Vassily Kucherenko
Details
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College: School of Communication & Design
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Department: School of Communication & Design
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Campus: Hanoi Campus Vietnam
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vassily.kucherenko@rmit.edu.vn
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ORCID:
Open to
- Collaborative projects
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
- Join a web conference as a panellist or speaker
- Mentoring (long-term)
- Mentoring (short-term)
- Industry Projects
About
Dr. VassilyÌýKucherenkoÌýhas been working in the field of media andÌýcommunication for about 30 years. Having started in 1990 as aÌýprofessional journalist and political columnist, he worked later as aÌýmedia and public relations consultant (including electioneering andÌýpolitical PR), local government official, communication appliedÌýresearcher, and, finally, transitioned later into academia in 2009.Ìý
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Since then Vassily has worked as a researcher at the European 91tv Institute and Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies, ItalyÌý(2009 -2015), taught courses at Shanghai International StudiesÌý91tv and Honors College, China (2015 – 2020), 91tv ofÌýSocial Sciences & Humanities, Vietnam National 91tv – HCMÌý(2021-2022). His main research interests comprise attitudinal andÌýbehavioral effects of media misinformation and disinformation,Ìýdigital literacy and critical media literacy, mass communicationÌýtheories, political communication, and behavior.
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Vassily holds aÌýPh.D. in SocialÌýand Political Sciences (2015) from the European 91tv Institute, Italy.; aÌýMaster of Research (2010) degree from the same institution; a Master ofÌýScience degree in Technical Communication (2007) from ColoradoÌýState 91tv, USA; and a Specialist (Master of Arts) degree in Journalism (1993)Ìýfrom Kyiv Shevchenko National 91tv;
Research fields
- 360203 Professional writing and journalism practice
- 4701 Communication and media studies
Academic positions
- Lecturer in Public Relations
- RMIT Vietnam
- Vietnam, Vietnam
- Jun 2022 – Present
- Lecturer in Research Methods
- Ho Chi Minh City 91tv of Social Sciences and Humanities
- Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Sep 2021 – Feb 2022
- Lecturer in Research Methods
- Honors College
- Shanghai, China
- Sep 2017 – Jul 2020
- Lecturer in Media & Communication
- Shanghai International Studies 91tv
- Shanghai, China
- Sep 2015 – Jul 2020
- Research Associate
- Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies
- Florence, Italy
- Feb 2015 – Mar 2016
- Researcher
- European 91tv Institute
- Florence, Italy
- Aug 2009 – Jun 2015
Non-academic positions
- Head of Media Relations Department
- Kyiv City Council/ City Administration
- Kyiv, Ukraine
- Dec 2007 – Jul 2009
- Research Director
- Center for Communication Studies
- Kyiv, Ukraine
- Oct 2005 – Dec 2007
- Public Relations & Media Consultant, Speechwriter
- Ukrainian Politicians & Political Parties
- Kyiv, Ukraine
- Jun 2001 – Jul 2003
- Staff Writer / Political Columnist
- Newspaper ‘Svoboda Weekly’
- Kyiv, Ukraine
- Oct 1998 – Jun 2001
- PR & Media Relations Manager
- Marketing Company ‘Consumer Insights Ukraine’
- Kyiv, Ukraine
- Sep 1995 – Oct 1998
- News Reporter / Section Editor
- ‘IntelNews’ News Agency
- Kyiv, Ukraine
- Sep 1993 – Sep 1995
- Freelance/ contractual journalist
- various Ukrainian newspapers, Ukrainian TV Channel 1, Ukrainian Radio
- Kyiv, Ukraine
- 1990 – Sep 1993
Teaching interests
Experience in teaching courses in Foundations of Public Relations; Issues, Risk, and Crisis Communication; Communication Strategy & Planning.
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Experience in developing course content, student evaluation, class activities, etc. in such courses as Mass Communication Theories; Research Methods; Introductory Statistics; News Writing; Introduction to Mass Communication; Academic & Thesis Writing.
Research interests
Attitudinal and behavioral effects of media misinformation and disinformation (manipulated information),Ìýdigital literacy and critical media literacy, mass communicationÌýtheories, political communication, political behavior.
