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Xu Wu

Xu Wu, PhD, is a Professor of Strategic Media and Public Relations at Arizona State University and the author of Chinese Cyber Nationalism: Evolution, Characteristics, and Implications (April 2007). Before his career as a professor, Wu worked as a national correspondent and news editor at the Xinhua (New China) News Agency in Beijing for six years. He was the co-founder of the media consulting agency Unicorn Culture and the director of Beijing's first soccer weekly: 11 Players (1998-2000). He received both his doctoral degree and master degree from University of Florida, with specializations in the Chinese media system, crisis management, political communication and international public relations. His work has been published by Journal of Communication, Public Relations Quarterly, Public Relations Review, Asian Journal of Communication, International Communication Gazette, and Journal of Public Relations Research. As an expert on Chinese cyber nationalism and international public relations, he was interviewed and quoted by major media outlets such as AP, AFP, Reuters, BBC, Al Jazeera, New Yorker, Chicago Tribune, the Guardian, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, CCTV, Strait Times, etc. He teaches Communication in China.

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