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Dr. Chun Shao
Assistant Professor
Education
Ph.D., Arizona State University
Courses Taught
COMM 1700 Communication Statistics and Analysis
COMM 6954 Proseminar in Media: Mediated Communication & Society
PURE 3000 Public Relations Research and Measurement
Research Interests
Social Media
Emerging Technologies
User Behaviors
Computational Communication
Professional Affiliations
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
International Communication Association
Broadcast Education Association
Publications
2024
Shao, C. (2024). Unraveling structured routine: An exploration of audiences鈥� habits in the post-network age. International Journal of Communication, 18, 3365-3386.
Shao, C., Nah, S., Makady, H., & McNealy, J. (2024). Understanding user attitudes towards AI-enabled technologies: An integrated model of self-efficacy, TAM, and AI ethics. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 1-13.
Kwon, K.H., Vera-Phillips, K., Moon, Y. E., Shao, C., & Xu, W. (2024). Credible, but not for me: Immigrant folk theories of news trust in Chinese, Korean, and Filipino communities in the US. Journalism Practice, 1-21.
Nah, S., Liu, F., Shao, C., Romanova, E., & Nam, G. (2024). When trust in AI mediates: AI news use, public discussion, and civic participation. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 36(2), edae019.
Li, Q., Shao, C., Walker, S., & Kwon, K.H. (2024). Making gun control agendas in networked digital environment: An intermedia comparison between activism websites, news outlets, and ephemeral media during the U.S. gun control movement. Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, 101(1), 127-155.
2023
Shao, C., Kwon, K. H., Walker, S. & Li, Q. (2023). A dynamic analysis of conspiratorial narratives on Twitter during the pandemic. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 26(5), 338-345.
Barrett, M., Shao, C., & Mantas, H. (2023). Revisiting the impact of structural factors on television audience behavior in the streaming age. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 67(1), 1-20.
2022
Shao, C., Kwon, K. H., & Nah. S. (2022). Civic life in rural America revisited: The role of social and mobile news on civic participation. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 66(2), 278-299.
Kwon, K. H., Pellizzaro, K., Shao, C., & Chadha, M. (2022). 鈥淚 heard that COVID-19 was...鈥�: Rumors, pandemic, and psychological distance. American Behavioral Scientist, 1-25.
2021
Shao, C. & Kwon, K. H. (2021). Hello Alexa! Exploring effects of motivational factors and social presence on satisfaction with artificial intelligence-enabled gadgets. Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies, 3(5), 978-988.
Kwon, K. H., Shao, C. (2021). Dark knowledge and platform governance: A case of illicit e-commerce community in Reddit. American Behavioral Scientist, 65(6), 779-799.
Kwon, K. H., Shao, C., & Nah, S. (2021). Localized social media and civic life: Motivations, trust, and participation in local community contexts. Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 18(1), 55-69.
2019
Sahly, A., Shao, C., & Kwon, K. H. (2019). Social media for political campaigns: An examination of Trump鈥檚 and Clinton鈥檚 frame building and its effect on audience engagement. Social Media + Society, 5(2), 1-13.
Shao, C. & Kwon, K. H. (2019). Clicks intended: An integrated model for nuanced social feedback system uses on Facebook. Telematics and Informatics, 39, 11-24.
Barrett, M. & Shao, C. (2019). Advancing media economics research through theory. In Albarran, A (Ed). A research agenda for media economics (pp. 13-29). Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Proceedings
Kwon, K. H., Shao, C., Walker, S., Vinay, T. (2022). Mobilizing consensus on Facebook: Networked framing of the U.S. gun-control movement on Facebook. Proceedings of the 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Science (HICSS, pp. 3232-3241), January 4-7, Hawaii, USA.
Kwon, K. H. & Shao, C. (2020). Communicative constitution of illicit online trade collectives: An exploration of darkweb market subreddits. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Social Media & Society (pp. 65-72), July 22, 2020, Toronto, CA.
Kwon, K. H., Yu, W., Kilar, S., Shao, C., Broussard, K., & Lutes, T. (2020). Knowledge sharing network in a community of illicit practice: A cybermarket subreddit case. Proceedings of the 53rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS, pp. 2731-2740), January 7-10, Hawaii, USA.
Honors and Awards
- Second Place Faculty Paper Award, Communication Technology Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), 2024.
- Top Paper Award, Research Division, Broadcast Education Association, 2023.
- Top Paper Award, Interactive Media & Emerging Technologies Division, Broadcast Education Association, 2023.
- Competitively Selected Participant, Summer Institute in Computational Social Science (SICSS), Lisbon, Portugal, June 2021.
- Fellowship, PhDigital Bootcamp: Preparing Future Faculty to Lead Innovative Curriculum, sponsored by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Texas State University, 2018.
- Top Paper Award, Interactive Media & Emerging Technologies Division, Broadcast Education Association, 2018.
Presentations
Kwon, K.H., Shao, C., & Amanda, K. (2024). Trust spillover: An exploration of political influencer campaigns in building social media users鈥� trust in government. Presented at Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) annual conference, Philadelphia, PA, Aug 8-11.
Shao, C., & Kwon, K.H. (2024). Bots & Humans: The role of super-spreader in the conspiratorial infodemic. Presented at the 2024 International Conference on Social Media & Society, London, UK, June 16-18.
Nah, S., Luo, J., & Shao, C. (2024). In AI news we trust: Causes, components, and consequences of news credibility. Presentation at the International Communication Association (ICA) conference, Gold Coast, Australia, June 20-24.
Kwon, K.H., Vera-Phillips, K., Moon, E.M., Shao, C., & Xu, W. (2023) But not for me: Asian immigrants鈥� (mis)trust in news. Presentation at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) annual conference, Washington, DC, Aug. 7-10.
Shao., C., Nah, S., Makady, H., & McNealy, J. (2023). When AI meets ethics: Rethinking attitude toward use of AI technologies. Presented at the 73rd Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference, Toronto, Canada, May 25鈥�29.
Shao, C. & Nah, S. (2023). What can AI do for democracy? Community storytelling network, AI technologies, and civic participation. Presented at the 73rd Annual ICA Conference, Toronto, Canada, May 25鈥�29.
Shao, C., Nah, S., Heffron, E., & Sparks, J. (2023). Conceptualizing trusts: The role of media and political trust in civic engagement. Presented at the 2023 Broadcast Education Association (BEA) annual conference, Las Vegas, NV, April 15鈥�18. (Top Paper Award, Research Division)
Li, Q., Shao, C., Walker, S., & Kwon, K.H. (2023). Making gun control agendas in networked digital environment: An intermedia comparison between activism websites, news outlets, and ephemeral media during the U.S. gun control movement. Presented at the 2023 BEA annual conference, Las Vegas, NV, April 15鈥�18. (Top Paper Award, Interactive Media & Emerging Technologies Division)
Shao, C. (2022). Television viewing habits revisited: The role of audience habits in the streaming age. Presented at the AEJMC annual conference, Detroit, MI, Aug. 3鈥�6.
Why Marquette
A welcoming, diverse, and inclusive community here; highly-motivated students; abundant opportunities to work with distinguished colleagues and engage in interdisciplinary collaborations.
