H. Denis Wu

 

Associate Professor

 

 

Department of Mass Communication, Advertising and Public Relations

640 Commonwealth Avenue

Boston, MA 02215

College of Communication

Boston University

hdw@bu.edu

617-358-1305

RESEARCH

Focus: international communication, political communication, and media effects. Some of my publications are:

Wu, H. D., & Dahmen, N. S. (2010). Web sponsorship and campaign effects: Assessing the difference between positive and negative web sites. Journal of Political Marketing, 9, 314-329.

Wu, H. D., & Coleman, R. (2009). Advancing agenda-setting theory: The comparative strength and new contingent conditions of the two levels of agenda setting effect. Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, 86(4), 775-789.

Wu, H. D., & Lee, T. (2009). Media, politics, and Asian Americans. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.

Wu, H. D., & Izard, R. (2008). Representing the total community: Relationships between Asian American staff and Asian American coverage in nine US newspapers. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 85(1), 99-112.

Wu, H. D. (2007). A brave new world for international news? -- Exploring the determinants of the coverage of foreign nations on U.S. web sites. International Communication Gazette, 69(5), 539-551.

Coleman, R., & Wu, H. D. (2006). More than words alone: Incorporating broadcasters’ nonverbal communication into the stages of crisis coverage theory – evidence from September 11. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 50(1), 1-17.

Wu, H. D., & Lee, T. (2005). The submissive, the calculated, and the American dream: Coverage of Asian-American political candidates in the 1990s. The Howard Journal of Communications, 16, 225-241.

Wu, H. D., McCracken, M., & Saito, S. (2004). Economic communication in the “lost decade”: News coverage and the Japanese recession. Gazette: The International Journal for Communication Studies, 66(2), 133-149.

Wu, H. D., & Bechtel, A. (2002). Web site use and news topic and type. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 79(1), 73-86.

Wu, H. D., Stevenson, R. L., Chen, H., & Güner, Z. N. (2002). The conditioned impact of recession news: A time-series analysis of economic communication in the United States, 1987-1996. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 14(1), 19-36.

Wu, H. D. (2000). Systemic determinants of international news coverage: A comparison of 38 countries. Journal of Communication, 50(2), 110-130.

TEACHING

Courses offered at BU include:

·       CM321 Mass Communication Research

·       CM380 Theory and Process of Communication

·       CM409 Persuasion and Public Opinion

·       CM722 Communication Research

·       CM710 Communication Theory

·       CM831 International Communication

SERVICE

Some highlights of my service:

·       BU College of Communication appointment, promotion and tenure committee (2008-9), curriculum committee (2007-8), academic affairs committee (2010-)

·       BU International Relations/International Communication joint master’s program coordinator

·       Currently serve on five editorial boards of major communication journals

·       Constantly review for major academic publications, conventions, and grant proposals

·       Involved in major professional associations such as AEJMC, ICA, NCA, and WAPOR

·       Served as faculty senator, graduate student advisors, and university-wide committees

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Associate professor, Boston University (tenure track 2007-2010; tenured 2010)

Associate professor with tenure, Louisiana State University (2004-2007)

Assistant professor (tenure track), Louisiana State University (1998-2004)

Research and teaching assistant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1994-1998)

Account executive and editor, Evergreen International Corp (1993-1994)

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Mass Communication Research, 1998, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

M.A. Communication, 1993, University of Pennsylvania

B.A. Sociology, 1989, National Taiwan University

 

For complete c.v., please email me.                                                                                                 Updated: 1/15/2011