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Xuerong Lu
PhD student, Graduate Studies
Xuerong is a first year PhD student in mass communication at Grady College. Her research interests focus on health and science communication, and risk communication. She is interested in the interactions between individuals and media in context of controversial topics. These include public attitudes toward emerging technology, public understanding of controversial science, the process underlying the attitude change and decision making of the public when exposed to the media.
Publications
2021
How shades of truth and age affect responses to COVID-19 (Mis) information: randomized survey experiment among WhatsApp users in UK and Brazil
Journal
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
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2022
Think Before You Share: Beliefs and Emotions that Shaped COVID-19 Information Vetting Cognitions among WhatsApp Users in the United Kingdom.
Journal
Telematics & Informatics
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