Shuoya Sun | shuoyasun@uga.edu

Shuoya Sun is a PhD student in advertising. Her major research interest is on how media context affects cognitive processing and evaluation of digital advertisements of varying formats. Her secondary research interest is on social marketing and health and crisis communication.

Xuerong Lu | xuerong.lu@uga.edu

Xuerong is a second year PhD student in public relations at Grady College. Her research interests focus on health, crisis communication, and risk communication. She is interested in the interactions between individuals and media in context of controversial topics. These include public attitudes toward emerging technology, public understanding of controversial science, the process underlying the attitude change and decision making of the public when exposed to the media