Personal Profile

Mengxue Ou is an Assistant Professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at Peking University. She received her B.A. in Journalism from Sun Yat-sen University (2015–2019), followed by an M.A. in Communication Studies (2019–2021) and a Ph.D. in Communication Studies (2021–2025) from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Research Interests

Science Communication, Health Communication, Human–AI Communication

Courses Taught

Intercultural Communication (Undergraduate), English Academic Writing (Undergraduate), Science Communication (Undergraduate), Health Communication (Graduate), and English Academic Writing (Graduate, in English).

Academic Publications

1. Ou, M., Ho, S.S.*, & Wijaya, S.A. (2025). Harnessing AI to Address Misinformation on Cultivated Meat: The Impact of Chatbot Expertise and Correction Sidedness. Science Communication.

2. Ou, M. & Ho, S. S*. (2025). Conspiracy Beliefs, Secondary Risk Perceptions, and Conditional Acceptance of Dengue Vaccination: A Multigroup Comparison Based on Prior Vaccination Experiences. Health Communication.

3. Zheng, H, Luo, C., Song, S., Ou, M*, & Hensen, P. (2025). The algorithmic influence: What drives people to use AI-powered social media as a source of health information?. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction.

4. Ou, M., Zheng, H*, Zeng, Y., & Hansen, P. (2024). Trust It or Not: Understanding Users’ Motivations and Strategies for Assessing the Credibility of AI-Generated Information. New Media & Society.

5. Ou. M*. & Ho, S.S. (2024). Factors Associated with Information Credibility Judgments: A Meta-Analysis. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly.

6. Ho, S.S., Ou, M*., Z.T., Ong. (2024). Examining Public Intentions to Consume Cultured Meat in Singapore: Food Neophobia and Neophilia as Precursors to the IPMI Model. Asian Journal of Communication.

7. Ou, M., Zheng, H*., Kim, H. H., Chen, X. (2023). A Meta-Analysis of Social Media Fatigue: Drivers and a Major Consequence. Computers in Human Behavior.

8. Ou, M.* & Ho, S.S. (2023). Does Knowledge Make a Difference? Understanding How the Lay Public and Experts Assess the Credibility of Information on Novel Foods. Public Understanding of Science.

9. Ou, M*. & Ho, S.S. (2021). A Meta-Analysis of Factors Related to Health Information Seeking: An Integration of Six Theoretical Frameworks. Communication Research.

10. Ho, S.S., Ou, M.*, Z.T., Ong. (2023) Exploring public’s risk and benefit perceptions of cultured meat in Singapore: A mental models approach based on attitude formation theory. PloS One.