Summary
Ran Duan is an assistant professor at the Reynolds School of Journalism at the 推荐杏吧原创. Her research interests span the areas of environmental, science, risk, and visual communication, such as the uses and effects of visuals in the communication of wildfire and climate change, the development of scales for measuring visual literacy in science communication. She has received Top Faculty Paper Awards from the Environmental Communication Division of International Communication Association (ICA) as first author (in 2019, 2021). She was named the Journalism School Outstanding Graduate Student at Michigan State University for 2017.
Courses taught
- JOUR 419/619: Data Journalism
- JOUR 436/636: Risk Communication
- JOUR 435/635: Mass Communication Research Methods
- JOUR 755: Media Engagement and Innovation
Recent work
- Bombara, C. & Duan, R. (2024) The development and validation of a scale for visual literacy. Journal of Visual Literacy.
- Duan, R. (2024). The Nexus Between COVID-19 and Climate Change in US Newspapers: A Content Analysis. Journalism Practice, 1-21.
- Duan, R., Bombara, C., & Crosswell, L. (2024). Are COVID-19 and climate change competing crises? New evidence on the finite pool of worry and risk-as-feelings hypotheses. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 1-14.
- Duan, R., & Bombara, C. (2023). Protective behaviors against wildfire smoke in the western United States: an extended protection motivation theory perspective. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 96, 103956.
- Duan, R., & Bombara, C. (2022). Visualizing climate change: the role of construal level, emotional valence, and visual literacy. Climatic Change170, 1
- Duan, R., Zwickle, A., & Takahashi, B. (2022). Refining the application of Construal Level Theory: Egocentric and nonegocentric psychological distances in climate change visual communication. Environmental Communication, 1-16.
- Duan, R., Hepworth, K. J., Ormerod, K. J., & Canon, C. (2021). Promoting concern for climate change: A study of wildfire photographs using Q methodology. Science Communication, doi: 10.1177/10755470211041689
- Duan, R., Crosswell, L., & Barber, K. (2021). Animation in environmental journalism: Effects on news perception and information seeking. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 1-23.
- Duan, R., Takahashi, B., & Zwickle, A. (2021). How effective are concrete and abstract climate change images? The moderating role of construal level in climate change visual communication. Science Communication, 43(3), 358-387.
- Duan, R. & Miller, S. (2021) Climate change in China: A study of news diversity in party-sponsored and market-oriented newspapers. Journalism.
Selected service
- Secretary, Risk Communication Division, Society for Risk Analysis, 2023-present
- Editorial Board, Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 2024-present
Education
- Ph.D. in Media and Information, Specialization in Environmental Science and Policy, Michigan State University, USA
- Master’s Degree in Journalism, Michigan State University, USA
- Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism, Shandong University, China