Wenqing Zhao

Zhao, W., Jin, Y., van der Meer, T., Hameleers, M., & Lu, X. (2025). Beyond a fragmented account of conflicts in communication: A framework of informational conflicts. Annals of the International Communication Association, 49(1), 32-44. https://doi.org/10.1093/anncom/wlae003

Zhao, W., Rachwalski, A., Berndt‐Goke, M., & Jin, Y. (2025). An examination of management of AI-triggered organizational threats from communication practitioners’ perspective. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 33(1), e70031. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-5973.70031

Lu, X., Zhao, W., van der Meer, T. G., & Jin, Y. (2025). Organizational readiness for issue polarization: how corporate political engagement can optimize organization-stakeholder issue discussion in social media environment. Journal of Communication Management, 29(1), 133-148. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCOM-09-2024-0160

Zhao, W., Lu, X., Jin, Y., & van der Meer, T. G. (2024). Pushing hands and buttons: The effects of corporate social issue stance communication and online comment (in)civility on publics’ responses. Public Relations Review, 50(4), 102488. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pubrev.2024.102488

• Lab Manager, Brain, Body, and Media (BBAM) Lab at University of Georgia
• Lab Coordinator, Crisis Insights and Analytics (CIA) Lab at University of Georgia
• Future Faculty Fellow at University of Georgia

• Dissertation Completion Award, University of Georgia
• Page Scholar, Arthur W. Page Center for Integrity in Public Communication
• Keith & Turi Jackson Graduate Fellowship, Washington State University