Nuurrianti Jalli

(MENAFN- The Conversation)

• Assistant Professor of Professional Practice, School of Media and Strategic Communications, Oklahoma State University

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I am Dr. Nuurrianti Jalli, an Assistant Professor of Professional Practice at the School of Media and Strategic Communications at Oklahoma State University. Prior to my appointment at OSU, I served as a faculty member at various educational institutions across the United States, Malaysia, and Indonesia. I earned my Ph.D. in Mass Communication from Ohio University and bring over 15 years of professional experience in strategic communications. My background includes roles as a communication strategist, resource person, and subject expert for renowned organizations like the Prime Minister's Office of Malaysia, Malaysia's Ministry of Tourism, Arts, and Culture, the United Nations, UNESCO, ByteDance (TikTok), Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, and the Brookings Institution. My work has been featured in publications including Reuters, The Conversation, the Oxford Reuters Institute of Journalism, Newsweek, the Jakarta Post, the South China Morning Post, CNA, and many others. My research interests span aspects of media studies, specifically Media and Democracy, Propaganda and Mis/Disinfo Studies, Media and Tech Policies, Media and Information Literacy, and Media and Information Warfare.

Experience

• 2024–present Visiting Research Fellow , ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute
• 2023–present Assistant Professor of Professional Practice, Oklahoma State University
• 2021–2023 Assistant Professor, Northern State University
• 2020–2021 Visiting Assistant Professor, Universitas Paramadina
• 2018–2020 Senior Lecturer, Universiti Teknologi MARA
• 2018–2018 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Curtin University

Education

• 2017 Ohio University, Ph.D. in Mass Communication

Publications

• 2024 Disinformation and Hate Speech: Ethnoreligious Rhetoric on TikTok during Malaysia's 15th General Election (GE15) 2022, Safer Internet Lab & CSIS Indonesia
• 2023 Virality is not enough when the audience misses the point: A Content Analysis of YouTube Comments on Environmental Documentary“Sexy Killers”, Malaysian Journal of Communication
• 2023 Native Customary Rights Land Titles and Thwarting Deforestation: Digital Acts of Resistance Among Sarawak's Indigenous Peoples, Palgrave MacMillan
• 2023 Misguided Democracy in Malaysia and Indonesia: Digital Propaganda in Southeast Asia, Rowman & Littlefield
• 2022 Pengenalan Literasi Media dan Informasi (UKM X Unesco), UNESCO
• 2021 An Analysis of Cultural Elements in Selected Festive Advertisements, Malaysian Journal of Communication
• 2020 Malu Apa Bossku? Najib Razak's political rhetoric on Facebook post 2018 General Election, Forum Komunikasi
• 2020 Exploring the influence of citizen journalism on Malaysian political landscape, Journal of Malaysian Studies (Kajian Malaysia)
• 2020 Revisiting the Transnational Media Flow in the Nusantara: Cross-border Broadcasting Content in Indonesia and Malaysia, Southeast Asian Studies
• 2020 Exploring contemporary security issues near Sarawak-Kalimantan border, Malaysian Journal of Communication
• 2020 Wahyu dah kurang: Journalism Practice Among Journalists in Malaysian Mainstream Media Agencies during Pakatan Harapan Tenure, Journal of Media and Information Warfare
• 2019 Media, politics and democracy in the 14th Malaysian general election, UiTM Press
• 2019 Perception, knowledge, and acceptance of Rome Statute in Malaysia, Atlantis Press
• 2019 Fake news and elections in two Southeast Asian nations: A comparative study of Malaysia general election 2018 and Indonesia presidential election 2019, Atlantis Press
• 2016 The effectiveness of social media in assisting opinion leaders to disseminate political ideologies in developing countries, Malaysian Journal of Communication

Grants and Contracts

• 2021 TikTok Gen Z in Southeast Asia Role: Principal Researcher Funding Source: US Department of State
• 2020 Internet connectivity and online learning challenges in Layar, Sarawak Role: Principal Researcher Funding Source: DUN 36 Layar, Sarawak State Government
• 2019 Cybersecurity literacy among Sarawakians: Exploring the influence of the digital divide. Role: Principal Researcher Funding Source: Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia
• 2018 Security issues near Malaysian borders Role: Researcher Funding Source: Malaysian National Security Council

Professional Memberships

• Golden Key International Honor Society
• Association of Internet Researchers
• Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication

Honours

Golden Key International Honor Society

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