Wall, Nicholas Micallef, and Irene Reppa). The novelty of this research lies in its timely examination of, and intervention in, an under-researched area of discrimination through the lens of race, ethnicity, mental health, and digital technology.

2. Journalistic Role Performance Around the World (with Daniel Jackson, Jamie Matthews, Einar Thorsen, Antje Glück, and Yasser Abuali). We are the UK team for this cross-national, theory-driven endeavour to systematically analyse the state of journalistic cultures in the new media landscape across the world. For more information please refer to https://www.journalisticperformance.org.

3. Journalism Students Across the Globe (with Daniel Jackson and Einar Thorsen). We are the UK representatives for a global comparative study of the professional norms, values, and attitudes of journalism students. For more information please refer to http://www.jstudentsproject.org.

Journal Articles

Chapters

  • Zhao, X. and Xiang, Y., 2022. Using disparagement humour to deal with health misinformation endorsers. In: McDougall, J. and Fowler-Watt, K., eds. The Palgrave Handbook of Media Misinformation. Palgrave Macmillan, 179-190.

Conferences

  • Zhao, X., Jackson, D., Nguyen, A. and Glück, A., 2021. The Psychological Empowerment of Solutions Journalism: Perspectives from Pandemic News Users in the UK. In: The 2021 conference of The International Journal of Press/Politics 13-16 September 2021 Online.
  • Saptorini, E., Zhao, X. and Jackson, D., 2021. Place, power and the pandemic: The disrupted material settings of television news making during COVID-19 in an Indonesian broadcaster. In: 71st Annual International Communication Association Conference 27-31 May 2021 Online.
  • Zhao, X., Guan, M. and Liang, X., 2020. Digital media use and collective action: Detailing the mediating role of injustice in the social identity model of collective action in China’s coronavirus pandemic mitigation. In: Sixth International Conference of the International Journal of Press/Politics 21-22 September 2020 Online.
  • Zhao, X., 2019. A Re-Examination of Media Representations of “Us” and “Them” Opposition through the Lens of National Responsibility in China-U.S. Trade Interactions. In: Fifth International Conference of the International Journal of Press/Politics 16-17 September 2019 Loughborough University.
  • Zhao, X. and Guan, M., 2019. GIFTS: Securing a Job through Twesume: Examining Strategic Self-Promotion on Social Media. In: 69th Annual International Communication Association Conference 24-28 May 2019 Washington.

Reports

Internet Publications

Theses

  • Zhao, X., 2017. Responsible China: A critical discourse analysis of soft power projection through transnational media. PhD Thesis. Bangor University.

PhD Students

  • Endah Saptorini (second supervisor). News-making Crisis in the Time of COVID-19 Pandemic: An Ethnography study on a Television in Indonesia, (In progress)

Profile of Teaching PG

  • Media Diversity & Cross-Cultural Communication (unit leader)

Profile of Teaching UG

  • Consumer and Stakeholder Insights
  • Research Principles and Practice (unit leader)

Grants

  • Co-I, Racism, Digital Discrimination and Mental Health During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic: A case study of East and Southeast Asians (ESEA) communities in the UK (Morgan Advanced Studies Institute, 01 Aug 2022). In Progress
  • Co-I (first phase), COJO for COVID-19 Recovery: Constructive Solutions-Focused Journalism as a Pandemic Exit Strategy for the UK's Local/Regional Communities (UKRI/AHRC, 01 Mar 2021). Completed
  • PI, China’s Global Identity and Corresponding Responsibility: An Investigation of Chinese and Western Media Representations (Guangdong Province 2019 Innovation and Enhancement Project, 01 Sep 2019). Completed

Internal Responsibilities

  • Programme Leader (Jan 2021 onwards), MA Media and Communication Programme
  • Convenor (Dec 2020-Jun 2022), Speaker Series of Science, Health and Data Communication Research Centre

Conference Presentations

  • Saptorini, E., Zhao, X., & Jackson, D. 71st Annual International Communication Association Conference, Place, power and the pandemic: The disrupted material settings of television news making during COVID-19 in an Indonesian broadcaster, 27 May 2021, Online
  • Zhao, X., Guan, M., & Liang, X. Sixth International Conference of the International Journal of Press/Politics, Digital media use and collective action: Detailing the mediating role of injustice in the social identity model of collective action in China’s coronavirus pandemic mitigation, 21 Sep 2020, Loughborough University
  • Zhao, X. Fifth International Conference of the International Journal of Press/Politics, A Re-Examination of Media Representations of “Us” and “Them” Opposition through the Lens of National Responsibility in China-U.S. Trade Interactions, 15 Sep 2019, Loughborough University, UK
  • Zhao, X. & Guan, M. 69th Annual International Communication Association Conference, GIFTS: Securing a Job through Twesume: Examining Strategic Self-Promotion on Social Media, 24 May 2019, Washington DC, U.S.
  • Zhao, X. The English Language & Linguistics Group Colloquium: Discourse: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, Message of China-related economic responsibilities: China’s soft power projection through media institutions, 18 Nov 2016, University of Sussex, UK
  • Zhao, X. New Directions in Media Research Annual Postgraduate Conference, China’s political articulation of its economic responsibilities during the media ‘going-out’ project: A discursive approach, 03 Jun 2016, University of Leicester, UK
  • Zhao, X. Political Studies Association Media and Politics Group Annual Conference: Mediating Democracy, China’s soft power projection through its transnational media institutions: Conveying discourse of economic responsibilities during media ‘going-out’, 05 Nov 2015, University of Chester, UK
  • Zhao, X. New Directions in Media Research Annual Postgraduate Conference, A review on China’s soft power projection through its transnational media institutions: Conveying discourse of economic responsibilities in media ‘going-out’, 12 Jun 2015, University of Leicester, UK

Attended Training

  • Supervisory Development Training for Established Supervisors, 10 Mar 2022, Established Supervisors