Shujun Liu
(she/her)
PhD
Research Associate, School Health Research Network, DECIPHer
- LiuS117@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 29208 74803
- sbarc|spark, Maindy Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF24 4HQ
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
I am a Research Associate at the School of Social Sciences within the Centre for Development, Evaluation, Complexity and Implementation in Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer).
My research area includes risk communication, political communication, and digital media studies. Methodologically, I mainly used a wide range of quantitative methods, including survey, content analysis, online experiment, and various computational approaches, such as supervised and unsupervised machine learning.
Publication
2024
- Liu, S., Sloan, L., Al Baghal, T., Williams, M., Serôdio, P. and Jessop, C. 2024. Examining household effects on individual Twitter adoption: A multilevel analysis based on U.K. household survey data. PLoS ONE 19(1), article number: e0297036. (10.1371/journal.pone.0297036)
- Liu, S. 2024. Building network agenda in China-U.S. trade conflict news: Transnational comparative study across China, the United States, Singapore and Ireland. Newspaper Research Journal (10.1177/07395329231221519)
- Liu, S., Sloan, L., Al Baghal, T., Williams, M., Jessop, C. and Serôdio, P. 2024. Linking survey with Twitter data: Examining associations among smartphone usage, privacy concern and Twitter linkage consent. International Journal of Social Research Methodology (10.1080/13645579.2023.2299482)
2023
- Liu, S. 2023. Personalization of Trump and Xi in the U.S.-China trade conflict news: Comparison between the U.S. and China. International Communication Gazette (10.1177/17480485231206364)
- Liu, S., Boukes, M. and De Swert, K. 2023. Strategy framing in the international arena: A cross-national comparative content analysis on the China-US trade conflict coverage. Journalism 24(5), pp. 976-998. (10.1177/14648849211052438)
- Liu, S. and Boukes, M. 2023. Strategy framing of international conflicts. In: Zhang, S. I. and Peng, A. Y. eds. China, Media, and International Conflicts. Communicating China Routledge, pp. 9-27., (10.4324/9781003261278-2)
2022
- Guo, J. and Liu, S. 2022. From #blacklivesmatter to #stopasianhate: examining network agenda-setting effects of hashtag activism on twitter. Social Media + Society 8(4) (10.1177/20563051221146182)
- Liu, S., Sloan, L. and Williams, M. 2022. Exploring the association among different types of Twitter activity, loneliness level, and life satisfaction. Presented at: EMERGE 2022: International Conference on Digital Society Now, 16 December 2022 Presented at Mevorah, V., Guga, J. and Markov, ?. eds.EMERGE 2022: Digital Society Now. Belgrade: Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade
Articles
- Liu, S., Sloan, L., Al Baghal, T., Williams, M., Serôdio, P. and Jessop, C. 2024. Examining household effects on individual Twitter adoption: A multilevel analysis based on U.K. household survey data. PLoS ONE 19(1), article number: e0297036. (10.1371/journal.pone.0297036)
- Liu, S. 2024. Building network agenda in China-U.S. trade conflict news: Transnational comparative study across China, the United States, Singapore and Ireland. Newspaper Research Journal (10.1177/07395329231221519)
- Liu, S., Sloan, L., Al Baghal, T., Williams, M., Jessop, C. and Serôdio, P. 2024. Linking survey with Twitter data: Examining associations among smartphone usage, privacy concern and Twitter linkage consent. International Journal of Social Research Methodology (10.1080/13645579.2023.2299482)
- Liu, S. 2023. Personalization of Trump and Xi in the U.S.-China trade conflict news: Comparison between the U.S. and China. International Communication Gazette (10.1177/17480485231206364)
- Liu, S., Boukes, M. and De Swert, K. 2023. Strategy framing in the international arena: A cross-national comparative content analysis on the China-US trade conflict coverage. Journalism 24(5), pp. 976-998. (10.1177/14648849211052438)
- Guo, J. and Liu, S. 2022. From #blacklivesmatter to #stopasianhate: examining network agenda-setting effects of hashtag activism on twitter. Social Media + Society 8(4) (10.1177/20563051221146182)
Book sections
- Liu, S. and Boukes, M. 2023. Strategy framing of international conflicts. In: Zhang, S. I. and Peng, A. Y. eds. China, Media, and International Conflicts. Communicating China Routledge, pp. 9-27., (10.4324/9781003261278-2)
Conferences
- Liu, S., Sloan, L. and Williams, M. 2022. Exploring the association among different types of Twitter activity, loneliness level, and life satisfaction. Presented at: EMERGE 2022: International Conference on Digital Society Now, 16 December 2022 Presented at Mevorah, V., Guga, J. and Markov, ?. eds.EMERGE 2022: Digital Society Now. Belgrade: Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade
Teaching
- Teaching Assistant, Risk Communication (postgraduate), Tsinghua University
- Teaching Assistant, Public Speaking in English (undergraduate), Tsinghua University
- Teaching Assistant, Digital Media (undergraduate), Tsinghua University
- Teaching Assistant, Chinese Journalism and Contemporary World (postgraduate), Tsinghua University
Biography
Education and qualifications:
- 2022 PhD in Journalism, Tsinghua University
- 2013 MA in Journalism, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- 2008 BA in Sport Journalism, Beijing Sport University
Career overview:
- 2024 - present Research Associate, DECIPHer, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University
- 2022 - 2024 Research Associate, HateLab, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University
- 2019 - 2020 Visiting scholar , School of Communication, University of Amsterdam
- 2013 - 2018 Reporter, Xinhua News Agency
Honours and awards
- Chinese National Scholarship
- Tsinghua Scholarship for Overseas Graduate Studies
Professional memberships
- International Communication Association (ICA)
- International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR)
- National Communication Association (NCA)
- UK-China Media and Cultural Studies Association (UCMeCSA)
Speaking engagements
- Shujun Liu and Kai Kuang (November 16). Negative or positive toward China-U.S. climate policy: Examining the effect of strategy and issue framing on emotional responses and online climate actions. 109th Annual Convention of National Communication Association (NCA).
- Shujun Liu, Luke Sloan, Matthew Williams, Tarek Al Baghal, Curtis Jessop, Paulo Serodio (July 19). Linking twitter and survey data: Examining the association among mobile technology use, privacy concern and twitter consent. 2023 Annual Conference of European Survey Research Association (ESRA).
- Shujun Liu, Luke Sloan, Matthew Williams, Tarek Al Baghal, Curtis Jessop, Paulo Serodio (June 2023). Antecedents of twitter adoption: Examining associations among household economic capital, mobile technology use and twitter adoption. 73rd Annual Conference of International Communication Association (ICA).
- Shujun Liu and Kai Kuang (June 2023). Examining the effects of international-level strategy framing on cynicism and nationalist sentiments in climate change context. 73rd Annual Conference of International Communication Association (ICA).
- Shujun Liu and Kai Kuang (June, 2023). Examining the Effects of National-Level Strategy Framing in Climate Communication. 2023 Annual Conference of International Environmental Communication Association (IECA).
- Shujun Liu, Luke Sloan, Matthew Williams, Tarek Al Baghal, Curtis Jessop, Paulo Serodio (Dec 2022). Does social media make you lonely: Exploring the association among different types of activity on twitter, mental health and life satisfaction. EMERGE2022: Forum on the Future of AI Driven Humanity & International Conference Digital Society.
- Shujun Liu (May 2022). Beyond conflicting words: Analysis of China’s propaganda cartoon on China-US relationship. 72nd Annual Conference of International Communication Association (ICA).
- Shujun Liu and Jing Guo (May 2022). Hatred against Hatred: Analysis of Incivility on Twitter during BlackLivesMatter Movement. 72nd Annual Conference of International Communication Association (ICA).
- Shujun Liu (May 2022). Network agenda setting in China-US trade conflict news: A comparative study across China, the US, Singapore and Ireland. 72nd Annual Conference of International Communication Association (ICA).
- Shujun Liu and Jacqueline Tizora (July 2021). The research on media image of Xi and Trump. 2021 annual conference of International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR).
- Shujun Liu, Mark Boukes and Knut De Swert (May 2021). Strategy framing in the international arena: Cross-national comparative content analysis on China-US trade conflict coverage. 71st Annual Conference of International Communication Association (ICA).
- Shujun Liu and Mark Boukes (May 2021). Determining news portrayal of economic consequence: Cross-national comparative content analysis on China-US trade conflict news. 71st Annual Conference of International Communication Association (ICA).
- Shujun Liu (May 2021). Personalization of Xi and Trump in China-US trade conflict news: A cross-national comparative content analysis. 2021 Doctoral Colloquium of International Communication Association (ICA).