An Nguyen

Professor An Nguyen

  • Professor of Journalism and Public Communication
  • Weymouth House W310, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, Poole, BH12 5BB
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Biography

An Nguyen is Professor of Journalism & Public Communication and founding Co-Director of the Centre for Science, Health & Data Communication at Bournemouth University. A media sociologist by nature, he is internationally recognised for a substantial body of research work in several areas:

* digital journalism and its publics (including citizen journalism)

* news consumption and citizenship

* science and health journalism

* public engagement with science controversies in the post-truth era,

* public communication of data and statistics,

* constructive journalism (esp. solutions journalism) and

* global media and development.

His work has appeared in, among others, Journalism, Journalism Studies, Journalism Practice, Digital Journalism, Public Understanding of Science, Journal of Science Communication, Media and Communication, International Journal of Communication, First Monday, International Journal of Media and Culture Politics, Information Research, Journal of Sociology, and Vaccines.

An serves as Editor of Anthem Studies in Emerging Media and Society Book Series and on the Editorial Boards of seven journals (Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies, Media and Communication, Australian Journalism Review, Journalism Education, Journal of Southeast Asian Media Studies, Journalism and Media, and Representology: The Journal of Media and Diversity) and two international book series...

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Favourites

  • Nguyen, A., 2024. Journalism between Science and Development: A Decolonised and Dewesternised Normative Framework. Journalism Studies, 25 (5), 1-18.
  • Fleerackers, A. and Nguyen, A., 2024. Treading Waters: The Many Socio-ethical Challenges of Science and Health Journalism. Palgrave Handbook of Science and Health Journalism. 475-496.
  • Nguyen, A. and Tran, M., 2024. THE OVER-RELIANCE ON FOREIGN SCIENCE NEWS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: Causes, consequences and solutions. Insights on Science Journalism. 105-120.
  • Tran, M. and Nguyen, A., 2023. Besieged from all sides: impediments to science journalism in a developing country and their global implications. Journal of Science Communication, 22 (4).