Ran Ju
Biographic Data
| ID | 4616695 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ran Ju |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ran |
| FAMILY NAME | Ju |
| SIGNATURE | JU R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6388-5211 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
MentalHealthDiagnosis and Self-Diagnosis: Harmful or Helpful on TikTok
TikTok has emerged as an influential space for mental health communication (MHC), yet also presents challenges, such as the proliferation of self-diagnosis practices. This study examines the contrasting discourses surrounding mental health self-diagnosis (MHSD) and professional mental health diagnosis (MHD) on TikTok, focusing on two hashtags: #mentalhealthselfdiagnosis and #mentalhealthdiagnosis. Employing a mixed-method approach, we analyzed 15…
Exploring social media dialogic communication strategies in the oil and gas industry: Practitioner, organization and audience perspectives
Purpose This study aims to investigate social media dialogic communication in the Canadian oil and gas (O&G) industry. It explores the perspectives of communication practitioners, actual company practices and stakeholder engagement, aiming to identify gaps between practitioner expectations, organizational strategies and audience interaction. Design/methodology/approach A mixed-method approach was used, involving 21 interviews with communication p…
Understanding Mental Health Organizations’ Instagram Through Visuals: A Content Analysis
This study analyzed the content, visual features, and audience engagement data of Instagram posts from two mental health organizations over one year (N = 725). For content features, mental health literacy and communicative strategies were examined. Posts that promoted knowledge of mental disorders and treatments, used information and community strategy were more likely to receive higher audience engagement. Visual features of demographic segments…
Association between the female hormone intake and cardiovascular disease in the women: A study based on NHANES 1999–2020
Although many studies have reported the relationship between female hormone intake and cardiovascular disease (CVD) development, their association has not been fully elucidated and defined, based on data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey intending to assess the health and nutritional status of non-institutionalized children and adults in the United States. This study examined the relationship between female hormone i…
When digital money meets relational surveillance: Overseeing and reshaping people’s ordinary lives, emotions, and social relations in small towns and villages through Alipay
This study situates Alipay, China's biggest financial platform, at the convergence of a communication medium that conveys symbolic messages, including the state's political campaigns of the Chinese Dream and shared meanings of positive emotions, and a cultural technology that aims to improve, train, and monitor Chinese citizen subjects through a set of surveillance practices. I coin the term relational surveillance to broaden our understanding of…
Lifestyle Governmentality in China: Governing the Entrepreneurial Citizen Subjects Through Lifestyle Practices on Xiaohongshu (Red)
Xiaohongshu (Red), the Chinese biggest lifestyle sharing platform, as a collaborator and partner with China’s national cultural and political project (Wang, 2021), aligns with multiple strategies of governing, shaping and guiding citizens through lifestyle practices. In this article, I propose the term ‘lifestyle governmentality’ to capture Red as a cultural technology of citizenship that directs self-managing subjects toward the desired outcomes…
Promoting Mental Health on Social Media: A Content Analysis of Organizational Tweets
This study analyzed tweets posted over 1 year from three mental-health organizations in the United States, along with audience engagement data of comments, retweets, and likes. The results revealed that tweets focused on mental illnesses or mental health received more engagement than those that emphasized event promotion or relationship building. In addition, there were more gain-framed than loss-framed messages, although the latter triggered mor…
Producing entrepreneurial citizens: Governmentality over and through Hong Kong influencers on Xiaohongshu (Red)
Building on Foucault's perspective of governmentality, this article focuses on how influencers in Hong Kong China (HK) operate as agents/mediators of governmentality and how “governmentality” occurs over and through lifestyle influencers as responsible, productive, and self‐disciplined citizen subjects on the Chinese biggest lifestyle sharing platform—Xiaohongshu (Red). By employing a collaboration of walkthrough and ethnographic methods, this ar…
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Producing entrepreneurial citizens: Governmentality over and through Hong Kong influencers on Xiaohongshu (Red)
Building on Foucault's perspective of governmentality, this article focuses on how influencers in Hong Kong China (HK) operate as agents/mediators of governmentality and how “governmentality” occurs over and through lifestyle influencers as responsible, productive, and self‐disciplined citizen subjects on the Chinese biggest lifestyle sharing platform—Xiaohongshu (Red). By employing a collaboration of walkthrough and ethnographic methods, this ar…
Lifestyle Governmentality in China: Governing the Entrepreneurial Citizen Subjects Through Lifestyle Practices on Xiaohongshu (Red)
Xiaohongshu (Red), the Chinese biggest lifestyle sharing platform, as a collaborator and partner with China’s national cultural and political project (Wang, 2021), aligns with multiple strategies of governing, shaping and guiding citizens through lifestyle practices. In this article, I propose the term ‘lifestyle governmentality’ to capture Red as a cultural technology of citizenship that directs self-managing subjects toward the desired outcomes…
Promoting Mental Health on Social Media: A Content Analysis of Organizational Tweets
This study analyzed tweets posted over 1 year from three mental-health organizations in the United States, along with audience engagement data of comments, retweets, and likes. The results revealed that tweets focused on mental illnesses or mental health received more engagement than those that emphasized event promotion or relationship building. In addition, there were more gain-framed than loss-framed messages, although the latter triggered mor…
Understanding Mental Health Organizations’ Instagram Through Visuals: A Content Analysis
This study analyzed the content, visual features, and audience engagement data of Instagram posts from two mental health organizations over one year (N = 725). For content features, mental health literacy and communicative strategies were examined. Posts that promoted knowledge of mental disorders and treatments, used information and community strategy were more likely to receive higher audience engagement. Visual features of demographic segments…
Association between the female hormone intake and cardiovascular disease in the women: A study based on NHANES 1999–2020
Although many studies have reported the relationship between female hormone intake and cardiovascular disease (CVD) development, their association has not been fully elucidated and defined, based on data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey intending to assess the health and nutritional status of non-institutionalized children and adults in the United States. This study examined the relationship between female hormone i…
When digital money meets relational surveillance: Overseeing and reshaping people’s ordinary lives, emotions, and social relations in small towns and villages through Alipay
This study situates Alipay, China's biggest financial platform, at the convergence of a communication medium that conveys symbolic messages, including the state's political campaigns of the Chinese Dream and shared meanings of positive emotions, and a cultural technology that aims to improve, train, and monitor Chinese citizen subjects through a set of surveillance practices. I coin the term relational surveillance to broaden our understanding of…
Exploring social media dialogic communication strategies in the oil and gas industry: Practitioner, organization and audience perspectives
Purpose This study aims to investigate social media dialogic communication in the Canadian oil and gas (O&G) industry. It explores the perspectives of communication practitioners, actual company practices and stakeholder engagement, aiming to identify gaps between practitioner expectations, organizational strategies and audience interaction. Design/methodology/approach A mixed-method approach was used, involving 21 interviews with communication p…
MentalHealthDiagnosis and Self-Diagnosis: Harmful or Helpful on TikTok
TikTok has emerged as an influential space for mental health communication (MHC), yet also presents challenges, such as the proliferation of self-diagnosis practices. This study examines the contrasting discourses surrounding mental health self-diagnosis (MHSD) and professional mental health diagnosis (MHD) on TikTok, focusing on two hashtags: #mentalhealthselfdiagnosis and #mentalhealthdiagnosis. Employing a mixed-method approach, we analyzed 15…
Sociology (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Social media (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Content analysis (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Mental health (3 works) · Applied Psychology (2 works)