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Dr Jeffry Oktavianus

Dr Jeffry Oktavianus

Assistant Professor

Research Overview

My research revolves around new media and social change. More specifically, I scrutinize the potential of new media technologies in addressing issues related to health and politics, particularly health disparities and mis/disinformation, and in facilitating public campaigns and participatory communication.

Education and Academic Qualifications

  • Ph.D. in Media and Communication, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • M.A. in International Communication, National Chengchi University, Taiwan R.O.C. 

Academic and Professional Experience

  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Centre for Communication Research, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 

Teaching Areas

  • Digital Communication
  • Intercultural Communication
  • Health Communication
  • Media Studies
  • Research Methods

Research Interests

  • New Media and Social Change
  • Health Disparities
  • Online Dis/Misinformation
  • Public Campaigns
  • Social Movements

Research Output

  • Hu, J., Oktavianus, J., & Zhu, J. (2024). Is communication a dependent or involuted discipline? A citation analysis of communication publications from 2010 to 2020. Journal of Communication74(1), 77-87. https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqad039
  • Masood, M., Meng, X., Oktavianus, J., Moskovljevic, M., Zhang, N., & Skoric, M. (2024). The influence of online political expression on disagreement and incivility: The moderating role of social identity. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/08838151.2024.2304182
  • Guan, L., Shi, W., Li, Q., Oktavianus, J., & Wu, M. (2024). Have color representations in books changed over the past 200 years? An empirical analysis based on the Google Books Ngram corpus. Color Research & Application, 49(1), 65-78. https://doi.org/10.1002/col.22904
  • Oktavianus, J.,& Bautista, J. R. (2023). Motivating healthcare professionals to correct online health misinformation: The roles of subjective norm, third-person perception, and channel differences.Computers in Human Behavior, 147, 107839.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2023.107839
  • Oktavianus, J.,& Lin, W.-Y. (2023). Soliciting social support from migrant domestic workers’ connections to storytelling networks during a public health crisis.Health Communication, 38(6), 1179-1188.https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2021.1996675
  • Oktavianus, J.,Davidson, B., & Guan, L. (2023). Framing and counter-framing in online collective actions: The case of LGBT protests in a Muslim nation.Information, Communication and Society,23(3), 479-495.https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2021.1954232
  • Oktavianus, J.& Dewi, H. L. C. (2023). When religion prevails: Examining religious and mainstream news coverage of measles-rubella vaccination in Indonesia.Public Health, 219, 39-43.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2023.03.021
  • Oktavianus, J.,&Davidson, B. (2023). Countering terrorism on social media: An analysis of online anti-terrorism movement in Indonesia.Communication and the Public, 8(4), 308-323.https://doi.org/10.1177/20570473231189898
  • Lu, F., Sun, Y., & Oktavianus, J. (2023). Resistance to masks during the COVID-19 pandemic: How user comments drive psychological reactance to health campaigns. Health Communication, 38(14), 3193-3206.https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2022.2141045
  • Oktavianus, J.& Lin, W.-Y. (2022). Community storytelling networks and empowerment of migrant domestic workers: A communication infrastructure approach.International Journal of Communication, 16, 5162-5183. Retrieved fromhttps://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/19284/3938
  • Oktavianus, J., Sun, Y., & Lu, F. (2022). Understanding health information behaviors of migrant domestic workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(19), 12549.https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912549
  • Sun, Y., Oktavianus, J., Wang, S., & Lu, F.  (2022). The role of influence of presumed influence and anticipated guilt in evoking social correction of COVID-19 misinformation. Health Communication, 37(11), 1368-1377.https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2021.1888452
  • Sun, Y., Chia, S. C., Lu, F., & Oktavianus, J. (2022). The battle is on: Factors that motivate people to combat anti-vaccine misinformation. Health Communication,37(3), 327-336. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2020.1838108
  • Oktavianus. J. (2023, May). Presumed influence of fake news on social networking sites and instant messengers: Uncovering paths from online platforms use to verification and correction. Paper presented at the 2023 ICA Preconference – Digital Asia, Toronto, Canada.
  • Hu, J., Oktavianus, J.& Zhu, J. (2023, May). Is communication a dependent or involuted discipline? A citation analysis of communication publications from 2010 to 2020. Paper presented at the 73rd Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference, Toronto, Canada.
  • Davidson, B., Oktavianus, J.& Moskovljevic, M. (2023, May). Just flex, it’s the social media complex: TikTok videos as a propaganda tool for the U.S. military. Paper presented at the 73rd Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference, Toronto, Canada.
  • Oktavianus, J., Davidson, B., & Guan, L. (2022, May). Debunking fake news together: Analyzing the practice of collective correction to combat misinformation. Paper presented at the 72nd Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference, Paris, France.
  • Masood, M., Meng, X., Oktavianus, J., Moskovljevic, M., Zhang, N., & Skoric, M. (2022, May). Political expression, disagreement, and incivility on social media: The conditional role of social identity in the context of Hong Kong. Paper presented at the 2022 ICA Preconference – Digital Asia, Paris, France.
  • Oktavianus, J. (2021, August). Empowering migrant domestic workers during public health crises through integrated connectedness to storytelling networks. Paper presented at the 104th Annual Association for Education on Journalism and Mass Communication Conference (AEJMC), New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic).
  • Oktavianus, J. (2021, August). The role of integrated connectedness of community storytelling networks in empowering migrant domestic workers. Paper presented at the 104th Annual Association for Education on Journalism and Mass Communication Conference (AEJMC), New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic).
  • Oktavianus, J., Sun, Y., & Lu, F. (2021, August). The episodes of health crisis information response process among migrant domestic workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Paper presented at the 104th Annual Association for Education on Journalism and Mass Communication Conference (AEJMC), New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic).
  • Oktavianus, J., & Dewi, H. L. C. (2021, July). When religion prevails: Examining the religious and mainstream news coverage of Measles-Rubella vaccination in a Muslim nation. Paper presented at the 2021 Annual Conference of International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), Nairobi, Kenya (virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic).
  • Oktavianus, J., Davidson, B., & Guan, L. (2021, May). Silencing terrorists: An analysis of online counter-narrative campaign to fight terrorism in a Muslim nation. Paper presented at the 71st Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA (virtual due to COVID-19 pandemic).
  • Lu, F., Sun, Y., & Oktavianus, J. (2021, May). The face mask debate: How user comments and presumed influence drive psychological reactance to health campaigns and adverse health outcomes. Paper presented at the 71st Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA (virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic).

Esteem Measures

 

  • Top Extended Abstract, Graduate Student Interest Group, the 104th Annual Association for Education on Journalism and Mass Communication Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (2021)
  • AEJMC Presidential Diversity & Inclusion Career Development Fellowship, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (2020)
  • Third Place, Top Student Paper Award, Electronic News Division, the 103rd Annual Association for Education on Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Conference, San Francisco, California, USA (2020)
  • Outstanding Academic Papers by Students, City University of Hong Kong (2020)

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