Chun Shao
Dr. Chun ShaoMarquette University

Johnston Hall

MilwaukeeWI53201United States of America

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

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2024

Shao, C. (2024). Unraveling structured routine: An exploration of audiences’ 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. https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2024.2331858

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. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2024.2340526

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. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/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. https://doi.org/10.1177/10776990231217740

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. https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2022.0218

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. https://doi.org/10.1080/08838151.2022.2156509

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. https://doi.org/10.1080/08838151.2022.2086255

Kwon, K. H., Pellizzaro, K., Shao, C., & Chadha, M. (2022). “I heard that COVID-19 was...”: Rumors, pandemic, and psychological distance. American Behavioral Scientist, 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764221106602

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. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbe2.293

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. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764221989770

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. https://doi.org/10.1080/19331681.2020.1805086

2019

Sahly, A., Shao, C., & Kwon, K. H. (2019). Social media for political campaigns: An examination of Trump’s and Clinton’s frame building and its effect on audience engagement. Social Media + Society, 5(2), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305119855141

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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2018.12.003

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.  http://hdl.handle.net/10125/79730

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. https://doi.org/10.1145/3400806.3400815

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. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/64076

 

 

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’ 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’ (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—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—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 15–18. (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 15–18. (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. 3–6.

Why Marquette

A welcoming, diverse, and inclusive community here; highly-motivated students; abundant opportunities to work with distinguished colleagues and engage in interdisciplinary collaborations.