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Academic Bulletin [Issue 3]
 

Research Seminars

Editors’ Round Table: The Secret of Academic Publications

The Department of Media and Communication (COM) held the first research seminar of 2022/23 Semester A, “Editors’ Round Table: The Secret of Academic Publications,” on 19 September 2022. An in-house team, including Chair Professor Yi-Hui Christine HUANG, Professor Yu-li LIU, Professor Fiona Fui-Hoon NAH, Dr. Chris Fei SHEN, Dr. Ye SUN, and Chair Professor Jonathan ZHU, shared their experience and observation. Speakers provided practical advice on the rigorous academic publication process, including journal selection, manuscript preparation, and revision and publication. Dr. Fen LIN, the research coordinator, moderated the seminar. The seminar was well received, with over 120 audiences on zoom and more than 1100 on three other live streaming platforms. Click here to learn more.


 

Keynote Speech and Invited Talk

Prof. Jonathan ZHU delivered keynote speech at ICA Preconference

On 23 May 2022, professor Jonathan Zhu delivered a keynote speech titled “Adding Evidence-based Evaluation (EbE) to Research on Chinese Internet Research” at the 19th Chinese Internet Research Conference, which is also one of the preconferences event in International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference 2022, Paris.

Prof. Yu-li LIU gave a talk at the IAMCR conference

On 12 July 2022, Professor Yu-li Liu was invited to give a talk titled “User, Technology, and Law in the Age of AI” at the Plenary Session of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) Beijing 2022 Conference, Beijing, China.
   

Prof. Christine HUANG gave a talk at the IAMCR conference

On 13 July 2022, professor Christine Huang was invited to give a talk titled“Connecting Global and Asian Academic Journals in Journalism and Communication: Trends and Future Directions” at the IAMCR Beijing 2022 Conference, Beijing, China.

Prof. Fiona NAH gave a talk on CogSci 2022 Hong Kong Meetup

On 22 July 2022, professor Fiona NAH was invited to give a talk titled "A Study of Flow Experience Using Electroencephalogram (EEG)” for the CogSci2022 Hong Kong Meetup & Symposium.

Researcher Highlight

Prof Yu-Li LIU was appointed as the associate editor of Telecommunications Policy

Prof. Yu-li LIU was appointed as the associate editor of Telecommunications Policy (IF = 4.497, Q1 in Communication), which aims to bring developments in methodology, both qualitative and quantitative, to the attention of communication scholars.
   

Dr. Ye SUN won the Top Paper Award of ICA 2022

Dr. Ye SUN, her paper titled “Statistical power in experimental communication science: An assessment of two decades’ research (2001-2020)”, won the top paper award of the division of Communication Science & Biology in ICA 2022, Paris.
   

Prof. Jonathan Zhu co-chaired a session at Sunbelt 2022

Professor Jonathan Zhu co-organized and co-chaired a paper session on “Online Social Networks and Political Communication” at the 42nd Social Networks Conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis (Sunbelt 2022), July 13, Cairns, Australia.

Research Grants

Prof. Christine HUANG received grants from CityU

Prof. Christine HUANG received several internal grants as PI and Co-PI from City University of Hong Kong, including three Nurturing Impact Cases Grants and one Strategic Research Grant.

Dr. Yuan WANG received grant from CityU

Dr. Yuan WANG’s project titled “An empirical study of relationship management and communication technology” received the Strategic Research Grant from City University of Hong Kong (HKD$100,000).

New Publication Alert

Dr. Guanxiong Huang Publishes in Top Communication Journals

Dr. HUANG Guanxiong, Associate Professor of Strategic Communication, recently published her research on temporal framing in Communication Research. This article reports a meta-analysis of experimental studies that examined the relative effectiveness of highlighting the proximal versus distal outcome of a recommended behavior in communication effort. Dr. Huang has another meta-analysis paper on bandwagon cues forthcoming in Communication Research co-authored with COM PhD graduate WANG Sai and PhD student CHU Tsz Hang.
 

Health Communication

Moqbel, M., Nevo, S., & Nah, F. (2022). Unveiling the Dark Side in Smartphone Addiction: Mediation of Strain and Moderation of Hedonic Use on Well-being. Internet Research, Advanced online publication. DOI: 10.1108/INTR-01-2021-0003

Gonzales, B. R., Litchman, M. L., Wawrzynski, S. E., Gomez Hoyos, M., Ferrer, M., & Sun, Y.* (2022). Salud Latina: Feasibility of a synchronous online chat for Latinos at risk for type 2 diabetes. Informatics for Health and Social Care, 1-13. (*Corresponding Author)

Warner, E. L., Kirchhoff, A. C., Wilson, A., Cloyes, K. G., Sun, Y., Waters, A. R., Nelson, T., & Ellington, L. (2022). Social support enactments on social media during the first six months of young adult cancer caregiving. Journal of Cancer Survivorship, 16, 61 - 72.


Computational Communication

Pavlović, T., Azevedo, F., De, K., …, Huang, G.,…, & Van Bavel, J. J. (2022). Predicting attitudinal and behavioral responses to COVID-19 pandemic using machine learning. PNAS Nexus. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac093

Zhang, T., Chai, L., Wang, S., Jin, J., Liu, X. F., Song, A., & Lan, Y. (2022). Improving Autonomous Behavior Strategy Learning in an Unmanned Swarm System Through Knowledge Enhancement. IEEE Transactions on Reliability.

Zhao, X., Wang, X., Ma, Z., & Ma, R. (2022). Primacy effect of emotions in social stories: User engagement behaviors with breast cancer narratives on Facebook. Computers in Human Behavior, 137, 107405.


New Media and Technologies

Dai, Y., Huang, Y.-H. C., Jia, W., & Cai, Q. (2022). The paradoxical effects of institutional trust on risk perception and risk management in the Covid-19 pandemic: Evidence from three societies. Journal of Risk Research, Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2022.2108122

Dai, Y., Jia, W., Fu, L., Sun, M., & Jiang, L. C. (2022). The effects of self-generated and other-generated eWOM in inoculating against misinformation. Telematics and Informatics, 101835. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2022.101835

Liu, Y. L., Huang, L., Yan, W., Wang, X., & Zhang, R. (2022). Privacy in AI and the IoT: The privacy concerns of smart speaker users and the Personal Information Protection Law in China. Telecommunications Policy, 46(7), 102334.

Kang, H., Kim, K. J., & Wang, S. (2022). Can the IoT persuade me? An investigation into power dynamics in human–IoT interaction. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 883110.


Political Communication

Levin, D. H. & Kobayashi, T. (2022). The art of uncommitment: The costs of peacetime withdrawals from alliance commitments. European Journal of International Relations. https://doi.org/10.1177/13540661221098221


Strategic Communication

Cheng, Y., Wang, Y., Zhao, W., Zhang, K., Cai, X., & Jiang, H. (2022). Virtually enhancing public engagement during the pandemic: Measuring the impact of virtual reality powered immersive videos on CSR communication. Social Science Computer Review. Advance online publication.

Cheng, Y., Wang, Y., & Pan, F. (2022). The impact of CSR perceptions on employees’ turnover intention during the COVID-19 crisis in China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, 8297. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19148297

Wang, Y., Cheng, Y., & Gonzenbach, W. J. (2022). Toward an employee communication mediation model: Exploring the effects of social media engagement on employee–organization relationships and advocacy. International Journal of Communication, 16, 4164−4186.

Wang, Y., Huang, Y. H. C., & Cai, Q. (2022). Exploring the mediating role of government–public relationships during the COVID-19 pandemic: A model comparison approach. Public Relations Review, 48(4), 102231.


MERIT

Yu, W., Payton, B., Sun, M., Jia, W., & Huang, G.* (2022). Toward an integrated framework for misinformation and correction sharing: A systematic review across domains. New Media & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F14614448221116569 (*corresponding author)

Huang, G. & Xu, J. (2022). Disentangling the effects of temporal framing on risk perception, attitude, behavioral intention, and behavior: A multilevel meta-analysis. Communication Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/00936502221102102.

Wang, S., Chu, T. H., & Huang, G. (in press). Do bandwagon cues affect credibility perceptions? A meta-analysis of the experimental evidence. Communication Research.


For a full list of the publications, please see here.