| My name is Guo, Lei (pronounced as gwo, lay) and I am an assistant professor in the Division of Emerging Media Studies at College of Communication, Boston University.
I graduated with one B.A. in Journalism, and another in Chinese Literature & Linguistics from Fudan University, China (2008). I obtained an M.A. in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin (2010) and subsequently a Ph.D. degree from the same department (2014). |
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| My research mainly focuses on media effects theories, emerging media technologies and democracy, and international communication. I developed the third level of agenda-setting theory—the Network Agenda Setting Model—with Dr. Maxwell McCombs. We tested the model in various settings using computer-assisted text analysis methods such as semantic network analysis, sentiment analysis, and data visualization.
My studies, both quantitative and qualitative, have been published in a number of leading peer-reviewed journals such as Journal of Communication, Journalism Studies, Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, Critical Studies in Media Communication, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, and International Communication Gazette. I have also been invited to write book chapters about journalism and communication in the United States and China. My recent work includes co-editing a book The Power of Information Networks: New Directions for Agenda Setting published by Routledge. |
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