Dr Jeffry Oktavianus

Assistant Professor

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+852 2766 7560
oktavianus.jeffry@polyu.edu.hk

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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

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 Communication, 74(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 73^rd 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 73^rd 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 72^nd 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 104^th 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 104^th 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 104^th 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 71^st 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 71^st 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 104^th 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 103^rd 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)