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Research

Latest publications

Thaker, J. (2023). Cross-country analysis of the association between media coverage and exposure to climate news with awareness, risk perceptions, and protest participation intention in 110 countries. Environmental Communication. https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2023.2272299

 

Richardson, L. M., Thaker, J., & Holmes, D. C. (2023). Comparative analysis of Australian climate change and COVID-19 vaccine audience segments shows climate skeptics can be vaccine enthusiasts. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 1118. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26959-5

 

Wynes, S., Dickau, M., Kotcher, J. E., Thaker, J., Goldberg, M. H., Matthews, H. D., & Donner, S. D. (2022). Frequent pro-climate messaging does not predict pro-climate voting by United States legislators. Environmental Research: Climate, 1(2), 025011. 10.1088/2752-5295/aca8c4

 

Thaker, J., Richardson, L. M., & Holmes, D. C. (2022). COVID-19 vaccine segments in Australia: An audience segmentation analysis to improve vaccine uptake. Public Understanding of Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/096366252211384

 

Maibach, E. W., Uppalapati, S. S., Orr, M., & Thaker, J. (2022). Harnessing the power of communication and behavior science to enhance society’s response to climate change. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 51. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-earth-031621-114417

 

Umamaheswaran, S., Dar, V., & Thaker, J. (2022). The evolution of climate change reporting in business media: Longitudinal analysis of a business newspaper. Sustainability, 14(22), 15214. https://doi.org/10.3390/su142215214

 

Thaker, J., & Cook, C. (2022). Planning for a COVID-19 vaccination campaign in New Zealand: Trust, affective and cognitive attitudes, and COVID-19 vaccine intention. Communication Research and Practice, 8(1), 54-69, https://doi.org/10.1080/22041451.2021.2022325 Abstract

 

Thaker, J., & Floyd, B. (2021, Open access). Co-benefits associated with public support for climate-friendly COVID-19 recovery policies and political activism. Journal of Science Communication, 20(5), A08. https://doi.org/10.22323/2.20050208 Abstract

 

Thaker, J., & Ganchoudhuri, S. (2021, Open access). The Role of Attitudes, Norms, and Efficacy on Shifting COVID-19 Vaccine Intentions: A Longitudinal Study of COVID-19 Vaccination Intentions in New Zealand. Vaccines, 9(10), 1132. DOI: 10.3390/vaccines9101132 Abstract

 

Thaker, J., & Floyd, B. (2021, Open access). Shifting COVID-19 vaccine intentions in New Zealand: Next steps in the vaccination campaign. The Lancet Regional Health–Western Pacific, 15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2021.100278 Abstract

 

Thaker, J., & Cook, C. (2021). Experience or attribution? Exploring the relationship between personal experience, political affiliation, and subjective attributions with mitigation behavioural intentions and COVID-19 recovery policy support. Journal of environmental psychology, 77, 101685. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2021.101685 Abstract

 

Thaker, J., & Subramanian, A. (2021, Open access). Exposure to COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Is as Impactful as Vaccine Misinformation in Inducing a Decline in Vaccination Intentions in New Zealand: Results from Pre-Post Between-Groups Randomized Block Experiment. Frontiers in Communication, 159.  https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2021.721982Abstract

 

Thaker, J. (2021). The Persistence of Vaccine Hesitancy: COVID-19 Vaccination Intention in New Zealand. Journal of Health Communication.  https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2021.1899346 Abstract

 

Jackson, J., & Thaker, J. (2021). Letting the team down? Examining sport fans reactions to Aaron Smith’s ‘Toilet Tryst’on social media. Communication Research and Practice, 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1080/22041451.2021.1905942 Abstract

 

Thaker, J., Smith, N., & Leiserowitz, A. (2020). Global warming risk perceptions in India.  Risk Analysis.  Abstract

 

Dutta, M. J., & Thaker, J. (2020). Sustainability, ecology, and agriculture in women farmers’ voices: Culture-centering gender and development. Communication Theory, 30(2), 126-148. https://doi.org/10.1093/ct/qtz029 Abstract

Thaker, J. (2019). Corporate communication about climate science: A comparative analysis of top corporations in New Zealand, Australia, and Global Fortune 500.  Journal of Communication Management.  Abstract

Keller, T., Hase, V., Thaker, J., Mahl, D., & Schäfer, M. (2019). News media coverage of climate change in India 1997–2016: Using automated content analysis to assess themes and topics. Environmental Communication. https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2019.1643383. Abstract

Thaker, J. (2019). Business communication of drivers and barriers for climate change engagement by top New Zealand, Australian and Global Fortune 500 corporations. Asia Pacific Public Relations Journal, 20, 74 – 96. Abstract

Dutta, M. & Thaker, J. (2019). Reimagining agriculture as resistance: Strategies adopted by women farmers amid the agrarian crisis in India. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 47 (1), 24-46. doi: 10.1080/00909882.2018.1547917 Abstract

Thaker, J., Howe, P., Leiserowitz, A., & Maibach, E. (2019). Perceived collective efficacy and trust in government influence public engagement with climate change adaptation policies. Environmental Communication, 13 (5). doi: 10.1080/17524032.2018.1438302Abstract

Dutta, M., Pandi, A. R., Mahtani, R., Falnikar, A., Thaker, J., Pitaloka, D., … Pauline, L. (2019). Critical health communication method as embodied practice of resistance: Culturally centering structural transformation through struggle for voice. Frontiers in Communication, 4, 67. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2019.00067 Abstract

Thaker, J., Dutta, M., Nair, V., & Rao, V. (2018). The interplay between stigma, collective efficacy and advocacy communication among sexual minorities among men who have sex with men and transgender females. Journal of Health Communication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2018.1499833 Abstract

Thaker, J., Zhao, X., & Leiserowitz, A. (2017). Media use and public perceptions of global warming in India. Environmental Communication, 11 (3), 353-369. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2016.1269824 Abstract

Trowbridge, J., & Thaker, J.  (2016). The case of the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign: A critical analysis from a strategic communication perspective. Cases in Public Health Communication & Marketing, 8,136-169 Abstract

Thaker, J., Maibach, E., Leiserowitz, A., Zhao, X., & Howe, P. (2016). Role of collective efficacy in climate change adaptation in India. Weather, Climate, and Society, 8, 21-34.http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-14-00037.1 Abstract

Dutta. M., Thaker, J., & Sun, K. (2015).  Neoliberalism, neocolonialism, and communication for social change: A culture-centered agenda for the social sciences [Special issue]. Global Media Journal, June. Abstract

Peter, H., Thaker, J., & Leiserowitz, A. (2014). Perceptions of changes in rainfall and extreme events among the Indian public. Climatic Change, 127 (2). doi: 10.1007/s10584-014-1245-6 Abstract

Thaker, J., & Leiserowitz, A. (2014). Shifting discourses on climate change in India. Climatic Change, 123 (2). doi: 10.1007/s10584-014-1059-6 Abstract

Book

Takahashi, B., Comfort, S.E., Thaker, J., & Metag, J. (Eds., In preparation). Handbook of international trends in environmental communication. London, UK/New York, US: Routledge.

Nisbet, M.C., Schafer, M., Markowitz, E., Ho., S., O’Neill, S., & Thaker, J. (Eds.). (2017). Oxford research encyclopedia of climate change communication. London, UK/New York, US: Oxford [Finalist for the Association of American Publishers’ 2019 PROSE Awards]. Abstract

Book Chapters

Thaker, J. (Accepted). Environmentalism of the poor: Global South perspectives on environmental communication. In B. Takahashi, S. Comfort, J. Thaker & J. Metag (Eds.), Handbook of international trends in environmental communication. London, UK/New York, US: Routledge. Abstract

Thaker, J. (Accepted). Climate Change. In E. Ho & I. Basnyat (Eds.), Wiley international encyclopedia of health communication. New York, US: Wiley

Thaker, J. (2019). Media portrayal stigma among gender and sexual minority stigmas in India. In M. Dutta & D. Zapata (Eds.), Communicating for social change: Intersection of theory and praxis.Singapore: Palgrave-McMillan. Abstract

Thaker, J., & Dutta, M. (2018). Women farmers voices on climate change adaptation in India. In B. Takahashi & S. Rosenthal (Eds.), Environmental communication among minority populations. New York: Routledge. Abstract

Rowan, K, Kotcher, J., K., Jenell, W. T., Janey, T., Thaker, J., Joe, W. H., Ligia, C., & Candice, T. (2018). Best practices of “innovator” TV meteorologists who act as climate change educators. In Risk and Health Communication in an Evolving Media Environment (pp. 123–155). Routledge.  Abstract

Thaker, J. (2017). Climate change communication in India. In M.C. Nisbet, M. Schafer, E. Markowitz, S. Ho, S. O’Neill & J. Thaker(Eds.), Oxford encyclopedia of climate change communication (pp. 308-319). UK/US: Oxford. Abstract

Thaker, J., & Dutta, M. (2016). Millets in their own voices: A culture-centered articulation of alternative development by DDS women farmers’ sanghams. In S. Venkateswar & S. Bandyopadhyay (Eds.), Globalisation and the challenges of development in contemporary India. New Zealand/India: Springer. Abstract

Kostadinov, K., & Thaker, J. (2013). Sustainable development and climate change: Beyond Rio+20. In J. Servaes (Ed.), Sustainable development and green communication. Asian and African perspectives.Hong Kong: Palgrave MacMillan.  Abstract

Book Review

Thaker, J (2013). Constructing culture of science: Communication of science in India and China. Science Communication, 35 (4), 539-540. doi:10.1177/1075547013492433 

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