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Po‐Lin Pan

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Researcher

Also affiliated: London Metropolitan University (2005); University of Alabama (2009)

Faculty Researcher

13 h-index 59 pubs 555 cited

  • Humans
  • United States
  • Social Media
  • Mass Media
  • Television
  • Health Inequities
  • Racism
  • COVID-19
  • Commerce
  • Trust
  • Adolescent
  • Feeding and Eating Disorders
  • Body Image
  • Female
  • Health Promotion

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Po-Lin Pan's research investigates consumer behavior and trust, particularly in the context of corporate communication and e-commerce. Recent work examines the role of adaptive leadership, empathy, and communication transparency in building trust during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pan also studies how health and nutrition-related claims influence consumer perceptions and purchasing decisions for food products, including the impact of online nutrition information seeking and the dynamic effects of nutrition facts on fast-food consumption. Further research explores how consumers perceive brand personality through sports sponsorships and investigates the ethical codes of mobile journalism. Pan's scholarship metrics include an h-index of 13, with 58 total publications and 549 citations.

Metrics

  • h-index: 13
  • Publications: 59
  • Citations: 555

Selected Publications

  • Media Framing of Transportation, Agriculture, and Gasoline in the Russia-Ukraine War (2025)
    Southwestern Mass Communication Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • The Dynamic Impacts of Public Perceptions of Fast-Food Products with Nutrition Facts on Fast-Food Consumption (2024)
    Sustainability 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • The integrated role of adaptive leadership, sense of empathy and communication transparency: trust building in corporate communication during the pandemic (2024)
    Corporate Communications An International Journal 14 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Toward an Integrated Model of Healthy Food Purchase via the Impact of Online Nutrition Information Seeking (2024)
    American Behavioral Scientist 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Impact of Ethnicity Match on Athlete Endorsement (2023)
    Southwestern Mass Communication Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • Racism, self-rated general health status, and health-related quality of life among Black and Asian Americans (2023)
    Health Marketing Quarterly 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Promoting healthy eating: The intervening role of health and nutrition-related claims in food advertisements (2022)
    Health Education Journal 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Underlying Mechanisms of Brand Feedback's Mixed Effects in E-Commerce: Roles of Perceived Controllability, Stability, and Brand Trust (2022)
    Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Using Smartphone as a Journalistic Tool: An Examination of Ethical Codes in Mobile Journalism in Saudi Arabia (2021)
    Athens Journal of Mass Media and Communications 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Effective online COVID-19 messages? A thematic analysis of major senior living community websites in the United States (2021)
    Health Marketing Quarterly 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Brand feedback to negative eWOM messages: Effects of stability and controllability of problem causes on brand attitudes and purchase intentions (2020)
    Telematics and Informatics 47 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Connecting sponsor brands through sports competitions: an identity approach to brand trust and brand loyalty (2020)
    Sport Business and Management An International Journal 29 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Using Instagram as Online Shopping Channel: Key Predictors of Consumers’ Purchase Involvement on Instagram in Saudi Arabia (2019)
    2 citations OpenAlex
  • Mortality Salience in the News of Immigrant Perpetrators: Effects on Viewers’ Emotion, Story Evaluation, and Perceived Crime Susceptibility (2018)
    Howard Journal of Communications 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Coping with the milk scandal (2018)
    Journal of Communication Management 12 citations DOI OpenAlex

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