Degree(s):

 

B.A. (Peshawar University, Pakistan), M.A. (International Islamic University, Pakistan), Ph.D. (Wuhan University, China)

 

Research area(s)

 

Akhtar’s research interests include journalism, intercultural and international communication, instructional communication, health communication, consumers’ behavior, China’s Belt and Road Initiative, and China-Pakistan Economic Corridor etc.

 

Teaching area(s):

 

Intercultural communication; China-Pakistan Economic Corridor; Introduction to New Media; News criticism; Introduction to advertising; History of foreign cultures; Introduction to digital publishing

 

Taught previously at:

 

Kohat University of Science and Technology; South China University of Technology; Guangdong University of Foreign Studies

 

Selected output(s):

 

A. Journal Publications
1. Guo, Shouyun; Lin, Teng, Du, Juana, Akhtar, Nadeem; and Ittefaq, Muhammad. (2022). Communicating Biodiversity on Sina Weibo: A social network analysis approach to examine users’ discussions in China. Healthcare, 11(1), 121. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11010121 (SSCI, Q2, Journal IF = 3.160)

2. Akhtar, Nadeem; Khan, Nohman; Qayyum, Shazia; Qureshi, Muhammad Imran; and Hishan, Snail S. (2022). Efficacy and pitfalls of digital technologies in healthcare services: A systematic review of two decades. Frontiers in Public Health, 10 : 869793. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.869793 (SSCI, Q1, Journal IF = 6.461)

3. Zhou, Liting; Ouyang, Fei; Li, Yang; Zhan, Jieling; Akhtar, Nadeem; Ittefaq, Muhammad. (2022). Examining the Factors Influencing Tourists’ Destination: A Case of Nanhai Movie Theme Park in China. Sustainability, 14(18): 11419. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141811419 (SSCI, Q2, Journal IF = 3.889)

4. Ip, Yunkit; Iqbal, Waseem; Du, Lijie; Akhtar, Nadeem. (2022). Assessing the impact of green finance and urbanization on the tourism industry—an empirical study in China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-22207-5 (SCOPUS, Q1, Journal IF = 5.190)

5. Akhtar, Nadeem; Khan, Hidayat Ullah; Jan, Muhammad; Pratt, Cornelius B.; Jianfu, Ma. (2021). Exploring the determinants of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and its impact on local communities. Sage Open, 11(4). Doi: 10.1177/21582440211057127 (SSCI, Q2, Journal IF = 2.032)

6. Alam, Fahad; Yang, Qing; Bhutto Yaseen; Akhtar, Nadeem. (2021). The influence of e-learning and emotional intelligence on psychological intentions: Study of stranded Pakistani students. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.715700 (SSCI, Q2, Journal IF = 2.990)

7. Zhou, Liting; Seesaghur, Hans Nibshan; Akhtar, Nadeem; Boolakee, Jason; Pratt, Cornelius B. (2021). A citywide “Virus Testing’: Chinese government’s responses to preventing and controlling the second outbreak of SARS-CoV-2. Frontiers in Public Health. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.601592 (SSCI, Q2, Journal IF = 2.483)

8. Ahmed, Munir; Akhtar, Nadeem; Jabeen, Gul; Irfan, Muhammad; Anser, Muhammad Khalid; Wu, Haito; Isik Cem. (2021). Intention-based critical factors affecting willingness to adopt novel cornoavirus prevention in Pakistan: Implications for future pandemics. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18116167 (SSCI, Q2, Journal IF = 2.849)

9. Akhtar, Nadeem; Khan, Nohman; Khan, Muhammad Mahroof; Ashraf, Shagufta; Hashmi, Muhammad Saim; Khan, Muhammad Mudassar; Hishan, Sanil S. (2021). Post-COVID 19 tourism: Will digital tourism replace mass tourism? Sustainability, 13(10), 5352. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13105352 (SSCI, Q2, Journal IF = 2.576)

10. Irfan, Muhammad; Akhtar, Nadeem; Ahmad, Munir; Shahzad, Farrukh; Elavarasan, Rajvikram M.; Wu, Haitao; Yang, Chuxiao. (2021). Assessing Public Willingness to Wear Face Masks during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Fresh Insights from the Theory of Planned Behavior. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(9), 4577. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094577 (SSCI, Q2, Journal IF = 2.849)

11. Khan, Muhammad Khalil; Wu, Fei; Pratt, Cornelius B.; and Akhtar, Nadeem. (2020). Satires, narratives and journalistic divides: Discourses on free speech in Western and Islamic News Media. The Social Science Journal. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soscij.2019.05.012 (SSCI, Q2, Journal IF = 1.071)

12. Akhtar, Nadeem; Pratt, Cornelius B.; and Hu, Ying. (2019). Sustainability of China’s Belt and Road Initiative: An Integrated Conceptual Framework for Instructional Communication in China’s Universities. Sustainability, 11(23), 6789. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11236789 (SSCI, Q2, Journal IF = 2.592)

13. Akhtar, Nadeem and Pratt, Cornelius B. (2017). Pakistani Government-News Media Relationships: How Relevant are Western Journalistic Values? Journalism Studies, 18(1), pp.65-85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2016.1221738 (SSCI, Q1, Journal IF = 2.233)

14. Akhtar, Nadeem; Pratt, Cornelius B., and Bo, Shan (2015). Factors in the cross-cultural adaptation of African students in Chinese universities. Journal of Research in International Education, 14(2), pp. 98-113. https://doi.org/10.1177/1475240915592107 (EI listed journal, Q2)

B. Chapters in scholarly books
1. Akhtar, Nadeem; Khan, Muhammad Khalil; and Pratt, B. Cornelius. (2022, revised version submitted). Radicalization, divides or interfaith? Relationship management and strategic communication in Sudan. Public Relations Management in Africa (Volume 2). Palgrave Macmillan.

2. Khan, Muhammad Khalil; Pratt, B. Cornelius; and Akhtar, Nadeem. (2022, revised version submitted). Frames of China’s Public Diplomacy in the Egyptian News Media: The Belt and Road Initiative in Islamic North Africa. Public Relations Management in Africa (Volume 1). Palgrave Macmillan.

3. Akhtar, Nadeem; Pratt, Cornelius B.; and Hu, Ying. “Sustainability of the Belt and Road Initiative: An Integrated, Conceptual Framework for Instructional Communication in China’s Universities.” In Yuzhuo Cai, Jinyuan Ma and Qiongqiong Chen (Eds.), Higher Education in Innovation Ecosystems. (Basel, Switzerland: MDPI, 2020), pp. 273-287. Reprinted from Sustainability, 2019, 11, 6789, doi:10.3390/su11236789

4. Pratt, Cornelius B.; Akhtar, Nadeem; Gillani, Awais H.; Hu, Ying; and An, Ran. “Cross-National Instructional Communication: An Exploratory Study of Chinese Faculty.” In T. Mei, G. Lu & F. Dervin (Eds.), International students’ academic experience: The example of Chinese Higher Education Institutions in the ‘Belt and Road’ Initiative Era. (London: Routledge, 2020), pp. 40-61. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003026143

5. Akhtar, Nadeem and Pratt, Cornelius B. “Pakistani Government-News Media Relationships: How Relevant Are Western Journalistic Values?” In Fred Vultee and Lee Wilkins (Eds.), What Journalists Are Owed: How Structures, Systems and Audiences Enable News Work Today. (New York: Routledge, 2020), pp. 64-84.

https://www.routledge.com/What-Journalists-Are-Owed-How-StructuresSystems-and-Audiences-Enable/Vultee-Wilkins/p/book/9780367437909

6. Akhtar, Nadeem and Pratt, Cornelius B. “Managing Interethnic, Intercultural Conflicts to Enhance Pakistan’s Global Image.” In Bo Shan and Xinya Liu (Eds.), National Image and Intercultural Communication. (Beijing, China: Social Sciences Academic Press, 2017), pp. 275-287.

7. Pratt, Cornelius B. and Akhtar, Nadeem. “Pakistan’s Muffled, Fettered News Media and the (Questionable) Relevance of Western Journalistic Values to Them.” In Christoph Schmidt (Ed.), Edition International Media Studies: Vol. 5.Pakistan´s Media Landscape: The Effects of Liberalization. (Berlin, Germany: VISTAS Verlag GmbH, 2013), pp. 128-149.
https://www.vistas.de/journalistik/32-pakistans-media-landscape.html

 

Current project(s):

 

a) 2022年10月21, 2020批次佛山市高层次派驻人才科研启动费, 303469/2020批次佛山 (Principal Investigator; 项目编号：542/303469; 资助金额：5万)

b) 2021年9月，广东省社科规划一般项目：疫情防控常态化背景下的社区应急治理能力建设研究（本人排名第2；项目编号：GD21CSH07；资助金额：5万）

c) 中巴区域合作的挑战和对策性研究——政策决策者对中巴经济走廊CPEC）的认知差距分析(教育部, 5万, 2017年,研究团队的关键成员)

d) “一带一路”倡议中的传播问题研究 (广东外语外贸大学国别及区域研究中外学者联合课题申请书, 9万, 2018年, 研究团队的关键成员)

 

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