Rate My Professor Louisa Ha

Ha's research interests encompass misinformation, social media influencers, online videos, new media business models, social and mobile media use, international conflicts, comparative communication, online and international advertising, audience research, media management, digital and mobile news, and new media technologies. She has edited prominent books, including *Global Knowledge Building and International Academic Publishing: Cross-country Comparisons and Practical Cases* (2025), *The US-China Trade War: Global News Framing and Public Opinion in the Digital Age* (2022), *Asian Women Leadership: A Cross-National and Cross-Sector Comparison* (2019), and *The Audience and Business of YouTube and Online Videos* (2018). With over 70 peer-reviewed journal articles, recent examples include “Communication Scholarship Impact Reality Check” in *Annals of the International Communication Association* (2025) and “Implications of Source, Content, and Style Cues in Curbing Health Misinformation and Fake News” in *Internet Research* (2023). Ha founded and directs the BGSU Global Social Media Influencer Research Lab and serves as Advertising Major Advisor. She was Editor-in-Chief of *Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly* (2015-2020) and is Founding Editor-in-Chief of *Online Media and Global Communication* (2022-present). Major honors include the BGSU Professor of Research Excellence Award (2021-2024), President’s Award for Collaborative Research and Creative Work (2017), and numerous top paper awards from AEJMC and the Broadcast Education Association.