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Zeynep Altinay

Assistant Professor

Summary

Zeynep Altinay is an assistant professor of data visualization at the Reynolds School of Journalism. Altinay pursues research in the areas of risk communication, environmental communication and visual communication. She has extensively studied public perceptions of sea level rise, coastal land loss and climate change in the dynamic Louisiana coastal landscape.

Courses taught

  • JOUR 300: Visual Communication
  • JOUR 430: Media Selection for Strategic Communications
  • JOUR 433: IMC Competition

Recent work

  • Altinay, Z. (2024). Understanding cooperative contact tracing: Factors explored through privacy management theories. Social Science & Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117137.
  • Altinay, Z. & Crosswell, L. (2024). Public perceptions of air pollution and associated health risks in Nevada, USA: applications for health communication. Journal of Communication in Healthcare, 17(2), 205–213. 
  • Altinay, Z. (2023). Electronic medical records and patient engagement: examining post-adoptive and non-adoptive behavior. Health Technol, 13, 799-810. 
  • Altinay, Z., Morris, L. L., & Reams, M. A. (2023). Information Needs of Coastal Residents in Louisiana, U.S.A.: Implications for Risk Communication. Journal of Coastal Research, 39(6), 1170–1179. 
  • Kelso, T. & Altinay, Z. (2022). Challenging Brands’ Calculated Messages of Hope during a Pandemic: Twitter-User Response to COVID-19 Advertising Campaigns. tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. Vol. 20(1), 121-137
  • Andruk, C., Altinay, Z. (2022). Campus Sustainability in an Entrepreneurial Framework. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, Vol. 29 No. 3, pp. 484-501. 
  • Altinay, Z., Rittmeyer, E., Morris, Reams, M. (2021). Public risk salience of sea level rise in Louisiana, United States. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 11, 523–536. 
  • Griffith, A. S., & Altinay, Z. (2020). A framework to assess higher education faculty workload in U.S. universities. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 57(6), 691-700.
  • Altinay, Z., & Williams, N. (2019). Visuals as a method of coastal environmental communication. Ocean & Coastal Management, 178, 104809. 

Education

  • Ph.D. in Media and Public Affairs, Louisiana State University
  • M.S. in Environmental Science, Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs
  • M.A. in Journalism, Indiana University’s School of Journalism
  • B.A. in Environmental Studies, Binghamton University