Assistant Professor, College of Media and Mass Communication
Area of Research interest
4G, 5G, Internet Impact on Contemporary Issues
Sustainability
Organizational Communications
Social Media Effects
News Effects, Framing
Projects & Grants
N/A
Publications
Journal Articles
Roblek, V.; Meško, M.; Bach, M.P.; Thorpe, O.; Šprajc, P. (2020) The Interaction between Internet, Sustainable Development, and Emergence of Society 5.0. Data, 5, 80. (SCOPUS)
Roblek, V.; Thorpe, O.; Bach, M.P.; Jerman, A.; Meško, M. The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Sustainability Practices: A Comparative Automated Content Analysis Approach of Theory and Practice. Sustainability 2020, 12, 8497. (SCOPUS)
Thorpe, O., Walker, D., Maghalseh, D. (2020) A Case Study Investigating Faculty Work Related Quality of Life (WRQoL) and the Efficacy of the WRQoL Scale in a Medium-sized Private Gulf Higher Education Institution. Journal of Educational and Social Research, 10, n. 6, p. TBA. ISSN 2240-0524. IN PRESS November. (SCOPUS)
Thorpe, O. (2017) Alternative Facts and Framing in Media Discourse: Understanding the Formation and Application of Abstractions. US-China New Observer, 46(6), 74-80. ISSN 2333-3693
Conference Seminars and Workshop
Thorpe, O. (2015). “The Framing of China in the Caribbean”. Paper presented at the International Graduate Conference 12 organized by Tsinghua University, Chulalongkorn University, Communication University of China, Macquarie University, Sorbonne Nouvelle University.