Dr. Janny Wang Fritzen
Position: Assistant Professor
Education: Ph.D., Renmin University of China; Ph.D., University of Washington
Email: jfritzen@ou.edu
Office: Burton Hall Room 223
Fall 2022 Office Hours:
Dr. Janny Fritzen
Spring Courses 2023
- COMM 4323 - Political Communication
Academic Interests
Academic Interests
Dr. Fritzen studies political discourse and the history of journalism, discourses surrounding political and economic inequality, media censorship and comparative media. Her interests center on the expressions of social events and political phenomena in the media, and the intentions behind, and effects of, these representations. She has recently focused on the construction of the image of giant corporations in the contemporary U.S. political landscape. This line of research aims at promoting a grounded understanding of power structures within any society and the attempt by different actors to dominate political discourse.
Representative Publications
Book:
[In Chinese] Wang, F. International Public Opinion on the Boxer War: 1900---1901. Shanghai: Fudan University Press.
Translated Book:
Wang, F. (2015) Initiated and Implemented the Chinese translation of
Joan Judge’s Print and Politics: 'Shibao' and the Culture of Reform in Late Qing China. Published by Guangxi Normal University Press (English edition published by Stanford University Press).
Dissertation:
The Images of Giant Corporations in 21st-Century American Politics (Completed at University of Washington in August 2021)
Academic journal articles:
[In Chinese] Wang, F. (2012) “‘Cosmopolitan’ News, Reinvented: A Study of Comments and Interpretive News of the Qingyi Bao.” Culture and Communication (4):(26- 30)
[In Chinese] Wang, F. (2010) “Re-examination of the Semantics and Concepts Surrounding the ‘News’ [Xinwen] in Ancient China.” Journal of International Communication 1: 97-102
[In Chinese] Wang, F. (2009) “Rethinking Research Methodologies in Journalism History.” Contemporary Communication 6:24-26
