Lecturer in Journalism Studies, Co-director, MSc in Media Management Programme (Vietnam)

Department of Film, Media & Journalism

Pathfoot Building G11A

University of Stirling

Stirling

FK9 4LA
Scotland

UK

An Nguyen joined the University of Stirling in 2007 from the University of Queensland in Australia, where he obtained his Master of Journalism (2001) and his PhD in Media and Communication Studies (2006). A prize-winning science and health journalist from Vietnam, he is now an award-winning young scholar specialised in a number of research areas, especially online journalism and its audiences. He has recently published The Penetration of Online News: Past, Present and Future, a research book on the diffusion and social impact of online news. In the 1990s, he was an informal research in environmental management in Vietnam, co-authoring a few books in this area.

Externally, An Nguyen has served as a referee at a number of top journalism and mass communication journals and maintains close relationships with a wide network of scholars in Australia, Singapore, Vietnam and some other countries. While working in academia, he still acts as a freelance writer and a casual consultant on journalism and media management practices for some of Vietnam’s biggest news publications. He is also a professional English-Vietnamese translator accredited by Australia’s National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters.

An Nguyen’s research spreads across a diverse range of specific areas, most particularly (a) online journalism; (b) online news audiences; (c) online participatory media; (d) science journalism and the public’s engagement in science debates; (e) professionalism in journalism and journalism education; and (f) Asian media development. His academic papers in these areas have appeared in substantial journalism and mass communication journals in Australia, the UK and the US, with some having been widely cited or used as course readings in these and other countries.

With his industrial and academic background, An Nguyen will enjoy supervising research in the following areas:

• the professional practices of online journalism
• the economics of online news
• public adoption/use of online news and its impact on traditional news media
• media audiences in general
• the positive and negative impact of online participatory media
• the Internet and globalisation
• professionalism in journalism and journalism education
• journalism and the media in developing countries and
• science journalism and communication.

Research students can approach him for expertise in both qualitative and quantitative research methods.

His key publications include the following:

Publications

Authored books/edited volumes

• An Nguyen (2008). The Penetration of Online News: Past, Present and Future. Saarbrücken: VDM Verlag.
• Helen Addison-Smith, An Nguyen & Denise Tallis (eds.) (2005). Backburning: New Talents 21C – 2005. Journal of Australian Studies, 84.
• Ba Huy Le & An Duc Nguyen (1999). Environmental Management in Agriculture, Fishery and Forestry (in Vietnamese). HCMC: Agriculture Publisher.
• Ba Huy Le, Tue Phuc Tran, An Duc Nguyen, Nhat Hong Phan, Thanh Khac Tran & My Thanh Nguyen (1997). Environmental Management: An Introduction (in Vietnamese). HCMC: Science & Technology Publisher.
• Ba Huy Le, An Duc Nguyen & Tien Van Pham (1995). Global Warming: Global Threat (in Vietnamese). HCMC: HCMC Publisher.

Journal articles/research book chapters

• An Nguyen (2010, forthcoming). “Marrying the professional to the amateur: strategies and implications of the OhmyNews model.” In Graham Meikle and Guy Redden (eds), News Online: Transformation and Continuities. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
• An Nguyen (2009). “Globalisation, citizen journalism and the nation-state: A Vietnamese perspective.” In Stuart Allan & Einar Thorsen (eds.), Citizen Journalism: Global Perspectives, pp. 153-162. New York: Peter Lang.
• An Nguyen (2009, forthcoming). “Harnessing the potential of online news: suggestions from a study on the relationship between online news advantages and its post-adoption consequences.” Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism, 11(1).
• An Nguyen (2008). “The contribution of online news attributes to its diffusion: An empirical exploration based on a proposed theoretical model for the micro process of online news adoption/use.” First Monday. 13(4). Online: http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2127/1952.
• An Nguyen (2008). “Facing the ‘fabulous monster’: the traditional media’s fear-driven innovation culture in the development of online news”. Journalism Studies, 9(1), pp. 91-104.
• An Nguyen (2007). “The interaction between technology and society: lessons learnt from 160 evolutionary years of online news.” First Monday, 12(3). Online: http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/1627/1542.
• An Nguyen & Mark Western (2007). “Socio-structural correlates of online news and information adoption/use: Implications for the digital divide”. Journal of Sociology, 43(2): 167-185.
• An Nguyen (2006). “The current status and relevance of journalism education in Vietnam: an empirical analysis.” Asia-Pacific Media Educator, 17: 41-55.
• An Nguyen (2006). “Journalism in the wake of participatory publishing.” Australian Journalism Review. 28(1): 143-155.
• An Nguyen & Mark Western (2006). “The complementary relationship between the Internet and traditional mass media: the case of online news and information on traditional sources”. Information Research, 11(3). Online: http://informationr.net/ir/11-3/paper259.html.
• An Nguyen (2006). “In search for a way out: a critical perspective on Vietnamese journalism education”. In The Status and Relevance of Journalism Education in Asia, compiled and edited for UNESCO by the Asian Media, Information and Communication Centre.
• An Nguyen, Liz Ferrier, Mark Western & Susan McKay (2005). “Online news in Australia: patterns of uses and gratifications.” Australian Studies in Journalism, 15:5-34.
• Stephen McIlwaine & An Nguyen (2005). “Are journalism students equipped to write about science?” Australian Studies in Journalism, 14: 41-60.
• Guy Redden, Nicholas Caldwell & An Nguyen (2003). “Warblogging as social critical practice.” Southern Review, 36(2): 68-79.
• An Nguyen (2003). “The current status and potential development of online news consumption: A structural approach.” First Monday, 8(9). Online: http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2127/1952

Representative conference papers

• An Nguyen (2009). “Citizen journalism in Vietnam: technologies, democracy and the nation-state in a globalised news environment.” Paper presented at the The Future of Journalism Conference, Cardiff University, September 9-10.
• An Nguyen (2009). “The digital divide versus the ‘digital delay’: implications from the world of online news.” Paper presented at the Australia-New Zealand Association of Communication’s Annual Conference, Brisbane, July 8-10.
• An Nguyen & Stephen McIlwaine (2008). “The significant minority: A profile of science information attitudes and behaviours of those willing to participate in science debates in the media in the EU27.” Paper presented at the European Communication Research & Education Association’s 2nd Annual Conference, Barcelona November 25-28.
• An Nguyen (2008). “The effect of online news attributes on its use and attachment levels: a theoretical and empirical investigation.” Paper presented at the International Communication Association’s 51st Conference, Montreal, Canada, May 22-26.
• Stephen McIlwaine & An Nguyen (2005). “Science and technology: journalism and democracy”. Paper presented at Journalism and the Public – Journalism Education Association’s 2005 Conference, Gold Coast, November 29-December 3. Online: http://live-wirez.gu.edu.au/jea.
• An Nguyen (2005). “Online news attributes as predictors of its adoption and usage.” Paper presented at Journalism and the Public – Journalism Education Association’s 2005 Conference, Gold Coast, November 29-December 3.
• Ba Huy Le & An Duc Nguyen (1998). “Industrial greening in tropical countries: Lessons learned from successes and failures.” Paper presented at Partnership and Leadership Building Alliances for a Sustainable Future, Greening of Industry Network’s 7th International Conference, Rome, Italy. October 4-6.

Recent invited speeches

• “The penetration of online news into the newsroom.” Department of Politics and International Relations, Royal Holloway, University of London, February 26, 2009.
• “Professional journalism inside and outside the academic environment.” Department of Journalism and Communication, College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University in Ho Chi Minh City, September 22, 2007.
• “The characteristics, potential development and business models of online news.” Tuoi Tre (The Youth) Daily, Ho Chi Minh City, February 19, 2006.

Representative media commentaries in the Vietnamese media

• “Vietnamese journalism: the long way to professionalism” (three-part series). VietnamNet, November 2-4, 2007.
• “Human factors, technologies and an information society for Vietnam.” Interview by Gia Bach. Science & Life, January 2007, pp. 30-33.
• “Professionalism as an anti-corruption measure.” Sunday Youth, August 30, pp. 5 & 13.
• “Journalism and PR: shaking hands or turning back?” Sunday Youth, June 22, 2004, pp. 138-39.
• “Vietnamese online journalism in a potential New World Information Order.” Sunday Youth, June 22, 2003, pp. 14-15 & 42.
• “Information Fog in the Iraq War.” New World Magazine, No. 537, pp. 33-36.

Major grants/awards

• 2009-2011 (with Matthew Hibberd and colleagues at the Centre for Media Studies, Dehli) UK-India Education and Research Initiative Grant ) - £47,000 for a research project “Communicating climate change in India and the UK: a reception study”.
• 2008 (with Matthew Hibberd): A PMI2 grant of £42,460 by the British Government (via the British Council) to set up the University of Stirling MSc in Media Management at the University of Danang, Vietnam.
• 2006: UNESCO Young Scholar's Communication Research Grant (via the Asian Media, Information and Communication Centre) to conduct the Vietnam’s portion of a UNESCO-funded research project on journalism education in Asia.
• 2004: New Talents 21C Travelling Grant, Australian Public Intellectual Network (funded by the Australian Studies Centre, the University of Queensland) to make a two-week trip to Curtin University of Technology to co-edit a special issue of the Journal of Australian Studies.
• 2002: International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (Australian Government) and a follow-up UQIPRS to conduct a four-year PhD in Media and Communication Studies at the University of Queensland.
• 2001: Reuters Prize for Postgraduate Studies in Journalismby the University of Queensland and Reuters Foundation.
• 2000: Two-year full-time scholarship by Atlantic Philanthropies to do masters studies in journalism at the University of Queensland .
• 1999: A third and an encouragement prize in a national science feature writing competition organised by theVietnamese Journalists’ Association in conjunction with the Central Committee of National Youth League; the Ministry of Science, Technology & Environment; Vietnam Television; and The Pioneer (Tien Phong).

At undergraduate level, An Nguyen teaches, co-teaches and co-ordinates the 'Introduction to Journalism', 'Online Journalism' and 'Professional Issues in Journalism' programmes. At postgraduate level, he teaches 'Media Economics' and 'Media Research Methods' for the MSc in Media Management Programme in Vietnam.

Before joining Stirling, he taught computer-assisted reporting, new media studies and research methods at the University of Queensland and Queensland University of Technology in Australia.