My research primarily centered around the use of digital and emerging media in strategic communication and journalism, with a particular emphasis on Digital media and global development campaigns, Social media discourse of the critical industries and its public opinion impacts, and Mis and disinformation in the context of climate change.

I conduct research that utilizes a wide range of methods, including quantitative approaches such as quantitative methods (e.g., surveys and content analysis), qualitative methods (e.g., in-depth interviews and focus group discussions), as well as computational approaches (e.g., corpus linguistic analysis and text mining).

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Conference Presentations/Papers

• Nguyen, N., Ding, H., Vu, H.T., Peters, P. (2023). When the media goes to war: How Russian news media defend the country’s image during the conflict with Ukraine. The Annual International Communication Association Conference 73rd, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• Tong, C; Nguyen, N.; Ha, H.; Do, H.; Vu, H.T. (2023). Examining practices of transparency and accessibility by international fact-checking networks on COVID-19. The Annual International Communication Association Conference 73rd, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• Nguyen, N. (2022). Using corpus linguistics to analyze big oil companies’ Twitter discourse on the “Future”. Association for Education in Journalism in Mass Communication Conference. Detroit, USA.
• Nguyen, N., Baines, A., Ding, H.C., Alhammad, A., & Vu, H.T. (2022). Country image restoration during the COVID-19 pandemic: Social media communication strategies used by Chinese embassies in 11 countries. Association for Education in Journalism in Mass Communication Conference. Detroit.
• Vu, H. T., Baines, A., & Nguyen, N. (2022). Fact-checking climate change: An analysis of claims and verification practices by fact-checkers in four countries. International Communication Association Conference, Paris, France.
• Vu, H. T., Conlin, J., Nguyen, N., & Baines, A. (2022) What influences public support for plastic waste control policies and green consumption? Evidence from a multilevel analysis of survey data from 28 European countries. The International Communication Association Conference, Paris, France.
• Tong, C., Nguyen, N., Ha. H., Vu, H. & Do, V.H (2022). Misinformation on COVID-19 across 74 countries and case study fact-checking on Transparency and Accessibility on AFP sites in 59 countries. Global Fact 9. Olso, Norway.
• Tong, C., Nguyen, N., Ha. H., Vu, H. & Do, V.H (2022). Dealing with Misinformation on COVID-19: Comparing the use of transparency and accessibility in fact-checking practices across 74 countries. Misinformation and Global Communication Symposium. Shanghai, China.
• Nguyen, N. (2021). Strangers helping strangers in a strange land: Vietnamese immigrant mothers and (expecting) mothers in the USA use social media to navigate health acculturation. Association for Education in Journalism in Mass Communication Conference, Online.
• Duong, H.T.; Vu, H.T.; Nguyen, N. (2018). Grassroots social movements in authoritarian settings: Examining activists’ strategic communication and issues management. Association for Education in Journalism in Mass Communication Conference. Washington DC, USA.
• Nguyen, N. (2016). Administrative urbanization in Vietnam under different economic theories. Presentation. Asian Study on the Pacific Coast Conference. CA: Northridge, USA.

Book Chapters

• Nguyen, N. (2011). Reporting on environmental protection issues. In Tran, P., Tran, L.C, Le, D.C, Nguyen, D. D, Nguyen, N., Le, T.T.H., Le, L.A. (Eds). The Guidebook for  Environmental communications officers. The project Strengthening the capacity of communication in environmental protection and climate change issues for core environmental communicators in Vietnam. Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung- Hanoi Office. Hanoi.

Research Report

• Phong, T., Nguyen, N. (2012). The environmental coverage in three Vietnamese newspapers, including the Dau Tu, Thanh Nien, and Lao Dong in the first six months of 2012. The project “Mobilizing the Participation of Civil Social Organizations in environmental management. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Hanoi.

Research Fellowship:

• Climate Tracker: Greenwashing in Vietnam’s Media in the regional report How COVID-19 shifted green growth narratives in Southeast Asia
• RMIT Vietnam: Data Analysis of Stem Cell Hype on Vietnam Communication Channels