
Communication Research

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